Pharmacist - Drug Therapy Management - Medical Network - Hybrid

Cedars-Sinai•Los Angeles, CA

16d•$63 - $101•Hybrid

About The Position

The Ambulatory Care - Drug Therapy Management Clinical Pharmacist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Network is an Advanced Pharmacist Practitioner who collaborates with a multidisciplinary team to provide comprehensive medication management for patients in a primary care setting. The pharmacist works with primary care physicians, pain management physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, and specialty pharmacy teams to optimize pharmacotherapy, improve patient outcomes, ensure patient safety, and deliver high-quality care. The role is hybrid after an initial six-month full-time onsite training period. After training, it allows remote work at least one day per week. The pharmacist provides medication management, adjusts therapy under collaborative practice agreements and approved protocols, interprets laboratory results, educates patients and providers, documents care, supports clinical pharmacy programs and billing, and precepts pharmacy residents and students.

Requirements

Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) from an accredited school of pharmacy.
Pharmacist license in the State of California.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
Completion of a PGY1 pharmacy residency or equivalent clinical experience.
Comprehensive knowledge of common disease states and pathologies, and ability to apply current pharmacological and biopharmaceutical principles.
Willingness to learn and manage patients on opioids and/or benzodiazepines and enhance the existing program.
Eligibility to obtain DEA registration if required.

Nice To Haves

Professional certificate in relevant practice area(s).
Pain management experience.
Completion of a PGY2 residency in ambulatory care, pain management, or pharmacotherapy.
Experience in ambulatory clinical pharmacy practice or an outpatient clinic setting.

Responsibilities

Provide comprehensive medication management for ambulatory patients, including medication reconciliation, therapy monitoring, and pharmacotherapy optimization.
Evaluate drug therapies and develop individualized pharmacotherapy plans for patients with diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, anticoagulation therapy, chronic opioid therapy, and/or benzodiazepine therapy.
Provide smoking cessation education and medication management.
Initiate, titrate, and adjust medications under collaborative practice agreements and approved clinical protocols, following current clinical guidelines.
Order, review, and interpret laboratory tests and monitoring parameters needed for safe and effective medication therapy management.
Monitor medication adherence, therapeutic response, and patient outcomes.
Identify, resolve, and prevent medication-related problems, including adverse drug reactions, drug interactions, untreated indications, and inappropriate drug selection.
Provide therapeutic recommendations and answer medication- and patient-related questions from other healthcare providers.
Educate patients and healthcare providers about medication use, side effects, and drug interactions when appropriate.
Support completion of medication prior authorizations as needed.
Document patient encounters, pharmacotherapy interventions, and therapeutic outcomes in the electronic health record.
Assist in developing and maintaining clinical pathways, best practices, protocols, and competency assessments.
Support ambulatory clinical pharmacy billing activities where applicable, including documentation for incident-to or other pharmacist clinical service reimbursement models.
Ensure ongoing performance improvement of pharmaceutical care services.
Precept pharmacy residents and students in ambulatory clinical pharmacy practice.