Description
Description:
POSITION SUMMARY:
To be fully engaged in providing Quality/No Harm, Customer Experience, and Stewardship by: Performing clinical pharmacy services and ensuring that the pharmacy provides optimal clinical services on a daily basis. The Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacist assists with the development, implementation, and maintenance of systems that promote desirable patient outcomes through the use of safe, cost- effective drug therapies.
PRIMARY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Quality/No Harm:
? Monitors drug therapy regimens for contraindications, drug-drug interactions, drug-food interactions, allergies, and appropriateness of drug and dose.
? Reads, extracts, and interprets information in patient records, as appropriate.
? Prepares and presents drug use evaluation (DUE), drug utilization review (DUR), and pharmacy performance measures summary to P&T committee.
? Reviews the use of targeted medications for compliance with current pharmcoeconomic programs.
? Assists the Clinical Coordinator in the development, implementation, and maintenance of clinical pharmacy services.
? Facilitates the development and implementation of treatment guidelines, protocols, formulary changes, and critical pathways as approved by appropriate committees.
? Monitors drug therapy regimens for contraindications, drug-drug interactions, drug-food
interactions, adverse drug reactions, and appropriateness of drug and dose.
? Maintains current pharmacist licensure.
? Completes all competence/skills assessment requirements (see attached competence assessment/skills list).
? Maintains patient and department confidentiality.
? Participates in the quality improvement activities of the department. Collects and analyzes data and maintains documentation of all clinical activities.
? Maintains patient and department confidentiality
Customer Experience:
? Provides accurate, adequate, and timely drug information to the professional staff and patients.
? Provides training and education to pharmacists, residents and students regarding pharmaceutical care and pharmacoeconomics.
? Supervises, instructs and evaluates residents and pharmacy students.
? Participates in community educational programs (e.g., diabetes classes, health fairs).
? Assists Clinical Coordinator with policies and procedures for clinical activities (e.g., establishing prior authorization criteria).
? Establishes productive, collaborative relationships with staff members and within the community.
? Attends assigned committee meetings and reads pertinent email communications.
? Sustains professional competence and promotes development through participation in in- services, workshops, seminars, and professional organizations.
? Presents one major clinical presentation annually (ex. FSHP, AMCP, ASHP, CME, etc)
Stewardship:
? Facilitates the identification, resolution, implementation, and communication of cost-effective medication use issues in collaboration with the medical staff.
? Provides clinical consultation and clarification to practitioners. Suggests appropriate, cost effective therapeutic alternatives to medical staff as needed.
? Reads and evaluates the medical literature for studies supporting the pharmaceutical care and
pharmacoeconomic programs.
? Prepares reports on pharmaceutical care and pharmacoeconomic activities including financial impact, as directed.
Qualification: QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
? Graduated from accredited college of pharmacy
? Must possess a Pharm.D. degree
? Graduated from ASHP accredited PGY1 residency program or equivalent clinical experience required; PGY2 preferred
? Must have a license to practice in the state of Florida by Board of Pharmacy
? Basic Life Safety with CPR certification required
? Hours may be long and irregular; includes evenings, weekends, and holidays as necessary
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
? Repetitive use of hands and fingers. Good hand and wrist dexterity to enable typing and/or computer work for 8-10 hours/day.
? Good eyesight to read literature, reports, and clinical documentation.
? Good hearing to understand phone conversations, customers and those in which the position depends.
? Ability to work in noisy distracting atmosphere, to handle frequent interruptions, to adapt to changes in workload and work schedule.
? Handle large volumes of work for long periods of time.
? Walk, bend, stoop, twist, sit, stand for long periods of time, 8-10 hours a day.
? May require lifting and carrying light loads (Up to 40 lbs.)
MENTAL DEMANDS:
? Ability to work independently. Patience, positive attitude, cooperation, work well with others, friendly, problem solving skills, analytical skills, attention to detail - thoroughness.
? Attention to accuracy, organized, good communications skills (orally and in writing), ability to handle and work well under stress.
? Good listening skills, good social skills, perform multiple tasks at one time, and are able to make quick accurate decisions.
? Ability to evaluate medical literature.
