King's Daughters Medical Center-posted about 2 months ago
Full-time
Ashland, KY
Hospitals

The Specialty Operations Pharmacist is responsible and accountable for the provision of safe, effective, and prompt medication therapy. Through various assignments within the department, they provide support of centralized and decentralized medication-use systems as well as deliver optimal medication therapy to patients with a broad range of disease states. Specialty Operations Pharmacists proficiently provide direct patient-centered care and integrated pharmacy operational services in a decentralized practice setting with physicians, nurses, and other hospital personnel. These clinicians are aligned with target interdisciplinary programs and specialty services to deliver medication therapy management within specialty patient care services and to ensure pharmaceutical care programs are appropriately integrated throughout the institution.

  • Participates in the dispensing function of specialty medications including patient communication, cold chain distribution, appropriate labeling, oversight of medication purchases, fulfillment of REMS responsibility, packaging, and mail order services
  • Oversees Access to Care Services including Benefits Investigation, Prior Authorization requirements, HUB support, copay assistance, foundation support, and patient assistance services during the on-boarding process for specialty medications
  • Functions as liaison between provider and health insurer for optimizing medication therapy. Advocates to health insurer on patients' behalf for access to required medications. Participates in Peer-to-Peer reviews as allowed
  • Create and maintain clinical pharmacy pathways for initiation and monitoring of specialty medication therapy for self-administered medications, including step therapy requirements, patient education, and monitoring of applicable laboratory, pharmacokinetic, and pharmacogenomic results
  • Facilitates experiential education and practice advancement
  • Maintains proficiency in preceptor roles and actively emulates education/mentorship skills
  • Develops student, resident, and pharmacy/staff training experiences/competencies and creates new relationships for teaching and training opportunities
  • Identifies, designs, and implements improvements in the medication-use system to advance patient safety, maximize therapeutic outcomes, or control costs
  • Graduate of an ACPE school of pharmacy with a BS Pharmacy or PharmD degree
  • Knowledge of TJC, USP <797>, <795>, and <800>, and federal and state regulations required
  • Kentucky Board of Pharmacy Pharmacist license
  • Ohio Pharmacist license obtained within 90 days of hire
  • Achieves and maintains American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS)
  • Achieves and maintains American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support within first 90 days of employment
  • Completion of PGY-1 or PGY-2 Specialty Pharmacy Residency from an ASHP-accredited program
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