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HCA Healthcare Clinical Pharmacist in McAllen, Texas
Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As a(an) Clinical Pharmacist with Rio Grande Regional Hospital you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!
Job Summary and Qualifications
To assure the delivery of quality pharmacy service by adequately managing drug information and appropriateness of therapy, so that all drug therapy for neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric patients are selected, dispensed, administered and documented with absolute accuracy and according to currently accepted policies and practice. To assure the department complies with the minimum standards of hospital pharmacies (American Society of Hospital Pharmacist) as well as the pharmacy standards and recommendations of the Joint Commission of Accreditation of Hospital Organizations.
Provides clinical recommendations to hospital committees
Interacts to improve drug efficacy, safety and cost (with medical staff)
Utilizes all available drug information resources as needed
Serves as clinical resource to pharmacist staff
Provides staff development education to pharmacist areas
Maintains current clinical practice expertise in multiple areas
Provides kinetic dosing assistance, as needed
Supports M.U.E. studies of the P & T Committee
Recommends formulary action to the P & T committee
Provides clinical assistance as needed to maintain JCAHO compliance
What qualifications you will need:
Doctorate of Pharmacy (PharmD)
Licensed in the State of Texas as a pharmacist.
Benefits
Rio Grande Regional 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 (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)
Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
Rio Grande Regional Hospital (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/rio-grande-regional-hospital) in McAllen, Texas has been serving the Rio Grande Valley for more than 30 years. Our full service hospital has 320+ beds and a team of more than 500 physicians representing 35+ specialties. Rio Grande Regional Hospital offers a full range of inpatient and outpatient medical and surgical services. Our Emergency Room is a Level III Trauma Center and we have extended our ER services into the Rio Grande Valley with our three remote ERs in McAllen/Mission, Edinburg, and San Juan. Our Women’s Services include L&D and a 30+ bed NICU. We also have an entire children’s hospital within our main facility to care for the children in our community. We work with the Texas Transplant Institute, which serves local patients in need of organ, tissue or stem cell transplants . Our proven track record of serving the medical needs of the Valley communities we serve has led to Rio Grande Regional Hospital being recognized for patient safety and clinical excellence time and time again.
HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder
Be a part of an organization that invests in you! We are reviewing applications for our Clinical Pharmacist opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Submit your application and help us raise the bar in patient care!
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.