Clinical Pharmacy Specialist- Ambulatory Care

HonorHealth; East Hampshire; On-site; USD 75,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job description

Overview

• Location: Medical Plaza IV Shea, 10200 N 92nd St, Scottsdale but may also cover at Deer Valley Medication Management locations
• Hours: Full-Time Days, Monday-Friday
• Up to $10,000 Sign-on-Bonus Available!
• PGY-2 in Ambulatory Care and/or BCACP Preferred

Looking to be part of something more meaningful? At HonorHealth, you’ll be part of a team, creating a multi-dimensional care experience for our patients. You’ll have opportunities to make a difference. From our Ambassador Movement to our robust training and development programs, you can select where and how you want to make an impact.

HonorHealth offers a diverse benefits portfolio for our full-time and part-time team members designed to help you and your family live your best lives. Visit honorhealth.com/benefits to learn more.

Join us. Let’s go beyond expectations and transform healthcare together.

As a member of the HonorHealth team, you will work collaboratively with other innovators working to advance our pharmacy program. Join us and be part of a team larger than the individual contributors, coming together to embody HonorHealth's iCare values: Innovation, Collaboration, Accountability, Respect, and Empathy.

HonorHealth is one of Arizona’s largest nonprofit healthcare systems, serving a population of five million people in the greater Phoenix metropolitan area. The comprehensive network encompasses nine acute-care hospitals, an extensive medical group with primary, specialty and urgent care services, a cancer care network, outpatient surgery centers, clinical research, medical education, a foundation, an accountable care organization, community services and more. With more than 16,000 team members, 4,000+ affiliated providers and over 1,100 volunteers, HonorHealth seamlessly blends collaborative care and approachable expertise to improve health and well-being. People often say care feels different here -- because it does. Learn more at HonorHealth.com.

Responsibilities

Job Summary

The Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist provides expert level care for medication management through active participation on the healthcare team in the ambulatory setting as an advanced practice provider. A collaborative practice model is utilized for direct patient care activities, including selection of individualized drug therapy, implementation of patient-specific medication regimens, laboratory monitoring, and provision of comprehensive medication education to maximize therapeutic benefit and minimize risks of adverse events. Population health management strategies are utilized to improve medication-related outcomes and reduce hospitalizations for at-risk populations. The Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist will conduct educational activities, apply principles of performance improvement, advance pharmacy practice, and optimize care in a cost-effective manner. Maintains patient panel for all common ambulatory care disease states, including diabetes, anticoagulation, and other complex disease states for which active collaborative drug therapy management protocols are in place. Serves as a primary preceptor for pharmacy residents and students. Participates in on-call and after-hours coverage on a rotating basis.

• Performs disease state management, comprehensive medication review, and adverse drug event prevention and management for patients in the ambulatory setting, including all approved collaborative practice protocols.
• Completes thorough patient assessments and applies principles of evidence-based medicine to establish patient-specific therapeutic drug regimens.
• Critically evaluates disease states and adjusts medication therapy to optimize regimens and improve clinical outcomes.
• Ensures utilization of cost-effective medication therapy and patient access to treatment.
• Provides essential medication education to patients to promote engagement in self-management activities, medication adherence, and safety.
• Demonstrates accurate and thorough documentation skills in the electronic medical record. Facilitates pharmacist-to-provider communication of clinical interventions and recommendations.
• Provides therapeutic consultation to medical providers to promote optimal medication management. Identifies and escalates issues outside of pharmacist’s scope of practice to appropriate physician for further assessment.
• Adheres to clinical practices approved by the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee (e.g. collaborative practice agreements, clinical pharmacy protocols).
• Contributes to the total body of knowledge of pharmacy through publication and/or education, including presentations, in-services, or lectures to the community, nursing, physician, pharmacy, and local or national meetings. Provides educational information to physicians, nursing staff, and other allied health care professionals.
• Acts as a network resource and drug information expert in the specialty area of practice. Provides detailed drug information and education to the healthcare team, pharmacy, patients, and community. Actively participates in department and network-based committees and effectively communicates with stakeholders.
• Develops and applies evidence-based medication guidelines and/or protocols, medication use evaluations, and disease-based evaluations. Collects and analyzes medication-use data per predefined criteria and formulates appropriate recommendations for implementation.
• Precepts PGY1 and PGY2 Pharmacy Residents and pharmacy students. Meets preceptor criteria established by American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). Contributes to staff development, including assisting with training of new team members and consulting on complex patient cases.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education

Pharm.D. Graduate of an ACPE-accredited School of Pharmacy with a minimum of Doctor of Pharmacy degree or equivalent experience. Required

Experience

Completion of a PGY1 pharmacy practice residency (ASHP accredited) and PGY2 Ambulatory Care pharmacy residency (ASHP accredited) OR Completion of a PGY1 pharmacy practice residency (ASHP accredited) plus three (3) years of clinical pharmacy experience in the ambulatory care setting OR Five (5) years of clinical pharmacy experience in the ambulatory care setting. Required

Licenses and Certifications

Registered Pharmacist (RPh) Licensed to practice pharmacy in the state of Arizona. Upon Hire Required Board Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacist (BCACP) 1 Year Required