Full-Time 

St. David’s Medical Center is part of St. David’s HealthCare, one of the largest health systems in Texas, which was recognized in 2014 with a Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. Founded in 1924, St. David’s Medical Center is a full-service medical center offering comprehensive medical care at three locations—St. David’s Medical Center, Heart Hospital of Austin and St. David’s Georgetown Hospital. Located in central Austin, St. David’s Medical Center includes a 350-bed acute care hospital and a 64- bed rehabilitation hospital providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient care. It is home to the internationally renowned Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute and St. David’s Neuroscience & Spine Institute. The hospital provides a complete range of women’s services, including its acclaimed maternity unit, maternal-fetal medicine, a high-risk maternal and neonatal transport team, the region’s largest and most sophisticated Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and The Breast Center; complex surgical services; a comprehensive Bariatric Surgery Center; and a 24-hour emergency department. St. David’s Medical Center was named among the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals by Truven Health Analytics from 2010 to 2016. Truven also named St. David’s Medical Center to the list of 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals in 2013, 2015 and 2016. The hospital earned a national distinction for patient safety from The Leapfrog Group from 2012 to 2016, and it received the 2016 Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence from Healthgrades for the fifth consecutive year, as well as Healthgrades’ 2016 America’s 100 Best Hospitals Award™ for the second consecutive year.

Summary

Director Pharmacy responsibilities include:

• Delivers professional nursing care to all patients presenting to the ED
• Performs triage assessment and acuity assignment
• Follows standard of care utilizing Nursing Process in delivery of care
• Maintains accountability for professional decisions and actions
• Administers treatments/medications/procedures within scope of practice
• Participates in coordination of care with ED management staff, team leader, physicians, department staff and ancillary services
• Responsible for delegation of duties to technical support staff maintaining accountability of delegation
• Provides patient care as needed for patient types, which include but are not limited to neurological disorders, oncologic, cardiac services, orthopedic disorders, and Trauma in the following age categories: adult, pediatric and geriatric populations

Qualifications

• Current licensure as a Registered Nurse from Texas Board of Nurse Examiners. Compact license is accepted.
• Current CPR - healthcare provider, issued by American Heart Association. 
• Current TNCC, PALS certification preferred.
• ACLS required.
• Prefer one year of recent experience.
• Strongly prefer basic computer skills to process order entry and retrieve data.

Compensation commensurate with experience with salary range between $63.86/hr - $85.14/hr. Sign-on and relocation possible as well!