Full Job Description
Position Title: Clinical Pharmacist - Emergency Medicine
Facility: Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC)
Address: 3551 Roger Brooke Drive, Fort Sam Houston, TX, 78234
Opening: 2
Joining Date: ASAP
Salary: 120,000.00
Job Summary
Education:
Degree/Education: Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) ASHP-accredited post-graduate year one residency training
program (PGY1) with Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) board certification.
OR ASHP - accredited post -graduate year two (PGY2)
OR ASHP - accredited PGY-1 with three (3) years of clinical practice experience in with Board of Pharmacy Specialties
(BPS) board certification.
Equivalency Determination Request: The Contractor shall not request an equivalency determination as a substitute
for education requirements on this labor category.
Certifications (in addition to Basic Life Support identified in paragraph 1.5.45.6.): American Heart Association Advanced
Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
certification for all acute care pharmacists (i.e. critical care, cardiology, emergency medicine, internal medicine)
Board Certification: Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) Board Certification
Licensure: Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as a clinical pharmacist.
Contract Worker Standard Qualifications: The standard qualifications (duties) or the labor category are as follows:
Experience: All hospital clinical experience must be recent within the past 2 years post-graduation/training.
Candidate must meet standards of an ASHP-Qualified Residency Preceptor within one year of employment.
Clinical Pharmacist - Emergency Medicine
Provides direct patient care, including treatment assessment and medication management activities.
Works collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to optimize drug therapy.
Clinically evaluates all patients in specified area daily with relevant documentation placed in the medical record
regarding pharmacy recommendations, plans, interventions, and medication reconciliation.
Reviews the patient's drug regimen for appropriate indication, dosing allergy verification, interactions potential,
lab monitoring, duplication of therapy, drug interactions and medication documentation.
Provides cost-effective management of drug utilization within the clinic, monitors process and outcome of
patient care relating to drug therapy, monitors polypharmacy and high dose pharmaceutical dosing to prevent
adverse effects.
Clinical Pharmacists provide education on pharmaceuticals to BAMC staff and beneficiaries as requested and in
support of residency requirements for rotation opportunities.
Responds to Level I Trauma, code blue and massive blood transfusion emergencies.
Provides direct patient care and medication therapy monitoring, including antibiotic stewardship,
pharmacokinetic drug dosing, renal and hepatic dosing, and patient education.
Facilitates discharge planning and smooth transition to alternate sites of care from a pharmacy perspective.
Work Schedule:
The Contractor shall be available to provide support (Monday through Friday) from ([redacted]) daily. Contract
The Department shall establish a schedule for contract personnel to perform services on various shifts, which range
from (8-12) hours. Each shift shall include (30 or 60) minutes for unpaid lunch, which may vary depending on the section
and/or specific shift assigned.
Regular duty hours are expected to average (40) hours per week. Unplanned or unannounced schedule changes may
occur, based on necessity, and in concurrence of the Contractor.
Clinical pharmacists may rotate to clinical positions provided the clinical pharmacist is trained and competent within the
discipline
Clinical Pharmacists : according to clinic schedule between the hours of 0530-2100.
When directed by the Government, contract personnel shall remain on-duty to complete patient treatment, where lack
of continuity of care would otherwise jeopardize patient health. This provision is not intended to apply to the time
required to complete routine tasks (e.g., completion of paperwork or routine administrative tasks at the end of a shift)
which are to be completed as part of the normal work schedule.
