Job Description

HCA Florida Gulf Coast Hospital is a 238-bed acute care hospital. For 40 years, we have served Bay County and the surrounding communities. We are an accredited facility offering comprehensive care. This includes advanced cardiac assessment and treatment. We offer certified women's services. Our hospital has dedicated spaces for adult and pediatric emergency services. We are certified in Advanced Primary Stroke Care. Our hospital is accredited as a Comprehensive Breast Care Center. We are the area's only Accredited Chest Pain Center with Primary PCI and Resuscitation. Other services that we offer include orthopedic care and joint replacement, robotic surgery, cardiac, vascular, and interventional services. We are home to the only Pediatric ER in the community. We have the only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit in the region. Together, we continue to raise the bar in healthcare.

Job Summary and Qualifications

We are seeking a Pharmacist to join our healthcare team. Your primary function is providing general clinical and pharmacy services, including supervision of technical staff. You will work with a phenomenal team that cares like family and works together in a collaborative manner.

• In this role you will: Interpret orders and transcribe or verify them accurately and efficiently into the pharmacy computer system.
• Accurately compound and dispense pharmaceuticals.
• Monitor drug therapy regimens for contraindications, drug-drug interactions, drug-food interactions, allergies and appropriateness of drug and dose.
• Sustain the hospital formulary, minimizing nonformulary procurements, utilizing therapeutic interchanges and promotes rational drug therapy selection.
• Provide accurate and timely medication information to healthcare staff and patients.
• Assist with clinical services such as drug consults, nutrition support, pharmacokinetics, anticoagulant monitoring, pain management, IV to PO, renal dosing and other programs as defined by Pharmacy Leadership.
• Document all clinical activities and interventions accurately and completely.
• Complete notification reports regarding medication errors and adverse drug reactions.
• Effectively supervise pharmacy operation activities and provide support to the whole pharmacy team.

• Looking for a candidate with at least 1 year of recent hospital experience or the completion of a PGY-1 in a hospital setting. *MUST HAVE ACUTE HOSPITAL EXPERIENCE WITHIN THE LAST YEAR
• B.S. or PharmD from and ACPE accredited School of Pharmacy required
• Active pharmacist license in good standing with the appropriate Florida State Board of Pharmacy

• Additional Information:Who does this position report to? Director of Pharmacy
• Why is the position open? Backfill
• How long has it been open? Nights role has been open for 92 days. Mixed Shift role has been open for 35 days * As of 6/4/25
• How many total beds are in the unit? N/A – Candidate will be working in Central Pharmacy
• What are the qualities that you like and dislike in candidates that you have seen so far? We like self-starters who are able to back up what they say. We have a transfer from Trident who is already working somewhat independently. If they have HCA experience from the past, that is a major plus. Someone who can demonstrate that they know what they’re talking about. They have disliked candidates who lack hospital experience. It’s such a fast-paced environment with high acuity patients that hospital experience is extremely valuable.

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