Clinical Pharmacist

Option Care Health•New Orleans, LA

21d

About The Position

The Clinical Pharmacist is a licensed professional responsible for providing safe and appropriate pharmacy services to Option Care patients in accordance with company policies and procedures, professional pharmacy practice standards, and applicable regulatory requirements. This is an entry-level position in clinical pharmacy practice in the alternate setting. The pharmacist coordinates patient services with the Nursing Department, monitors patient progress toward goals, and educates patients, caregivers, staff, and other professionals about appropriate medication use. The role evaluates patient suitability for home care and designs, recommends, monitors, and evaluates patient-specific pharmacy care plans. It includes medication preparation and dispensing, patient and staff education, continuity of pharmaceutical care across care settings, management of medication administration equipment, drug-information support, medication-incident reporting, and effective organization and oversight of pharmacy support personnel. The pharmacist also maintains professional competency and complies with accreditation, legal, regulatory, safety, and confidentiality requirements.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited School of Pharmacy.
Hold a current, active Pharmacy license granted by a State Board of Pharmacy.
Meet at least one of the following: one year of experience in sterile IV admixture procedures; knowledge of non-sterile compounding, immunizations, and medication therapy management; completion of an ASHP-accredited Pharmacy Residency Program; completion of an Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience associated with an accredited school of pharmacy; or equivalent experience approved by the VP of Pharmacy and/or SVP of Clinical Services.
Experience providing customer service to internal and external customers, including meeting service quality standards and evaluating customer satisfaction.
Basic Microsoft Word skills, including document editing, formatting, review, and printing functions.
Basic Microsoft Excel skills, including workbook and worksheet editing, cell formatting, basic chart selection, and printing functions.
Basic Microsoft PowerPoint skills, including slide editing and arrangement, text formatting, object and table insertion, and running or printing a presentation.
Willingness to travel within the state for business purposes up to 5% of the time, if required.

Nice To Haves

Completion of an ASHP-accredited Pharmacy Residency Program or an Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience associated with an accredited school of pharmacy.
Experience in home care, a hospital, or another clean-room setting.
At least one year of experience in indirect management of team members, including assisting with their development, training, and assignment of work or projects.

Responsibilities

Determine whether patients are suitable for home care by collecting and organizing patient-specific information and assessing their medical condition, prescribed medication therapy, prognosis, and outcome goals in accordance with company policies.
Design, recommend, monitor, and evaluate patient-specific pharmacy care plans; recommend appropriate changes to medication therapy or monitoring parameters; and revise care plans using monitoring data and other relevant patient information.
Identify appropriate monitoring parameters, assess laboratory values, apply pharmacokinetic principles and formulas, and complete nutritional assessments with appropriate recommendations.
Provide medication-use education and counseling to company staff, other professionals, patients, and caregivers.
Ensure continuity of pharmaceutical care between the home and other patient-care settings, using a systematic process to communicate pertinent patient information.
Prepare and dispense medications using appropriate techniques and company procedures; calibrate equipment; ensure medications are appropriately concentrated, compatible, stable, and stored; prepare compliant labels and ancillary labels; inspect final medications; and verify authorization to dispense.
Follow safety and quality-assurance practices and comply with state and federal laws, USP standards, DEA controlled-substance regulations, and company policies for controlled substances and perpetual inventory systems.
Manage, program, maintain, troubleshoot, and advise others on medication administration and related equipment used in home care.
Participate in assessing, managing, and reporting medication-related incidents and equipment errors or failures; complete QAR documents accurately; and report inventory discrepancies involving controlled substances and other medications subject to diversion.
Respond concisely, appropriately, and promptly to drug-information requests from health care providers and patients, basing responses on analysis of the literature.
Attend educational seminars or other continuing education opportunities, maintain professional competency, and comply with state-mandated continuing education requirements.
Manage investigational drug products in accordance with regulations and company policies and procedures.
Use pharmacy support personnel effectively, prioritize and organize workflow, complete required work within available time, and ensure the accuracy of support personnel’s work.
Comply with accreditation, legal, regulatory, and safety requirements and safeguard confidential patient and proprietary information.
Travel within the state for business purposes, if required, up to 5% of the time.
Perform other duties as assigned.