Clinical Staff Pharmacist

BHS•Lexington, KY

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Pharmacist I Full-Time I Second Shift Hospital Pharmacy I Lexington, KY Department of Pharmacy Services of Baptist Health Lexington provides pharmaceutical services to patients across the continuum of care. These services include, but are not limited to verification of medication orders, drug distribution, sterile product preparation, hazardous drug preparation, and utilization of automated dispensing cabinets. Description: Serves as a primary point of contact with patients related to specialty medication needs and demonstrates empathy and compassion to patients and caregivers. Enrolls specialty pharmacy patients into medication management programs by assisting with recruitment of patients in clinic. Provides initial clinical medication counseling and regular patient reassessments via in person, telephonic, or video encounters to ensure appropriateness of specialty therapy and ongoing therapy management. Performs medication therapy management, which may include coordinating medication adjustments to optimize patient medication regimens and improve clinical outcomes. Refers appropriate patients to financial counseling for copay assistance through manufacturers or charity programs. Communicates with patients and families about the benefits of filling their prescriptions with Baptist Health. Coordinates drug distribution in accordance with scope of practice, policies and procedures, gender and age of patient served. Collaborate with providers and clinical staff to integrate pharmacy services and coordinate care with eligible patients. Communicates with physicians and other clinicians as necessary to facilitate exemplary service for new and existing Baptist Health specialty pharmacy patients. Provides limited/indirect supervision for Specialty Pharmacy Care Coordinators and timely response to clinical escalations. Maintain pharmacy onsite clinic services, operational policies and procedures, clinical pharmacy workflows and practice expectations. If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now! Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians. EEO Statement: Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing. NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree Pharmacy.
Kentucky Board of Pharmacy license in good standing as applicable to practice site.
1-3 years related work experience or completion of ASHP accredited pharmacy residency program preferred.

Responsibilities

Serves as a primary point of contact with patients related to specialty medication needs and demonstrates empathy and compassion to patients and caregivers.
Enrolls specialty pharmacy patients into medication management programs by assisting with recruitment of patients in clinic.
Provides initial clinical medication counseling and regular patient reassessments via in person, telephonic, or video encounters to ensure appropriateness of specialty therapy and ongoing therapy management.
Performs medication therapy management, which may include coordinating medication adjustments to optimize patient medication regimens and improve clinical outcomes.
Refers appropriate patients to financial counseling for copay assistance through manufacturers or charity programs.
Communicates with patients and families about the benefits of filling their prescriptions with Baptist Health.
Coordinates drug distribution in accordance with scope of practice, policies and procedures, gender and age of patient served.
Collaborate with providers and clinical staff to integrate pharmacy services and coordinate care with eligible patients.
Communicates with physicians and other clinicians as necessary to facilitate exemplary service for new and existing Baptist Health specialty pharmacy patients.
Provides limited/indirect supervision for Specialty Pharmacy Care Coordinators and timely response to clinical escalations.
Maintain pharmacy onsite clinic services, operational policies and procedures, clinical pharmacy workflows and practice expectations.