HCA Healthcare

Advanced Clinical Pharmacist NICU

HCA Healthcare • $100K — $130K *
Kissimmee, FL 34744In-Person
Healthcare
5 - 7 years of experience
Reposted 6 days ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Pharmacy or Master's degree required
  • Preferred pharmacy residency training or Board Certification in pediatrics
  • Over 5 years of pediatric pharmaceutical care experience or relevant residency
  • Board Certified in Pediatrics
  • Registered pharmacist licensed in Florida

Responsibilities

  • Develop and coordinate antimicrobial stewardship programs
  • Participate in daily rounds in NICU and PICU
  • Ensure medication-related policies are current and accessible
  • Review neonatal and pediatric medication dosages for accuracy
  • Respond to pediatric codes and prepare medications during emergencies
  • Provide education and training to pharmacy students
  • Manage competency development for pharmacy staff

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and telemedicine services
  • Wellbeing support including free counseling
  • Paid time off and leave of absence coverage
  • 401(k) Plan with matching contributions
  • Tuition and student loan assistance along with certification support
  • Additional benefits for family building and legal protection
Full Job Description
Advanced Clinical Pharmacist

Job Summary and Qualifications

Responsible for developing and coordinating initiatives directed at the appropriate use of antimicrobials within the organization. This includes developing, implementing and maintaining antimicrobial stewardship program, daily patient care monitoring and continuous performance improvement. Responsible for interdisciplinary education regarding antimicrobials and AMP programs.

Pharmacist will double check and continue to review neonatal and pediatric doses of medications and IV fluids to ensure that all weight- based doses are appropriate. This includes the ability to appropriately dose & assess medications that require pharmacokinetic adjustments, as well as quickly assess the literature for atypical medications & their doses Pharmacist should be able to review and evaluate NICU TPN orders for appropriateness and be able to write a NICU TPN if requested to by physician. Pharmacist should also be able to write a pediatric TPN in conjunction with the physician's specifications (ex: fluid rate) when consulted
  • Participates in daily rounds in NICU and PICU
  • Ensure NICU/Pediatric/PICU departments medication-related policies and procedures are written, revised, up-to-date, and readily available for review. Work in conjunction with the multi- disciplinary teams when developing or revising a policy
  • Pharmacy yearly reviews palivizumab (Synagis®) guidelines and administration time lines to help assess orders for appropriateness
  • Readily available via imobile for questions during pediatric pharmacy hours
  • Pharmacist will review Vigilance for clinically relevant pediatric alerts and contact the prescriber if needed.
  • Pharmacist will double check and continue to review neonatal and pediatric doses of medications and IV fluids to ensure that all weight- based doses are appropriate. This includes the ability to appropriately dose & assess medications that require pharmacokinetic adjustments, as well as quickly assess the literature for atypical medications & their doses
  • Pharmacist should be able to review and evaluate NICU TPN orders for appropriateness and be able to write a NICU TPN if requested to by physician. Pharmacist should also be able to write a pediatric TPN in conjunction with the physician's specifications (ex: fluid rate) when consulted
  • Reviews NICU patient's vaccination status and help keep patients up-to-date on required vaccinations
  • Responds to all pediatric codes during pharmacy open hours; when responding to codes the pharmacist will be the primary person who is drawing up medications
  • Participates in the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee and attends meetings when needed
  • Participates in the Department of Pediatrics Committee and attends meetings
  • Participates and attends NICU interdisciplinary Unit Practice Council Meetings
  • Manages pharmacy staff development, competency and training in NICU/PICU/PEDS programs in collaboration with the Pharmacy Clinical Manager.
  • Provides the patient/parent education of newly diagnosed type 1 diabetic patients - this includes providing type 1 diabetes educational material to the parents/patient and completing the appropriate sections of the "Type 1 Diabetes Checklist" that can be found on forms on demand.
  • Provides medication discharge instructions for NICU parents when NICU patients are getting close to being discharged. Also, help facilitate the obtaining of outpatient medications that NICU parents must obtain prior to baby being discharged from the NICU. Nurse/Pharmacist must verify that this outpatient medication has the correct labeling on the bottle. This includes verifying the name/strength of the medication, dosing instructions, and storage instructions.
  • Provide pediatric medication safety initiatives/information to nursing/medical staff via verbal communication or pharmacy newsletter
  • Provides education and training to pharmacy students.
  • Performs pharmacist duties as assigned.
  • Demonstrates the ability to create, initiate, and integrate new concepts and practices to improve patient care and/or employee satisfaction.
  • Develops creative solutions that address departmental or organizational needs.
  • Behaves appropriately and works cooperatively with others to achieve departmental goals.
  • Responds to conflict discretely and appropriately.
  • Accept and supports change and new ideas.
  • Consistently puts the team's success ahead of personal recognition.
  • Performs work within specified time frames.
  • Performs work completely with attention to detail.
  • Attends staff meetings and participates in other programs, committees, meetings, and functions required by the hospital or pharmacy.
  • Assumes authority, accountability and responsibility for the formal and informal direction of others.
  • Performs other related functions as assigned.


QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Doctor of Pharmacy or Master's degree required. Pharmacy residency training or Board Certification with added qualifications in pediatrics is preferred.
  • Dedicated Pediatric Lead pharmacist with the equivalent of > 5 years' experience providing pharmaceutical care for neonates and/or pediatric patients. Or PGY1 Residency with emphasis on pediatrics within a pediatric hospital Or PGY2 Residency with Pediatric specialty
  • Board Certified Pediatrics. Maintain a knowledge of NALS in regards to appropriate medication, dose, and administration
  • Registered pharmacist licensed in the State of Florida.
Benefits

HCA Florida Osceola Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
  • Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
  • Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
  • Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
  • Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
  • Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
  • Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

HCA Florida Osceola Hospital is a 404-bed tertiary care hospital. We are accredited by the Joint Commission and are a Level II Trauma Center. We are a teaching hospital in collaboration with UCF College of Medicine. Our hospital is conveniently and centrally located in the Heart of Kissimmee. We are only minutes from Orlando, St. Cloud, Celebration, and Poinciana. We are committed to enhancing the standard of healthcare by providing services including Emergency Care, Trauma Care, Pediatric ER, Heart & Vascular Institute, and Comprehensive Stroke Center. Other services include The Baby Suites Maternity Care, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Level II, Women's Services, Behavioral Health, Orthopedics & Spine, and a Graduate Medical Education Program. We expand our care to the community with our freestanding Emergency Department at Hunter's Creek ER.

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Learn more about HCA Healthcare
Size
204,000 employees
Market Cap
$67.9 billion
Industry
Healthcare
Net Income
$3.7 billion
Founded
1968
5 Year Trend
+7.2%
Revenue
$51.5 billion
NASDAQ
HCA
* Ladders Estimates

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