Pharmacy Resident II (PGY-II) Mount Sinai Hospital; Full Time; Days

Mount Sinai is one of the largest non-profit health systems in the U.S. with a strong reputation for quality of care (18th ranked academic medical center) and research/education (22nd ranked medical school). Our health system has ~40,000 employees working together to provide billions of dollars in high-quality care for millions of patients each year. 

We are accelerating a transition to a business model focused on population health management – our goal is to keep entire communities healthy and out of the hospital.  Mount Sinai Health Partners (MSHP) is the team driving this transformation within Mount Sinai.  The team includes 400+ employees with clinical, contracting, finance, IT, analytics, operations, and product development expertise. 

MSHP is a fast growing business unit within Mount Sinai and is looking for team members who:

• Are comfortable “playing up” and “playing down” as needed to accomplish business objectives 
• Work productively amidst ambiguity
• Thrive in fast-paced  work environments
• Seek to improve the status quo 

Within MSHP, the Team Name is... Clinical Pharmacy Integration

Members of the Clinical Pharmacy Integration team will be responsible for medication management quality, cost, utilization and clinical stewardship activities at practice and program level. 

MSHP seeks a PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Resident to...

PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Resident who works under general/direct supervision and reports to the Director of Pharmacy and the Director of the PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency Program, Population Health, MSHP. The PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency is designed to transition the PGY1 residency graduate from general practice to a specialized pharmacy practice specific to the needs of ambulatory patients. The resident will have direct patient care responsibilities aligned with care delivery goals as dictated jointly by MSHP and practice leadership. The resident will perform all duties in accordance with the residency standards set forth by the PGY2 program and the Pharmacy Department.

The resident practices within an interdisciplinary environment and graduates with the ability to develop and secure collaborative drug therapy management agreements with providers at ambulatory practices. Resident will lead medication management performance improvement initiatives. Resident will assist with design, implementation and evaluation of all related pharmacy initiatives. Resident is expected to assist with pharmacy students and PGY1 pharmacy residents as requested. 

Responsibility #1 Delivery of clinical pharmacy services with a focus on chronic care management, transitions of care, and care management 

• Promote clinically rational drug therapy and sound pharmaceutical care through the development of new (or expansion of existing) pharmacy practice programs, drug therapy policies, and other programs 
• Serve as a clinical pharmacy resource for the health-system and its affiliated pharmacy services for affiliated providers in the Clinically Integrated Network (CIN)

 

Responsibility #2 Pharmacy Strategy Innovation

• Identify, develop and implement new clinical pharmacy strategies, operational improvements, and innovation pilot projects across applicable clinics
• Provide training to clinic staff and practitioners on program improvement activities, as required

 

Responsibility #3 Education 

• Provide scholarly activities and presentations at local and national meetings to advocate for and raise awareness of population health pharmacy integration and innovations
• Provide education to staff and patients on processes such as medication reconciliation and disease state management
• Lead and participate in pharmacy resident conference

 

Responsibility #4 Quality/Utilization Management 

• Assist with scaling MTM and chronic disease management program and managing goals of pharmacy integration across MSHS, CIN employed or voluntary practices
• Support financial, quality and utilization analytics, performance improvement evaluations, and impact to value based care metrics
• Serve as pharmacy representative on behalf of MSHP as required at organizational committees

 

Responsibility #5 Documentation 

• Document all activities in the electronic medical record and other databases using the established format in a timely and accurate manner
• Communicate promptly with practitioners and other team members to relay pertinent findings

 

Responsibility #6 Staffing 

• Complete longitudinal ambulatory staffing experience every other Saturday
• Involved