Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Infectious Diseases, FT Days

Prisma Health•Richland, WA

18h•Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical Pharmacist Specialist provides direct operational and clinical patient services and collaborates with a multidisciplinary team to improve care, achieve optimal outcomes, and ensure continuity of care. The role includes developing therapy care plans; medication management, education, monitoring, and follow-up; and providing evidence-based, cost-effective comprehensive medication management for patients with chronic conditions. Within the pharmacist’s scope of practice, the position may obtain patient medical histories, order and evaluate laboratory results, and make medication decisions, including modifying or discontinuing treatment when appropriate. The pharmacist contributes to departmental operations and clinical programs, participates in institutional and departmental committees, provides education, promotes the pharmacy profession, and mentors pharmacy students and/or residents. The allocation of time between operational and clinical services depends on patient needs, staffing, and pharmacy workload. The role requires work on weekends, required evenings, and holidays, and includes on-call pharmaceutical care services.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an ACPE-approved college of Pharmacy.
Two pharmacy residencies or ten years of specialty pharmacy experience; alternatively, completion of one pharmacy residency with four years of specialty pharmacy experience.
Licensed to practice as a pharmacist, or eligible to become licensed within four months of hire, in the state where the team member works.
Obtain Board Certification in Pharmacy within 18 months of hire. In the ambulatory setting, BCACP is accepted in lieu of BCPS.
Knowledge of medical and pharmacy terminology, with good mathematical, computer, and aseptic technique skills.
Knowledge of State Board of Pharmacy, Department of Health, and DEA rules and regulations.
Ability to handle urgent, stressful working conditions.

Nice To Haves

PharmD degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Participate in and lead department and institutional committees and projects, including performance improvement, formulary management, regulatory, patient safety, and financial initiatives.
Enter medication orders accurately, support drug distribution and patient care, confirm the appropriateness of drug therapy across age groups, and seek to minimize service turnaround time.
Respond concisely and promptly to drug information requests and other pharmaceutical care needs through an on-call service, documenting in patient care records when appropriate.
Represent Prisma Health within professional organizations through service, presentations, and/or publications.
Provide experiential education, evaluation, and training for technicians, students, pharmacy residents, medical students/residents, and new employees.
Provide direct patient care as a member of a multidisciplinary medical team.
Share clinical and scholarly activity that promotes evidence-based medication use and advances the pharmacy profession.
Provide laboratory review, clinical services, patient education, and related documentation through departmental clinical initiatives.
Mentor pharmacy students and/or residents.
Perform other duties as assigned.