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Exemption Status:

Exempt

Schedule Details:

Monday through Friday

Scheduled Hours:

8A-4:30P

Shift:

1 - Day Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America)

Hours:

40

Cost Center:

10020 - 3851 Pharmacy Business Office

This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

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The clinical pharmacist provides comprehensive medication management services that integrate clinical services, order management, patient/staff education and research. Clinical pharmacists are responsible for improving the patient’s experience, safety, and achieving positive clinical and financial outcomes. This position is responsible to an immediate supervisor/manager.

Major Responsibilities: 

• Collaborating with the 340B team as applicable, monitoring 340B accumulations, collaborating and communicating with Distributors, TPAs and others as needed.

• Assisting with distributive functions for defined areas; aligning with expansion initiatives within the department.

• Assist in projecting metrics to meet financial goals.

• Assist with updating regulatory bodies licensure status for ADM location(s).

• Assist in maintaining records related to the wholesaler licensure.

• Ensuring compliance with DSCSA.

• Assist in drafting procedures where applicable.

The following key performance areas (Clinical, Operations/Distribution, Financial, Safety and Regulatory, Research and Education) are performed by the clinical pharmacist:

Clinical Performance:

Provides medication management services in a collaborative manner that consist of the following:

• Review patient medication history, educate patients on drug therapy, establish desired outcomes, develop/modify therapeutic plans, determine alternatives for achieving outcomes, develop drug monitoring plans, monitor patient outcomes, document medication related issues in electronic health record, interpret laboratory data, review patient medication profiles, monitor pharmacokinetics of drug therapy, monitoring for potential adverse drug – drug, drug-lab, drug-disease state, and drug - food interactions.

• Maintains and updates a patient profile with demographics (e.g. height and weight), diagnosis, allergies, and current medications.

• Monitors drug therapy to evaluate appropriateness of use, dose, dosage form, regimen, route, therapeutic duplication, and drug interaction.

• Provides drug information to health care professionals and to patients.

• Documents clinical interventions.

• Counsels patients on discharge medications as appropriate.

• Performs clinical review and verification of medication orders.

• Performs medication order entry when needed.

• Discusses medication order clarifications with the prescriber, documents interventions, and communicates medication order changes as needed.

• Facilitates medication discharge planning and smooth transition to alternate sites of care and access to an ambulatory pharmacy.

Operations/Distribution Performance

• Ensures the timely and accurate dispensing of medications from the pharmacy area.

• Ensures proper technique and accurate preparation of all pharmaceutical products, including oral, non-sterile and sterile compounding, chemotherapeutic, hazardous, and investigational agents.

• Responsible for the accurate filling and dispensing of medications from the pharmacy area.

• Cross-covers in a variety of practice areas within the pharmacy as requested by supervisor.

• Ens