Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

Day Shift

Description:

AMBULATORY CARE

CLINICAL PHARMACIST

Responsible for providing comprehensive medication management services for patients cared for by the Saint Alphonsus Medical Group (SAMG) Clinics and/or patients managed by the Saint Alphonsus Health Alliance (SAHA). Works collaboratively with physicians, advanced practice providers, staff and other health care professionals to provide medication management, education, and care coordination across the health care continuum.

Focuses on supporting patients upon discharge from an acute care and post acute care setting and providing chronic disease state management of high and rising risk patients associated with assigned Saint Alphonsus Medical Group Clinics, through collaborative practice agreements, and with patients of practices in the Saint Alphonsus Health Alliance under the supervision of the Executive Medical Director Value Care.

Is an integral member of the health care team who works to ensure that excellent patient experience, patient safety, best practices and high quality standards of care are maintained across the continuum of care. Responsibilities include assisting the Saint Alphonsus Medical Group Clinic and Alliance network providers and staff in developing and coordinating a wide range of self-management support and chronic-care management activities for the clinic's affected patient population.

The focus will be on patients that have complex medical needs, are prescribed extensive medication regimens, endorse barriers to adherence and medication access, require additional educational needs and would benefit from clinical pharmacist follow up between primary care of specialty provider visits.

Success will be measured by the results of the process and outcome performance measures around patient experience, reducing readmissions and unnecessary hospitalizations of the assigned SAMG clinic and SAHA patient population. Supports the overall efforts of care coordination and population health management teams across the healthcare system.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Currently licensed in good standing with the Board of Pharmacy in Idaho required; licensed in Oregon required within 6 months of hire.

• PharmD required. Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy and 3 years of experience may be considered in lieu of PharmD.

• Minimum of 1 year of practice experience at patient care level required or equivalent.

• Residency training: Post Graduate Year 1 preferred.

• Board Certification in Pharmacotherapy or Ambulatory Care preferred.

• Previous experience in both acute care and community or long-term care pharmacy preferred.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

Ability to successfully complete generic and department-specific skills validation and competency testing excellent physician communication skills.

Critical thinking skills and ability to analyze complex data sets.

Ability to implement evidence-based interventions and protocols for chronic conditions. Ability to affect change, work as a productive and effective team member, and adapt to changing needs/priorities.

Demonstrated customer focused interpersonal skills to interact in an effective manner with practitioners, the interdisciplinary health care team, community agencies, patients, and families with diverse opinions, values, and religious and cultural ideals. Demonstrated ability to work autonomously and be directly accountable for practice. Demonstrated ability to influence and negotiate individual and group decision-making.

Demonstrated ability to function effectively in a fluid, dynamic, and rapidly changing environment. Demonstrated leadership qualities including time management, verbal and written communication skills, listening skills, problem solving, critical thinking, analysis skills and decision-making, priority setting, work delegation, and work organization.

Demonstrated ability to develop positive, longitudinal relationships and set appropriate boundaries with patients/families. Understands the expectations of payers that contract with SAMG or SAHA and supports compliance with these payer’s pharmaceutical management programs and quality measures.

Communication: Monitors therapy for appropriateness, dosage, effectiveness, interactions, and adverse drug reactions. Works with health care team to optimize pharmacotherapy opportunities, formulary adherence, reduction in poly pharmacy and associated drug cost. Demonstrates knowledge of clinical paths (e.g., stroke path) and order sets. Reviews and acts upon automated surveillance and clinical decision support tools.

Documents suspected adverse drug events, inter