Pharmacist - Specialty Pharmacotherapy Clinic

Cedars-Sinai•Los Angeles, CA

14h•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, embedded within specialty clinics to optimize complex, specialty or infusion 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

Advanced Practice Pharmacist

Responsibilities

Optimize complex, specialty or infusion therapy management.
Enhance patient access to specialty pharmacy programs.
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.