What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinical Pharmacist position at UT Health Tyler?
Overview
Join our team as a full-time, Clinical Pharmacist Specialist in in Tyler, TX.
Why Join Us?
Thrive in a People-First Environment and Make Healthcare Better
- Thrive: We empower our team with career growth opportunities, tuition assistance, and resources that support your wellness, education, and financial well-being.
- People-First: We prioritize your well-being with paid time off, comprehensive health benefits, and a supportive, inclusive culture where you are valued and cared for.
- Make Healthcare Better: We use advanced technology to support our team and enhance patient care.
Get to Know Your Team:
- UT Health Tyler, the flagship hospital of the system, has 432 licensed beds specializing in advanced acute care medicine. Our hospital includes a 24-hour ER with Level 1 trauma center, a comprehensive stroke center, more than 500 physicians and a full complement of subspecialty groups.
Responsibilities
- The clinical pharmacist specialist is responsible for the provision of safe, effective, and prompt medication therapy. Provide patient-centered care and integrated pharmacy services in a decentralized practice setting with physicians, nurses, and other hospital personnel.
- In this clinical role, the specialist participates in all necessary aspects of the medication-use system while providing comprehensive pharmaceutical care to the patients in the assigned areas.
- As well as provide support of centralized and decentralized medication-use systems.
Qualifications
Job Requirements:
- B.S. or Pharm D. from an ACPE-accredited School of Pharmacy.
Clinical pharmacy experience in a hospital setting
Completion of an accredited PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency or fellowship AND Completion of an accredited PGY-2 Specialty Pharmacy Residency or fellowship (in an appropriate specialty field).
OR
Completion of an accredited PGY-1 Pharmacy residency or fellowship AND 3 year’s clinical pharmacy experience (if no PGY-2 is completed).
OR
5 year’s clinical pharmacy experience with no history of residency or fellowship.
Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) certification (or attained within 1 year).
Active Pharmacist license in good standing with the appropriate State Board of Pharmacy.
Other applicable state requirements – i.e. sterile compounding, etc.
BLS certification.
ALS/ACLS certification.
Board Certification.
Preferred Job Requirements:
Doctor of Pharmacy from an ACPE-accredited college of pharmacy.
Experience working in Microsoft Office applications, Electronic Medical Record Systems
