Pharmacist Resident

Our promise to you:

Joining AdventHealth is about being part of something bigger. It’s about belonging to a community that believes in the wholeness of each person, and serves to uplift others in body, mind and spirit. AdventHealth is a place where you can thrive professionally, and grow spiritually, by Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ. Where you will be valued for who you are and the unique experiences you bring to our purpose-minded team. All while understanding that together we are even better.

• Participate in Interdisciplinary Rounds: Actively engage in patient care team discussions by attending rounds and providing pharmacotherapeutic recommendations to optimize outcomes. 

• Conduct Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM): Calculate pharmacokinetic parameters, interpret serum drug levels, and adjust dosing for targeted drug therapies based on clinical data.

• Document Clinical Interventions: Accurately record pharmacist interventions, cost-savings data, and potential outcome changes to demonstrate clinical impact.

• Educate Patients and Healthcare Staff: Provide medication counseling to patients, and conduct in-service education sessions or presentations for nurses, physicians, and other healthcare professionals.

• Prepare Drug Monographs and Policy Support: Contribute to formulary reviews, medication use evaluations, and Pharmacy & Therapeutics (P&T) committee recommendations.

• Support Medication Stewardship: Recommend cost-effective therapies and switch IV to oral medications when clinically appropriate, ensuring coordination with nursing.

• Mentor and Teach Pharmacy Students: Serve as a preceptor or co-preceptor to pharmacy students, sharing knowledge and demonstrating pharmacy best practices.

• Ensure Safe Medication Handling: Follow procedures for handling hazardous drugs and waste, use PPE, and respond appropriately to hazardous spills.

• Maintain Ethical and Professional Standards: Uphold principles of academic integrity, demonstrate leadership, and comply with institutional and professional codes of conduct.

• Deliver Patient-Centered Clinical Services: Evaluate and manage patient medication therapy by assessing drug efficacy, safety, allergies, interactions, dosage adjustments, and therapeutic outcomes under supervision.

• Performs other duties as assigned. 

• Good communication skills, ability to work with staff members [Required]
• Must be able to read, write, speak, and have good comprehension of conversational English [Required]
• Basic computer skills and knowledge of Microsoft Office [Required]
• Ability to work closely with medical, nursing and pharmacy services in the area of pharmacotherapy [Preferred]
• Ability to work with pharmacy and medical students when appropriate [Preferred]
• Ability to take active part in pharmacy staff development [Preferred]
• Ability to serve the needs of neonatal, pediatric, adult, adolescent and geriatric patients [Preferred]

• Bachelor's [Preferred]
• Doctorate [Preferred]

• in pharmacy

• N/A

• N/A

• Licensed Pharmacist (RPH) [Preferred]
• Licensed Pharmacist - Temporary (RPh-TEMP) [Preferred]

Certain positions are subject to Florida Level 2 background screening, including fingerprinting, as required by state law.

Applicants may review general information about Florida’s background screening requirements at the Florida Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse:
https://info.flclearinghouse.com/

This facility is an equal opportunity employer and complies with federal, state and local anti-discrimination laws, regulations and ordinances.