Clinical Pharmacy Coordinator - Medication Safety Advocate Health Lutheran

American Addiction Centers•Park Ridge, IL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical Pharmacy Coordinator - Medication Safety is responsible for demonstrating expertise in their area of practice, providing clinical support to colleagues, and solving complex problems. This role supports department operations in compliance with all regulations and policies. The coordinator participates collegially with pharmacy and healthcare teammates to ensure pharmacy representation in medication use management programs, including clinical guideline development and drug use programs. They serve as a clinical pharmacy liaison, applying expertise in drug therapy to prevent and resolve drug-related problems. A key aspect of this role is designing, educating, evaluating, and leading safety and performance improvement initiatives, including developing educational programs for medical, nursing, and pharmacy teammates to achieve clinical quality, cost, and service goals. The coordinator also identifies opportunities for stewardship of high-cost or high-use medications, executes action plans, and tracks stewardship initiatives. Additionally, they mentor, orient, train, and assist in performance evaluations of pharmacy teammates, residents, and students, and support team leaders in executing initiatives. The role may also involve performing duties of relevant pharmacy teams, such as order verification, medication preparation, patient counseling, medication management, transitions of care support, and utilization management reviews. Pharmacists under a collaborative practice agreement may need to demonstrate competence in chronic disease management. The position requires the ability to provide age-appropriate care, demonstrating knowledge of growth and development across the life span and assessing patient status based on age-specific needs.

Requirements

Licensed in the state(s) of practice or eligible for reciprocity required.
Immunization and non-vaccine injectable certification required based on area of practice.
Credentialing and privileging required based on area of practice.
Bachelor’s or Doctorate degree in pharmacy from an ACPE-accredited school of pharmacy required, or an FPGEC certificate from NABP.
Requires completion of pharmacy residency training or equivalent experience or working experience as a licensed pharmacist in area of specialty.
Direct experience with training, education or preceptor roles required.
Maintains skills in area of practice.
Strong computer skills.
Excellent communication and organization skills.
Excellent presentation, facilitation, and training development skills.
Demonstrates decision making, team building, customer service, and conflict resolution skills.
Life support training courses may be required dependent upon department discretion.
Requires considerable walking, standing, pushing mobile cart of 50 pounds maximum and lifting 35 pounds of material without assistance.
Exposed to various conditions throughout the workday such as walking on hard surfaces, climbing stairs and changes in temperature and humidity.
May be required to frequently stretch, bend, squat, or kneel to perform job.
Utilizes appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) to minimize exposure to hazardous agents.
Takes necessary precautions to avoid inadvertent needle sticks, minor cuts or bruises.
Must be able to perform manipulative skills such as writing, typing, and data entry into the computer and automated dispensing machines.
Must have the use of both hands, be able to see clearly and read small font such as that on unit-dose medication packages and syringes.
Must have functional speech, vision, and hearing.
Operates all equipment necessary to perform the job.
Exposed to normal office environment.
May be exposed to chemical and hazardous waste as well as blood and body fluids and communicable disease. Protective clothing and equipment must be worn as necessary when warranted.

Nice To Haves

Strong understanding of Epic workflow and functionality.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Passion for medication safety and driving quality improvements to improve medication safety.
Residency teaching experience.
Knowledge of BD logistics, Pyxis ES.

Responsibilities

Demonstrates expertise in relevant area of practice.
Provides clinical support to colleagues, solving complex problems and using specialty knowledge to assist in patient care.
Supports department operations in compliance with local, state, and federal regulations, accrediting agencies, and with organizational policies and procedures.
Participates collegially with members of the department of pharmacy and other health care teammates to ensure pharmacy representation in the development of medication use management programs including clinical guideline development, critical pathways, disease management, drug monographs/class reviews/order sets and drug use programs.
Serves as the clinical pharmacy liaison to the site or enterprise service line, applying expertise in drug therapy to prevent and resolve drug-related problems.
Designs, educates, evaluates and leads safety and performance improvement initiatives, including development of educational programs for medical, nursing, and pharmacy teammates to achieve the organization’s clinical quality, cost, and service quality goals.
Identifies opportunities for stewardship of high cost or high use medications in area of practice to limit waste, generate revenue, and/or reduce overall cost of care.
Executes approved action plans and tracks stewardship initiatives.
Mentors, orients, trains, and assists in the performance evaluation of pharmacy teammates, residents, and students as assigned.
Supports team leader in executing initiatives to meet the needs/goals of the pharmacy enterprise.
Performs duties of relevant pharmacy teams as called upon, which may include order verification, medication preparation, patient counseling, medication management, transitions of care support, and utilization management reviews.
Pharmacists involved in the provision of services covered under a collaborative practice agreement may be required to demonstrate competence and achieve credentialing in the areas of chronic disease they are managing.
Must be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served.
Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs, and to provide the care needed as described in the department's policies and procedures.

Benefits

Comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs
Competitive compensation
Generous retirement offerings
Programs that invest in your career development
Paid Time Off programs
Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
Educational Assistance Program