TCHP Pharmacist Ambulatory Clinical Specialist - MOB 236 TCH Pharmacy Clinic - Full Time - Days
About The Position
The Ambulatory Care Pharmacist participates with other team members in the outpatient setting to manage our patient's health. He/she is primarily responsible for developing and implementing pharmacy related processes and procedures within the Christ Hospital Physicians that support improved health outcomes for defined populations. He/she will assist providers in developing effective medication regimens, provide assistance for patients with polypharmacy issues, provide coordinated treatment for assigned disease states, and review patients with high risk medication profiles. They will work with our providers and internal teams to develop processes to improve medication management in the assigned practice area. This position supports our cardiology functions seeing anticoagulation, hyperlipidemia, heart failure, etc. patients from across the TCHP network. This position will support offices in both OH and KY.
Requirements
- Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm D)
- Significant clinical experience with completion of a PGY2 residency in applicable practice area required or equivalent experience
- Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks, knowledge of Excel, Word, Visio, Outlook an PowerPoint and the ability to learn other computer skills.
- Must have good organizational skills and work professionally with doctors, administration, staff and patients.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Candidate should possess leadership skills and be self- motivated.
- Licensed to practice pharmacy in the State of Ohio
- Licensed to practice pharmacy in the State of Kentucky or willing to become licensed in Kentucky
- Complex Medication Management
Responsibilities
- Development and provision of medication management programs
- Performs comprehensive medication reviews on defined populations. Identifies potential therapy changes that could improve the management of chronic illness
- Prospectively recommend and evaluate individualized drug therapy
- Assist in the design and development of process: Identification of patient populations, review process, communication plan with providers, documentation process and metric development.
- Identify patients on high risk medications and collaborate with providers to discuss options.
- Direct collaboration with hospital based, community and payer employed pharmacists
- Work with patients to solve medication concerns and improve patient experience
- Using motivational interviewing to address patient's concerns or resistance to taking medications
- Collaborate with any provider to clarify medication therapy plans.
- Assist clinic staff in facilitating patient affordability
- Work with IT team to facilitate appropriate medication build for medication use and billing
- Review data to identify patients on high risk medications and work with providers to develop safe medication regimens
- Optimize health outcomes by ensuring safe and effective use of medications
- Collaborate with inpatient pharmacy, quality department and purchasing on medication safety issues and medication recalls
- Prospectively identify potential adverse drug reactions, drug-drug, drug-disease and drug-food interactions, and incompatibilities affecting patient outcomes.
- Other duties as assigned
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Industry
Hospitals
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
