Clinical Pharmacy Specialist

We are looking to add top talent to our Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas team. Join us in performing Sacred Work!

• Matched Retirement Plan
• Paid Time Off
• Comprehensive Benefit Plan – Medical, Dental, Vision and Much More!
• Bonus Potential

The Clinical Pharmacy Specialist is responsible for ensuring all clinical functions of the Pharmacy Department are carried out and for assisting with the education of staff to enhance pharmaceutical services. This position requires skills and experience in providing educational opportunities to both patients and peers. The specialist must support the mission of providing Sacred Work to all who enter the doors of Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Manages and/or recommends evidence‑based medication therapy, including initiation, administration, modification and discontinuation of therapy to optimize outcomes, documenting all clinical interventions in the tracking system.
• Coordinates the timing and collection of drug concentration samples, interprets results, adjusts medication dosages or provides recommendations, and monitors responses to treatment; performs basic life support and participates in emergent/non‑emergent drug treatment management.
• Assists in the communication and coordination of pharmacy activities with Nursing Services by making recommendations for solutions and procedures in applicable areas.
• Effectively conveys expertise in clinical pharmacy to hospital staff using written and verbal communication skills, establishing rapport and maintaining effective working relationships with other health‑care team members.
• Serves as an effective clinical educator for pharmacy, nursing and other health‑care team members and/or the public, engaging learners at all levels of development and regularly participating in interprofessional activities.
• Develops and implements quality programs and initiatives pertaining to the assigned clinical area, assists with medication use evaluations and other special projects, and participates in P&T and other committee meetings applicable to the clinical area.

Graduate of an accredited College of Pharmacy. Completion of a PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency or 5 years of clinical experience in addition to board certification required.

Doctor of Pharmacy or BS in Pharmacy, licensed in the state of Texas, and Sterile IV certification.