Clinical Pharmacist I – General Pharmacy

About the role

The Clinical Pharmacist I provides comprehensive pharmacy services in a hospital setting, ensuring safe, effective, and cost‑efficient medication therapy for patients. The role combines direct patient care, medication dispensing, and clinical consultation across multiple care areas.

Key responsibilities

• Prepare and dispense drug orders per physician requests, including non‑sterile, sterile, chemotherapy, and parenteral nutrition products.
• Interpret verbal and written drug orders and accurately enter them into the computerized patient medication record.
• Issue controlled substances to patient‑care areas and maintain required regulatory records.
• Provide ambulatory pharmaceutical care, including anticoagulation management, medication reconciliation, and transition‑of‑care services.
• Monitor drug therapy for contraindications, interactions, allergies, and appropriate dosing.
• Participate in pharmacokinetics consults and renal drug‑dosing adjustments.
• Detect and report adverse drug reactions promptly.
• Support quality‑improvement initiatives and medication‑use reviews.

Required profile

• Current, active pharmacist license.
• Completion of required continuing education and competency assessments.
• Ability to meet OneCHRISTUS competency standards (Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders).
• Experience supervising pharmacy support personnel and verifying technician activities.

Required skills

• Pharmacy dispensing and compounding (sterile and non‑sterile).
• Anticoagulation management.
• Pharmacokinetics and renal dosing expertise.
• Medication therapy management and drug‑interaction monitoring.
• Controlled‑substance handling and regulatory compliance.