Kaiser Permanente-posted 4 months ago
Denver, CO
Ambulatory Health Care Services

In addition to the responsibilities listed below, this position is also responsible for: helping to develop, maintain, and implement clinical practice standing orders, drug therapy management protocols and guidelines (e.g., collaborative protocols/practice agreements with providers); supporting development of trainings to continue drug education and staff development in-services for pharmacists, physicians, and other health care professionals, and students; independently providing direct patient care for medication initiation, medication selection, dosage titration, drug monitoring, patient engagement, medication adherence counseling, side effect management, medication discontinuation, and guides junior colleagues to do the same; maintaining relationships with providers to align drug conversion, drug tapering, and discontinuation initiatives and determine opportunities; independently adhering to initiative implementation of processes and workflow for assigned service areas; following formulary adherence guidelines, seeking input when needed; and independently implementing new services for a disease state or care grouping/specialty (e.g., MTM) and suggesting potential solutions for moderately complex services.

  • Promotes learning in others by proactively providing and/or developing information, resources, advice, and expertise with coworkers and members.
  • Builds relationships with cross-functional/external stakeholders and customers.
  • Listens to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback; proactively provides actionable feedback to others and to managers.
  • Pursues self-development; creates and executes plans to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses.
  • Leads by influencing others through technical explanations and examples and provides options and recommendations.
  • Adopts new responsibilities; adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback.
  • Demonstrates flexibility in approaches to work; champions change and helps others adapt to new tasks and processes.
  • Facilitates team collaboration to support a business outcome.
  • Completes work assignments autonomously and supports business-specific projects by applying expertise in subject area and business knowledge to generate creative solutions.
  • Encourages team members to adapt to and follow all procedures and policies.
  • Collaborates cross-functionally and/or externally to achieve effective business decisions.
  • Provides recommendations and solves complex problems; escalates high-priority issues or risks, as appropriate.
  • Monitors progress and results.
  • Supports the development of work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines.
  • Identifies resources to accomplish priorities and deadlines.
  • Identifies, speaks up, and capitalizes on improvement opportunities across teams.
  • Uses influence to guide others and engages stakeholders to achieve appropriate solutions.
  • Supports drug education and training efforts by developing trainings for pharmacists, physicians, and other health care professionals.
  • Provides pharmaceutical patient care and drug therapy by sustaining and managing productive relationships with care providers and members.
  • Provides moderately complex case-specific drug information to health care providers and members, independently.
  • Organizes, identifies issues, and/or begins to recommend patient-specific drug therapy plans while monitoring progress of therapy.
  • Collects, analyzes, and presents moderately complex therapeutic outcomes to health care providers.
  • Leads implementation, evaluating, and reporting utilization of targeted medications and medication classes.
  • Develops, implements and analyzes clinicians or department-level decisions, support, and feedback using tools.
  • Facilitates moderately complex pharmaceutical care and optimal utilization of resources.
  • Adheres to all regulatory rules and regulations and relevant internal regional and national policies.
  • Independently ensures patient safety in the preparation and provisioning of care.
  • Identifies potential future accidents and reports safety hazards, accidents and incidents, and unsafe working conditions promptly.
  • Collaborates with physicians, other medical professionals, and health plan personnel to resolve moderately complex issues.
  • Doctorate of Pharmacy or equivalent degree (e.g., Bachelors of Pharmacy from a School of Pharmacy).
  • Minimum one (1) year of experience in pharmacy or a directly related field AND Post-Graduate Year 1 (PGY1) residency OR Doctorate of Pharmacy or equivalent degree AND Minimum three (3) years of experience in pharmacy or a directly related field.
  • Minimum one (1) year of experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.
  • Pharmacist License (Colorado) required at hire.
  • National Provider Identifier within 6 months of hire.
  • Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs): Cost Optimization; Confidentiality; Direct Care - Medication Therapy.
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