Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacist - North Carolina

Job Description:

Location and Work Environment:
Candidates for this role must be based in North Carolina ( or open to relocate to North Carolina), as the position requires some onsite work. We are seeking individuals whose skills and experience align with the job description below. We are flexible and open to considering candidates interested in either full-time or part-time opportunities, depending on their preference.

About the Role: 

As an Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacist you will have the opportunity to deliver innovative, high-quality care as an integral member of our team. You will be responsible for the promotion of rational, safe and cost-effective drug therapy in collaboration with both internal and external primary care providers & specialists, nurse care managers, our community health partners and other non-clinical roles. You will work to identify and help resolve medication therapy opportunities while co-designing individualized therapeutic regimens for optimal management of chronic disease states and preventative care. You will provide direct care to our members and their caregivers to deliver Comprehensive Medication Management (CMM) and help drive better individual and population health outcomes while preventing avoidable ED visits and hospitalizations.

Responsibilities

• Provide Comprehensive Medication Management (CMM) in collaboration with hub-based and virtual clinical care teams and provide other pharmacist support services as needed. 

• Contribute in the development of a medication management action plan to achieve member self-management goals and clinical outcomes, with measurable parameters and timeline for monitoring and follow-up. 

• Communicate and work collaboratively with Cityblock and external providers belonging to member care team to ensure all clinical interventions and encounters are aligned with medication-related goals, and conduct ongoing assessments and refinements to care plan necessary to promote goal attainment 

• Provide direct support to clinical team members for all general drug information, dosing, interaction/adverse effect avoidance questions or member-specific needs  

• Participate in staff education through presentation of medication management in-services, development of educational tools for clinical and non-clinical team members, and training/coaching/facilitating all roles on consistent maintenance of a member’s best possible medication list care management platform, Commons, as well as post-discharge med reconciliation process for providers. 

• Help develop medication management and disease state-specific clinical pathways/protocols, with the eventual goal of transitioning to collaborative practice agreements (CPA) with Cityblock physicians, permitting pharmacist to perform member assessments, order laboratory tests, and initiate or adjust medications per protocol to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of team-based care.

Requirements for the Role: 

• Demonstrate and apply in-depth knowledge of pharmacotherapy, pathophysiology clinical signs/symptoms of diseases, and possess ability to evaluate and interpret together with relevant scientific/clinical evidence as the basis for therapeutic decision-making

• Evaluate drug therapy for appropriateness, effectiveness, safety, adherence, and affordability

• Identify medication-related risks or opportunities and develop/initiate therapeutic plans to resolve them

• Doctorate Degree of Pharmacy

• Board Certification in Pharmacotherapy (BCPS), Ambulatory Care Pharmacy (BCACP) or Geriatric Pharmacy (BCGP) from the Board of Pharmacy Specialties

• PharmD with license to practice pharmacy

• PGY1 pharmacy practice residency, and a PGY-2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency, or s minimum of 2 years’ experience as a clinical pharmacist in an ambulatory care setting.

Cityblock values diversity as a core tenet of the work we do and the populations we serve. We are an equal opportunity employer, indiscriminate of race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic.

Covid 19 Update - Please Read:

Cityblock requires those hired into this position to provide proof that they have received the COVID-19 vaccine.  Any individuals subject to this requirement may submit for consideration a request to be exempted from the requirement