Pharmacy Resident

Are you passionate about the patient experience? At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to caring for patients with purpose and integrity. We care like family! Jump-start your career as a Pharmacy Resident today with HCA Midwest Health.

APharmacy Resident is a highly motivated pharmacist seeking advanced training leading to an enhanced level of professional pharmacy practice andis responsible for providing general clinical pharmacy services.

Join us and become part of a team committed to providing compassionate, efficient, quality, patient-focused healthcare at all times.

What you will do in this role:

• Read and adhere to the current residency manual, including residency-specific policies and procedures, received during Orientation.
• Complete the goals andobjectivesof each rotation asdeterminedby the resident and preceptor.
  
  Projects may often overlap and/or be of varying sizes.
• Maintain documentation and self-evaluation in a timely mannerwithin
  
  Pharm
  
  Academic.
• Complete a major project culminating in a paper of publishable quality prior to the completion of the residency.
• Present the results of the major project at a regional residency conference.
• Deliver case presentations and journal clubs to pharmacy staff as outlined in the residency manual.
• Activelyparticipatein interdisciplinary committee meetings as assigned, including
  
  Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee.
  
  Present at least one drug monograph or medication use evaluation presentation to the P&T committee.
• Comply with facility policy and procedures
• Comply withall regulatory standards and requirements
• Practice and adhere to the “Code of Conduct” philosophy and “Mission and Value Statement”
• Have knowledge of the patient population served and apply that knowledge in the care of those patients
• Comply with facility pharmacy schedule to work physically at patient care areas to interact with medical staff,nursesand other members of the healthcare team
• Assess the status of the patient anddeterminewhether the prescribed medications are optimally meeting the patient’s needs and goals of care
• Evaluate the appropriateness and effectiveness of patient’s active medication therapy
• Recognize untreated medical issues that could be improved or resolved with appropriate medicationtherapy
• Monitor patient progress for regimen effectiveness and safety
• Counsel/advise patients and family membersregardingmedication therapy regimens
• Communicate effectively with physicians,nursesand other healthcare providers to provide clinical pharmacy services and direct patient care activities
• Provide general clinical services such as pharmacokinetic-based dosing, anticoagulant monitoring, pain management, nutrition support, IV to PO, renal dosing and other programs as defined by pharmacy leadership
• Provide clinical pharmacokinetic services as appropriate
• Provide pharmacy anticoagulation services as appropriate
• Assist with the Antimicrobial Management Program initiatives as appropriate
• Assist with clinical initiatives as appropriate
• Provideaccurateandtimelymedication information to healthcare staff and patients
• Monitor drug therapy regimens for contraindications, drug-drug interactions, drug-food interactions, allergies and appropriateness of drug and dose
• Suggestappropriate, cost-effective therapeutic medication regimens or alternatives to medical staff
• Document all clinical activities and interventions accurately and completely
• Sustain the hospital formulary, minimizing non-formulary procurements,utilizingtherapeutic interchanges and promotes rational drug therapyselection
• Effectively and proactively intervene in conflicts between pharmacy and medical staffregardingdrug therapy issue resolutions
• Support andparticipatein the goals of the organization’s quality improvement, riskmanagementand patient safety program to include but not limited to National Patient Safety Goals, Core Measures and HCAHPS medication-related initiatives
• Participate in continuous quality improvement of pharmacy operations (operations/clinical) including but not limited to medication use evaluations
• Provide input for improving pharmacy computer system programs relating to pharmacy,nursing and physician programs
• Complete notification reportsregardingmedication errors and adverse drug reactions
• Identifyar