Company Overview
Pride Health is a leading minority-owned healthcare recruitment & staffing firm that offers highly customized business process solutions at cost-effective prices. Headquartered in New York City as a top minority supplier, PRIDE Health offers a broad geographic reach with offices throughout the U.S., India, and Brazil. Leveraging more than 20 years of experience, PRIDE has enhanced its core competency of IT staffing services by creating client-centric, cost-effective IT, and business process solutions. PRIDE serves Client-Partners in the healthcare, IT, financial services, retail and insurance industries offering both Direct Hire and Temporary Staff of Healthcare Professionals, Vendor Management Systems, IT Hardware Procurement Services, and Business Processing Outsourcing. Temporary, Contract, Per Diem & Direct Hire staffing solutions are only part of what we can offer our clients. We work with our Client-Partners to customize workforce solutions and provide a value-add beyond traditional staffing. Exciting options such as: VMS: Manage order distribution, consolidate billing, and enhanced reporting capability that outperforms manual systems and processes. BPO: Increased flexibility in resource management and reduced response times to environmental changes; freeing our Client-Partners to focus on their core competencies.
Job Description:
The pharmacist in this role will be responsible for promoting pharmaceutical care by managing the medication process, identifying and preventing potential drug-related problems, and resolving actual drug-related problems. This includes performing the duties of a registered pharmacist as outlined by Texas Children’s Hospital. All responsibilities will be executed in a manner that is developmentally appropriate for patients across all age groups (from pediatric to adult). The pharmacist will:
- Ensure the appropriateness of medication doses based on the patient’s diagnosis, weight/body surface area, allergies, and drug interactions, as evidenced by the lack of medication incidents.
- Accurately enter medication orders in the system, with no medication incidents.
- Ensure correct medications are dispensed and delivered according to established guidelines, with no dispensing errors.
- Follow aseptic technique and infection control protocols in preparing sterile products and ensure that technicians and other pharmacists comply.
- Complete annual re-certification in aseptic technique/infection control and score at least 90% on written and practical exams.
Skills and Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or Pharm.D. (Doctor of Pharmacy) degree required.
- Registered Pharmacist (RPH) certification in the state of Texas required.
- A minimum of 2 years of hospital staff pharmacist experience required; pediatric experience is preferred.
- 40 hours of training in compounding sterile products accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education or the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists is preferred.
- Knowledge of EPIC system is preferred.
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