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Qualifications
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Hours: 06:30 - 22:00, Sunday - Saturday (hours vary).
Minimum Education Required: B.S., Pharmacy. Pharm D. preferred.
Minimum Experience Required: No experience required, 1 year hospital experience preferred. Experience with Epic and Pyxis.
Licensure / Certification Required: Texas State Board of Pharmacy license.
Duties
1. Reviews medication orders for potential medication
related problems. Intervenes as appropriate. Medication-related problems include: appropriateness of drug, dose, route, frequency, duration; minimizes therapeutic duplication; identifies/prevents drug-drug, drug-food, drug-lab, or drug-disease interactions.
Prevents/reports adverse drug reactions (ADRs).
Monitors patient responses to therapy.
2. Distribution/Technologies
Verifies or performs accurate dispensing of pharmaceuticals.
Processes medication orders
Supports formulary process
Monitors medication usage
Educates and counsels patients regarding drug therapy.
Interprets medication and medical literature for application to patient care.
3. Provides pharmacy technician supervision
Assists with inventory control.
Uses departmental technologies (eg epidural pumps, pharmacy information system, automated dispensing devices)
Record keeping
Communicates with electronic mail system.
4. Quality improvement
Incorporates patient safety goals into daily patient care activities.
Follows departmental policies and procedures.
Looks for and suggests ways to improve.
Implements improvements as appropriate.
Participates in departmental quality improvement/drug use evaluation (DUE) activities.
5. Cost Effectiveness
Uses time productively.
Uses resources effectively.
Complies with time and attendance policy. (Timeliness)
Complies with time and attendance policy (Attendance)
Suggests cost savings ideas.
6. Professional Activities
Communicates with healthcare providers
Assist in training other staff members or students.
Formally shares educational information with healthcare providers in written or verbal format.
Participates in professional pharmacy-related organization.
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano is a 370- bed, full service hospital located in Plano, Texas offering top quality medical services to the Plano, Frisco, and McKinney areas, giving nurses and health care professionals the perfect place to develop a career they can be proud of. This facility features a full range of specialty areas including Telemetry, ICU, a Cardiovascular Institute (including two Cath Labs), Emergency Services, Adolescent Behavioral Health, Pediatrics and a Level III Neonatal ICU. With the latest advanced surgical technology, makes Texas Health Plano one of the premier health care facilities in the Dallas metroplex. Come see why Texas Health Plano is the right place for you.
Texas Health Resources is an equal opportunity employer that celebrates diversity at all levels of our organization. EOE/AA/M/F/D/V
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