Pharmacy
Who we are
HCA Healthcare is one of the nation’s leading providers of healthcare, comprised of 186 hospitals with approximately 2,400 sites of care.
HCA Florida North Florida Hospital, part of the North Florida Division of HCA Healthcare, is located 3.5 miles from the University of Florida campus. Our hospital is a 523-bed, full-service medical and surgical acute care center serving north central Florida. In late 2024, we established the new Sarah Cannon Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program, bringing hope to patients with life-threatening blood cancers. We are accredited by The Joint Commission. We are committed to offering advanced healthcare services with a compassionate, patient-focused approach in the Gainesville community. We offer a wide range of services including cardiovascular, oncology, gastroenterology, orthopedics, women's health, neurology, wound care therapy and more. The resident will be a vital member of a leadership team that impacts more than 85 pharmacy employees and thousands of patients.
About our pharmacy department
Services
Clinical pharmacists identify, resolve, and prevent drug-related problems. To optimize workflow, clinical pharmacists provide drug information, use a drug safety monitoring system, and both recommend and monitor patient drug therapy. Clinical pharmacists interact with other healthcare providers to assure continuity of services and to achieve desired patient outcomes through safe, timely, cost-effective drug therapy.
Additional pharmacy services include:
- Antimicrobial stewardship, or the encouragement of patients to follow prescriptions and avoid overuse
- Automatic IV to oral and renal dose adjustments
- Blood clot medication management
- Electrolyte management
- Medication reconciliation, or identifying drug names, strengths and frequencies of medications patients take at home to aid in developing treatment plans inpatient
- Parenteral nutrition (e.g., IV nutrition)
- Pharmacokinetics, or the study of drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion