Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacist - Massachusetts 100% REMOTE (MA licensed required))

Cityblock Health•Worcester, MA

11d•Remote

About The Position

This is a fully remote position for an Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacist. Candidates must hold an active, unrestricted pharmacist license from the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy. The role involves promoting rational, safe, and cost-effective drug therapy in collaboration with various healthcare providers and partners. The pharmacist will identify and resolve medication therapy opportunities, co-design therapeutic regimens for chronic disease management and preventative care, and provide direct patient care through Comprehensive Medication Management (CMM) to improve health outcomes and prevent hospitalizations.

Requirements

Active, unrestricted pharmacist license from the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy at the time of hire, and keep it in good standing for as long as employed.
Completion of both a PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency and a PGY-2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency, OR At least 2 years of experience as a clinical pharmacist in an ambulatory care setting.
PGY1 pharmacy practice residency, and a PGY-2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency, or A minimum of 2 years’ experience as a clinical pharmacist in an ambulatory care setting.

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.