Clinical Pharmacist Specialist - Ambulatory Care

Mercy Health System Corporation•Loves Park, IL

6h•Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical Pharmacist Specialist - Ambulatory Care evaluates, monitors, recommends, and designs patient-specific pharmacotherapeutic regimens in collaboration with primary care physicians. This role focuses on patients with conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, congestive heart failure, COPD, and asthma. The specialist provides drug-therapy related education and training to team members, counsels patients, and utilizes physical assessment skills to monitor drug therapy plans. Documentation in patient charts is essential, following acceptable standards for documentation and billing. The role also involves identifying drug therapy strategies to improve patient outcomes and reduce costs, precepting pharmacy students, and participating in committees to improve patient care and develop goals for specialized patient populations. A key aspect of this position is the ability to work collaboratively within an interdisciplinary team and maintain effective working relationships with healthcare professionals, practitioners, patients, and families.

Requirements

Graduate of an Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) accredited Doctor of Pharmacy degree program OR possess a Bachelor or Master of pharmacy degree with 3 years of pharmacy experience.
Licensed (or eligible for licensure) in the State of Illinois and/or Wisconsin based on practice setting.
Approved CPR or BLS certification required within 90 days.
Must be able to follow written/oral instructions.
Demonstrates effective use of computers and applications (e.g. MS Word, Excel, Outlook) as appropriate to practice and communicate effectively.
Exemplifies strong organizational, time management, leadership, conflict management, and change management skills.

Nice To Haves

ASHP-accredited Pharmacy Practice Residency preferred (or equivalent one year pharmacy experience working in the ambulatory setting if residency has not been completed).
Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties certification or Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) certification preferred as deemed appropriate and relevant to the practice.
Passing the Driver ’ s License Check and/or Credit Check (for those positions requiring).
Passing the WI Caregiver Background Check and/or IL Health Care Workers Background Check.

Responsibilities

Evaluate, monitor, recommend and design patient specific pharmacotherapeutic regimens, in collaboration with primary care physicians, including but not limited to patients with diabetes, hypertension, congestive heart failure, COPD and asthma.
Provide drug-therapy related education and training to team members.
Demonstrate knowledge and communication skills to effectively counsel patients and respond to patient questions.
Coordinate and evaluate appropriate laboratory tests and utilize physical assessment skills necessary to monitor and support the patient’s drug therapy plan.
Appropriately documents directly in the patient’s chart any medication-related assessment and plan of care that follow acceptable standards for documentation and billing if applicable.
Identify drug therapy strategies that improve patient outcomes and reduce costs.
Precept pharmacy students as needed.
Participate in committees and meetings to facilitate improvement of patient care and development of goals, programs and objectives for specialized patient populations.
Ability to work collaboratively as a member of an interdisciplinary team, establish and maintain effective working relationships with other healthcare professionals, practitioners, patients and families.