Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Ambulatory, FT Days

Prisma Health • Columbia, SC

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About The Position

Provides direct operational and clinical patient services and collaborates with a multidisciplinary team to improve care, achieve optimal outcomes, and provide continuity of care. The role delivers pharmacy patient-care services, including therapy care-plan development, medication management, education, monitoring, and follow-up, with evidence-based and cost-effective comprehensive medication management for patients with chronic conditions.

To support collaborative care, pharmacists may obtain patient medical histories, order and evaluate laboratory results, and make medication decisions—including modifying or discontinuing treatment—within their scope of practice. The role also supports departmental operations and clinical programs, participates in committees and education, promotes the pharmacy profession, and mentors pharmacy students and/or residents. Operational and clinical service allocation depends on patient needs, staffing, and pharmacy workload. The position requires weekends, required evenings, and holidays.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an ACPE-approved college of Pharmacy.
• Two pharmacy residencies or ten years of specialty pharmacy experience; alternatively, 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 working.
• 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.
• Good mathematical, computer, and aseptic technique skills.
• Knowledge of State BOP, Department of Health, and DEA rules and regulations.
• Ability to handle urgent, stressful working conditions.

Nice To Haves

• PharmD preferred.

Responsibilities

• Participate in and lead departmental and institutional committees and projects, including performance improvement, formulary management, regulatory, patient safety, and financial initiatives.
• Provide accurate medication order entry, drug distribution, and patient care; confirm that drug therapy is appropriate across neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric populations; and minimize turnaround time for products and services.
• Respond concisely, appropriately, and promptly to drug-information requests and other pharmaceutical-care requests through an on-call service, documenting in the patient-care record when appropriate.
• Represent Prisma Health within a professional organization through service, presentations, and/or publications.
• Provide experiential education, evaluation, and training for technicians, students, pharmacy residents, medical students/residents, and new employees.
• Provide leadership and pharmaceutical excellence through direct patient-care activities as a member of a multidisciplinary medical team.
• Share clinical and scholarly activity that promotes evidence-based medication use and advances the pharmacy profession with a variety of audiences.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior