Pharmacist - Pharmacotherapy Clinic

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center•Los Angeles, CA

11d•Onsite

About The Position

The Pharmacist in our Specialty Pharmacotherapy at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California is an Advanced Practice Pharmacist, an integral member of Cedars-Sinai’s ambulatory and specialty pharmacy programs, to optimize complex, specialty therapy management, and enhance patient access. Collaborating with providers and interdisciplinary teams, a pharmacist in this role improves clinical outcomes and operational efficiency. Additionally, a pharmacist in this role provides comprehensive medication management, therapy monitoring, side effect management, and patient education for high-cost or complex specialty or infusion therapies. In alignment with the most recent clinical guidelines, a pharmacist in this role initiates, adjusts, and discontinues therapies, orders and interprets laboratory results, and authorizes medication refills. A pharmacist in this role also monitors and reports on adherence, therapeutic outcomes, and patient and provider satisfaction. Moreover, a pharmacist in this role provides patient education on specialty medications and acts as a clinical resource to all physicians and support staff. A pharmacist in this role contributes to creating or updating protocols, competency assessments and to continuous quality improvement initiatives.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited School of Pharmacy – Minimum.
California Pharmacist license – required.
Possesses excellent patient service skills prioritizing patient care needs to support safe effective medication use.
Collaborates effectively with internal teams and stakeholders to achieve program goals.
Apply critical thinking to analyze and interpret information and/or data.
Ability to analyze qualitative and quantitative information for decision support.
Demonstrates good decision-making/problem solving skills.
Exhibits good clinical reasoning skills and judgments in managing patients with the highest medical complexity/acuity.
Ability to convey and/or receive written/verbal information to/from various audiences in different formats.
Communicates effectively and engages in positive inter/intra departmental interaction with peers, physicians, staff and patients.
Demonstrates the ability to accurately and promptly document all clinical interventions, assessments, and therapy changes in the patient’s Electronic Health Record (EHR).
Initiate, plan, design, implement, and monitor project(s).
Ability to manage projects, establish timeliness, analyze data relevant to areas of responsibility.
Ability to function independently, ability to plan, organize, direct, monitor and evaluate assigned work.
Possesses fiscal management skills and proven track record to prepare, monitor and control budgetary expenses and generate revenue.
Ability to interpret and apply knowledge of State, Federal and Agency standards to comply with regulations.
Ability to learn and adapt to the use of software, technology, and automated information systems in daily practice.
Frequent sitting; walking, bending; reaching, occasional pushing, pulling, lifting of materials up to 50 pounds.
Responsiveness to auditory alarms and communication devices including, telephones, pagers, fire alarms, and mechanical failure alarms.
Sufficient mobility to access equipment, patients, and other customers.
Able to read information on medication labels.

Nice To Haves

Completion of ASHP accredited residency program -- Preferred.
Advanced Practice Pharmacist License - strongly preferred.
Board certification in relevant practice area -- preferred.
Previous experience in specialty management in an ambulatory care setting preferred.

Responsibilities

Optimize complex, specialty therapy management and enhance patient access.
Improve clinical outcomes and operational efficiency through collaboration with providers and interdisciplinary teams.
Provide comprehensive medication management, therapy monitoring, side effect management, and patient education for high-cost or complex specialty or infusion therapies.
Initiate, adjust, and discontinue therapies in alignment with clinical guidelines.
Order and interpret laboratory results.
Authorize medication refills.
Monitor and report on adherence, therapeutic outcomes, and patient and provider satisfaction.
Provide patient education on specialty medications.
Act as a clinical resource to physicians and support staff.
Contribute to creating or updating protocols, competency assessments, and continuous quality improvement initiatives.