Clinical Pharmacist

Option Care Health•Irving, TX

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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, 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 assesses patients’ suitability for home care; designs, recommends, monitors, and evaluates patient-specific pharmacy care plans; and adjusts those plans using monitoring data and other relevant information. It includes assessing nutritional status, laboratory values, and pharmacokinetic information; preparing and dispensing medications; maintaining continuity of pharmaceutical care across care settings; and supporting safe medication administration equipment use. The pharmacist also responds to drug-information requests, supports investigational drug product use, uses pharmacy support personnel effectively, and complies with accreditation, legal, regulatory, safety, confidentiality, and quality requirements.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited School of Pharmacy.
Current, active Pharmacy license granted by a State Board of Pharmacy.
Meet at least one of the following: one year of sterile IV admixture experience; knowledge of non-sterile compounding, immunizations, and medication therapy management (MTM); 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-level Microsoft Word skills.
Basic-level Microsoft Excel skills.
Basic-level Microsoft PowerPoint skills.
Willingness to travel up to 5% of the time for business purposes within the state.

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 and training and assigning work or projects.

Responsibilities

Determine patients’ suitability for home care by collecting and organizing patient-specific information and assessing their condition, prescribed therapy, prognosis, and outcome goals in accordance with company policies.
Design, recommend, monitor, and evaluate patient-specific pharmacy care plans, including appropriate medication therapy, monitoring parameters, and nutritional assessments; recommend therapy or monitoring modifications when appropriate.
Modify pharmacy care plans based on monitoring data and other pertinent patient-specific information; assess laboratory values and apply pharmacokinetic principles and formulas.
Educate Option Care staff, other professionals, patients, and caregivers about medication use, using effective counseling techniques.
Ensure continuity of pharmaceutical care between the home and other patient-care settings by systematically communicating pertinent patient information.
Prepare and dispense medications using appropriate techniques and company procedures; calibrate equipment; ensure medications are properly concentrated, compatible, stable, and stored; apply safety and quality assurance practices; prepare compliant labels; inspect final medications; and verify authorization to dispense.
Comply with state and federal laws, USP standards, DEA controlled-substance regulations, and policies for perpetual inventory systems and medications subject to diversion.
Manage, maintain, troubleshoot, program, and provide guidance on medication-administration and medication-related equipment used in home care.
Participate in assessing, managing, and reporting medication-related incidents and equipment errors or failures; complete QAR documents according to company policy and report inventory discrepancies.
Respond concisely, appropriately, and promptly to drug-information requests from healthcare providers and home care patients, basing responses on analysis of the literature.
Attend educational seminars or other continuing-education opportunities to maintain professional competency and meet state-mandated CEU requirements.
Manage investigational drug products according to regulations and company policies and procedures.
Use pharmacy support personnel effectively; prioritize workload and organize workflow, ensure needed work is completed in the 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.
May perform other duties as assigned.