Clinical Pharmacist Specialist - Ambulatory Care - Pulmonology
Company: Christiana Care Health Systems
Location: Newark
Posted on: March 19, 2023
Job Description:
Do you want to work at one of the top 100 hospitals in the
nation?Our amazing Pharmacy Team dispenses approximately 6,200,000
individualized patient doses per year, as well as 170,000
retail/mail order prescriptions. We provide medications that are
safe and efficacious.Life is full of choices, and whom you work for
is one of life's most important decisions. ChristianaCare has
earned national recognition for excellence. Choose an organization
that provides career advancement and the opportunity to impact
health.Come and join us in the ChristianaCare Pharmacy - Dedicated
to getting the right drug to the right patient at the right time!In
this position you will be provide high-touch, patient-centric care
to drive an exceptional experience for patients enrolled in the
Specialty Pharmacy Program. You will be a primary pharmacy resource
for providers within the pulmonology practices, provide
longitudinal medication education and monitoring to patients
enrolled in the Program, and provide medication-related care for
the purpose of achieving defined outcomes.Principle duties and
responsibilities:
- Provide education on specialty medications prescribed by
specialists
- Address medication-related questions or concerns in-between
provider visits as needed
- Document patient visits and follow-ups
- Work collaboratively with Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians,
and the Access Coordinator to help facilitate smooth prescription
processing, and with the call-center staff to help appropriately
address patient calls
- Review and interpret physician's medication orders, detect and
evaluate adverse drug effects, evaluate drug efficacy, therapeutic
goals and indications, review for contraindications/precautions,
the patient's current status of health, and review drug profiles
and patient's medical record for drug-drug, drug-food,
drug-laboratory and drug-disease state(s) potentials
- Resolve such problems in consultation with the prescriber and
in accordance with best practice
- Provide individualized patient education/evaluation regarding
drug therapy as requested or identified by patient need
- Evaluate specific medication therapies consistent with
organizational policy
- Monitor drug therapy outcomes for targeted patients within
established guidelines
- Participate in the management and documentation of adverse drug
reactions
- Provide accurate, unbiased, timely, and cost-effective drug
information to medical, pharmacy, nursing, and other allied health
professionals
- Demonstrate skill and knowledge necessary to provide
pharmaceutical care for specialty conditions
- Manage patients supportive care plan
- Coordinate activities with health care team to perform enhanced
medication reconciliation on select patient populations or as
indicated by assessment
- Identify and submit Report2Learn (R2L) reports and provide
follow up assessment as assigned
- Develop and revise evidence-based guidelines and order sets to
ensure standardized, safe, and effective treatments regimens.
- Participate in quality assurance/quality improvement
activitiesEducation and experience requirements:
- Pharm.D. degree required
- ASHP-accredited PGY1 pharmacy practice residency required
- ASHP-accredited PGY2 Residency required (or equivalent
experience)
- Experience in ambulatory pharmacy practice preferred
- Board Certification required or obtained within 2 years of
hire
- Current licensure (or eligible to reciprocate) in the State of
Delaware
- May require pharmacist licensure in additional states to
provide virtual patient care services.ChristianaCare offers:
- Full Medical, Dental, Vision and other insurance benefits
- 403 (b) with an employer match
- Generous Paid Time Off
- Incredible Work/Life benefits including annual membership to
care.com, access to backup care services for dependents through
Care@Work, retirement planning services, financial coaching,
fitness and wellness reimbursement, and phenomenal discounts
through several vendors for hotels, rental cars, theme parks,
shows, sporting events, movie tickets and much more!If you 're
inspired to make a difference, we invite you to become a
ChristianaCare caregiver.EEO Statement: Christiana Care Health
System is an equal opportunity employer, firmly committed to
prohibiting discrimination, whose staff is reflective of its
community, and considers qualified applicants for open positions
without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin,
sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or
expression, age, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, citizenship
status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable
federal, state, or local law.UPDATE: ChristianaCare is committed to
prioritizing the health and safety of our patients and caregivers.
As we continue to meet the needs of our caregivers and our
community through the COVID-19 pandemic, our commitment to health
and safety requires that we take new steps to ensure a safe
environment for medical care for our patients and a workplace that
avoids preventable harm for our caregivers. For this reason,
vaccination for COVID-19 is required for all caregivers at
ChristianaCare and is considered a safety standard that is
job-related and consistent with business necessity for all
caregivers.
Keywords: Christiana Care Health Systems, Newark , Clinical Pharmacist Specialist - Ambulatory Care - Pulmonology, Healthcare , Newark, Delaware
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