Pharmacist - Ambulatory Care Clinic - Multispecialty
About The Position
The Multispecialty Ambulatory Care Clinical Specialist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California is an Advanced Pharmacist Practitioner who collaborates with a multidisciplinary team to deliver comprehensive medication management for patients across a range of specialty ambulatory clinics. In this highly collaborative role, the specialist supports patients throughout their treatment journey through medication reconciliation, assessment of therapy appropriateness and tolerability, patient education on specialty medications and infusions, longitudinal follow-up and outcomes monitoring, and support with medication access. The Multispecialty Ambulatory Care Clinical Specialist achieves positive patient outcomes through disease management guided by established protocols, promotes adherence, and enhances satisfaction among both patients and providers as evidenced by outcome evaluations. Following updated clinical guidelines and Cedars-Sinai’s P&T-approved protocols, the specialist initiates, adjusts, or discontinues therapies, orders and interprets lab results, and authorizes medication refills. Additionally, this specialist educates patients about specialty medications and serves as a clinical resource for physicians and support staff. They also help develop and maintain clinical pathways, best practices, protocols, competency assessments, and support ongoing quality improvement efforts.
Requirements
- Advanced Pharmacist Practitioner
- Collaborates with a multidisciplinary team
- Experience in specialty ambulatory clinics
- Proficiency in medication reconciliation
- Ability to assess therapy appropriateness and tolerability
- Skilled in patient education on specialty medications and infusions
- Experience with longitudinal follow-up and outcomes monitoring
- Knowledge of medication access support
- Experience with disease management guided by established protocols
- Ability to promote adherence and enhance patient and provider satisfaction
- Familiarity with clinical guidelines and P&T-approved protocols
- Ability to initiate, adjust, or discontinue therapies
- Proficiency in ordering and interpreting lab results
- Ability to authorize medication refills
- Experience serving as a clinical resource for physicians and support staff
- Experience in developing and maintaining clinical pathways, best practices, and protocols
- Experience with competency assessments
- Experience supporting quality improvement efforts
Responsibilities
- Deliver comprehensive medication management for patients across a range of specialty ambulatory clinics.
- Support patients throughout their treatment journey through medication reconciliation.
- Assess therapy appropriateness and tolerability.
- Educate patients on specialty medications and infusions.
- Provide longitudinal follow-up and outcomes monitoring.
- Support patients with medication access.
- Achieve positive patient outcomes through disease management guided by established protocols.
- Promote adherence and enhance satisfaction among both patients and providers.
- Initiate, adjust, or discontinue therapies following updated clinical guidelines and P&T-approved protocols.
- Order and interpret lab results.
- Authorize medication refills.
- Educate patients about specialty medications.
- Serve as a clinical resource for physicians and support staff.
- Help develop and maintain clinical pathways, best practices, protocols, and competency assessments.
- Support ongoing quality improvement efforts.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
