Pharmacist - Specialty Pharmacy

TriHealth•Norwood, OH

19d

About The Position

A TriHealth Specialty Clinical Pharmacist is responsible for providing optimal pharmaceutical care to all patients we serve through distributive and clinical functions. The Specialty Clinical Pharmacist collaborates with other health care providers to ensure appropriateness of all elements of pharmaceutical care and independently operates within policies and procedures to manage the department’s clinical and consultative services. This position serves as the clinical pharmacy liaison between the specialty pharmacy, specialty clinics, and patients. The clinical pharmacist works collaboratively with physicians, nurses, and all members of the health care team to provide comprehensive medication management services to patients to achieve department's quality and utilization measures and documents activities appropriately in electronic medical record. Serves as a medication expert on the health care team and promotes safe, evidence-based, and cost-effective use of drug therapy to patients and prescribers. Maintains current knowledge of contemporary pharmacy practice, clinical skills, and knowledge of nationally published treatment guidelines. Assists in the development and implementation of quality improvement processes to monitor the effectiveness and quality of department's services. Identifies potential medication safety issues and implements medication safety best practices.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy
Pharmacist
Registered pharmacist with a current and unrestricted State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy pharmacist license
Working knowledge of all Ohio Board of Pharmacy regulations
1-2 years experience Pharmacy Previous pharmacy Experience must be from Inpatient, Oncology/Infusion, Specialty, or MTM

Nice To Haves

Strong interpersonal, analytical, organization, and problem solving skills.
Ability to work collaboratively with diverse multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

Creates and maintains an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest, and a calm environment.
Establishes effective working relationships and maintains open and active communication with pharmacy leadership, physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and technicians.
Pro-actively escalates communications to resolve and improve workflow issues to ensure all team members are suitably informed.
Communicates in real time with physicians and nurses about patient therapy, drug shortages, and other pharmaceutical-related issues.
Articulates ideas and thoughts through written and verbal communications.
Contributes to direct patient care through assessments and provision of appropriate recommendations.
Promotes correct and appropriate use of medications and communicates findings and recommendations to other health care professionals responsible for the patient’s care.
Ensures any issues are resolved before dispensing.
Participates in the Medication Reconciliation process by obtaining an accurate medication/allergy histories.
Reviews patient’s drug therapy to ensure appropriate use, dose, dosage form, regimen, route, therapeutic duplication, drug allergies, drug interactions, and omissions.
Provides clinical information and education to a wide variety of disciplines and patients.
Ensures the 7 patient “rights” are followed and respected.
Performs accurate and timely documentation.
Reports medication errors and participates in risk analysis.
Ensures compliance with regulatory requirements and organizational policies and procedures.
Works directly with physicians and other health professionals.
Provides a consistent process of patient care.
Assists in protocol development, implementation, and optimization.
Seeks areas of improvement, and undertakes projects that will improve the quality of patient care and /or reduce expenditure/contain costs and facilitate the effective and cost efficient use of medications.
Performs all drug distribution and verification, including order entry, clarification as needed, accuracy of checking, technician supervision, and timely delivery.
Resolves health problems through rational use of medications.
Manages drug inventory by adjusting par levels to meet the drug usage needs, avoiding stock-outs and medication waste.
Communicates with the Pharmacy Buyers to ensure supply matches demand.
Responsible for ensuring documentation is completed that shows the economic and quality impact of the pharmacist clinical activities and of identifiable savings to the organization.
Takes the lead in identifying opportunities and solutions in pharmacy process improvements.
Assumes personal responsibility for personal professional development and other healthcare professionals, particularly in the area of ongoing clinical education.
Develops clinical pharmacy programs according to policies and regulations.
Participates in committees, as assigned, and assists in orientation and training of new hires.
Precepts pharmacy students and residents.