Pharmacist - Primary Care/Pain Management - Medical Network

Cedars-Sinai

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About The Position

When the work you do every single day has a crucial impact on the lives of
others, every effort, every detail, and every second matters. This shared
culture of passion and dedication pulses through Cedars-Sinai, and it’s just one
of the many reasons we’ve achieved our six-consecutive Magnet designation for
nursing excellence. From working with a team of premier healthcare professionals
to using state-of-the-art facilities, you’ll have everything you need to do
something incredible—for yourself, and for others. Join us, and discover why we
are tied #1 in California and ten years in a row on the "Best Hospitals" Honor
Roll.

The Ambulatory Care - Primary Care/Pain Management Clinical Pharmacist at the
Cedars-Sinai Medical Network

The Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacist is an Advanced Pharmacist Practitioner
who collaborates with a multidisciplinary team to provide comprehensive
medication management for patients in primary care setting.

The pharmacist collaborates with primary care physicians, pain management
physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, and specialty pharmacy teams to
optimize pharmacotherapy, improve patient outcomes, ensuring patient safety and
the highest quality of care is delivered.

Responsibilities

• Provides comprehensive medication management for ambulatory patients including medication reconciliation, therapy monitoring, and pharmacotherapy optimization.
• Evaluates drug therapies and develops individualized pharmacotherapy plans for patients with diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, those on anticoagulation therapy, those on chronic opioid therapy and/or benzodiazepine therapy.
• Provides Smoking Cessation education and medication management.
• Initiates, titrates, and adjusts medications under collaborative practice agreements and approved clinical protocols following updated clinical guidelines, such as those from the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA), American Diabetes Association (ADA), American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST), CDC Opioid and Benzodiazepine Medication Prescribing Guidelines.
• Orders, reviews, and interprets laboratory tests and monitoring parameters necessary for safe and effective medication therapy management.
• Monitors medication adherence, therapeutic response, and patient outcomes.
• Identifies, resolves, and prevents medication-related problems including adverse drug reactions, drug interactions, untreated indications, and inappropriate drug selection.
• Provides therapeutic recommendations and answers medication and patient-related questions from other healthcare providers.
• Provides patients’ and other healthcare providers with education on medication use, side effects, and drug interactions when appropriate.
• Supports the process of completing medication prior authorizations as needed.
• Documents patient encounters, pharmacotherapy interventions, and therapeutic outcomes in the electronic health record.
• Assists in development and maintenance of clinical pathways, best practices, protocols, competency assessments.
• Supports ambulatory clinical pharmacy billing activities where applicable including documentation supporting incident-to or other pharmacist clinical service reimbursement models.
• Assures ongoing performance improvement of the pharmaceutical care services provided.
• Precepts pharmacy residents and students in ambulatory clinical pharmacy practice.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed