Advanced Practice Pharmacist - Sharp Grossmont Specialty Pharmacy - Day Shift - Full Time

300 Sharp HealthCare; California (MO); On-site; USD 116,000 - 167,000; Full time

Job summary

Sharp HealthCare in San Diego, California seeks a Pharmacist to provide professional, clinical, and technical pharmaceutical care across hospital services. The role supports CDTM and pharmacotherapy programs, reviews prescriptions, monitors drug interactions, and educates patients to optimize therapy.

The ideal candidate holds a Doctor of Pharmacy degree and current licensure, with strong documentation, teamwork, and communication skills to collaborate with the healthcare team and ensure safe,

Qualifications

• D.Pharm/PharmD degree and license in good standing.
• Experience in hospital CDTM/clinical services preferred.
• Strong documentation and teamwork abilities.

Responsibilities

• Review prescriptions for dose, duration, frequency, and indication; monitor interactions.
• Provide patient education and coordinate CDTM services.
• Participate in pharmacotherapy improvement programs and cost-management initiatives.
• Counsel patients on medication use and ensure accurate dispensing and records.

Skills

Pharmacy knowledge

Clinical services

Education and counseling

Interprofessional collaboration

Education

Pharmacist license

Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)

Tools

Electronic health records

Pharmacy management systems

Job description

Hours: Shift Start Time: 8 AM Shift End Time: 6 PM AWS Hours Requirement: 8/40 - 8 Hour Shift Additional Shift Information: One Saturday shift required every 4 to 6 weeks. Weekend Requirements: As Needed On-Call Required: No

Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum): $83.970 - $108.360 - $121.360 The stated pay scale reflects the range that Sharp reasonably expects to pay for this position. The actual pay rate and pay grade for this position will be dependent on a variety of factors, including an applicant’s years of experience, unique skills and abilities, education, alignment with similar internal candidates, marketplace factors, other requirements for the position, and employer business practices.

To provide the professional, clinical and technical knowledge, skills and expertise required for the provision of comprehensive pharmaceutical care that supports the mission, values, and philosophy of Pharmacy Services and Sharp HealthCare.

Essential Functions

Review of Prescriptions Reviews all prescriptions for appropriate dose, duration, frequency, dosage form and indication. Monitors therapy for potential or actual drug interactions (e.g., drug-drug, drug-disease, drug-allergy, etc.) Assesses patient understanding of medication regimen and provides education tailored to the patient through the following modalities: First dose teaching; Food-drug interaction counseling; Compliance aids. Performs medication reconciliation.

Clinical and Educational Services

Has met minimum certification/recertification requirements required for hospital CDTM (Collaborative Drug Therapy Management) services offered at entity as outlined in policies and procedures. Participates in Clinical Services for example, CDTM, treatment team participation, and other services specific to the job. Demonstrates knowledge of consult services as evidenced by attainment of consult service goals and proper documentation of actions, recommendations, and patient outcomes on the pharmacy monitoring forms. Performs by leaving concise, objective, legible, and professional notes in the patient's clinical chart or via clinical intervention notes. Consistently demonstrates ability to complete formal clinical workload assigned during shift as evidenced by completing all consults and advisory services in a timely manner. Participates in the selection, development, implementation, outcomes analysis, reporting, and maintenance of selected pharmacotherapy improvement programs, including disease state management programs, or other cross-continuum pharmacotherapy programs. Provides and / or coordinates formal needs-based education. Educates, promotes and assists the coordination of staff involvement in clinical responsibilities with formal certification in key activities and skill sets. May participate in medical staff advisory groups, multidisciplinary teams, focus groups, task forces, or other designated activities. Provide patient education on medication use and disease states. Collaborate with other members of the health care team and the pharmacy staff to recommend/review current and new agents / protocols (i.e. formulary status, usage guidelines, and care maps).

Clinical Consult Services

Provides CDTM services in compliance with P and T approved SHC CDTM protocols. Reviews patient medication therapies for appropriateness: drug therapy, therapeutic duplications, allergies, demographics, minimum and maximum dosing guidelines, special population requirements, medication history, non-pharmacologic therapies, socioeconomic, and other relevant factors. Clarifies/ verifies and communicates therapeutic issues, plan or problems with prescribing doctor/clinic in a timely, professional and evidence based manner, and document interventions via care plan and progress notes in a formal, standardized fashion. Consistently responds to and documents drug information and other service requests promptly, professionally, and in accordance with SHC's Behavioral Standards. Leads P-T's identification of medication usage evaluations (MUE) opportunities, MUE performance, and subsequent performance improvements. Consistently participates in financial pillar/cost savings measures (e.g. formulary adherence, readmission reductions, etc.). Consistently collaborates with all relevant clinicians and non-clinicians with a team player attitude. Guides the participation of other non-APC pharmacy members involved in CDTM services.

Communication and Teamwork

Customer Service/Interdepartmental Relations (with external customers outside of the pharmacy department):

• Answers phone in timely, friendly manner, stating department, name, and title
• Fosters positive relationships through consistent, respectful, professional interactions with customers and other staff members
• Responds to requests in timely, caring manner that is consistent with Sharp Everyday Actions, (i.e. Mutal Respect, Care and Compassion)

Operational Services (working with internal customers with pharmacy department):

• Clearly communicates goals and instructions to other staff members
• Provides relevant handoffs between shifts (written/oral)
• Effectively intercepts and troubleshoots problems, as demonstrated by effective problem solving, prioritization of issues with respect to level of significance and impact to patient care, safety, workflow, and communication.

When faced with complex situations, has knowledge of and applies the appropriate policies and procedures including but not limited to Chain of Command escalation.

Effectively evaluates ongoing workflow issues and directs daily workload to achieve efficiency and maximize resource utilization as business needs require.

Attends and participates in staff meetings or reviews staff meeting communications.

Reads work related email at a minimum on assigned workdays, responding in a professional and reasonable timeframe.

Pharmacy Operations

Counsels patients on medication use consistent with professional standards. Assures controlled substances are dispensed with accuracy. Maintains integrity of all record keeping. Assists with narcotic inventories as required. Dispenses medication according to policies and procedures and confirms all financial information prior to dispensing (active eligibility, etc). Enters data correctly into computerized patient medication profile and verifies that all technician orders are correctly entered into computer. Demonstrates proficiency with and utilization of automation and advances in technology. Works as Clinical advance practice RPh duties. Participates in cost management initiatives to include assisting patients and physicians identify the most cost effective treatment plan available.

Regulatory Compliance

Monitor compliance with state and federal laws and regulations related to the practice of pharmacy as well as standards and regulations for other regulatory agencies for specialty pharmacy practice. Ensure documentation meets regulatory audit and compliance. Ensure protocols are followed. Ensure collaborative agreement followed.

Safe Medication Practice

Knowledge of and active participation in concurrent medication safety event (MSE) monitoring programs, as demonstrated by interventions and RL solution submissions. Qualitative work demonstrates thoughtful and thorough identification, evaluation and analysis of medication safety events. Performs initial analysis of MSE's and assists in the research and identification causative factors of events. Performs non-voluntary monitoring (i.e. trigger reports, harm monitors, alerting orders).

Training and Mentoring

Active in personal continuing education and professional development. Orients and trains new pharmacy staff as assigned. Provides direction and precepts pharmacist residents, interns, and students as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Computer skills are required, especially in the application of word processing, spreadsheet (including basic analytical functions such as pivot tables), and presentations. Expertise with database creation and management is preferred.

Sharp HealthCare is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class.

#FJ Sharp HealthCare is a not-for-profit health care system based in San Diego, California, with four acute care hospitals, three specialty hospitals, three medical groups and a health plan. We provide medical services in virtually all fields of medicine, including primary care, heart care, cancer, orthopedics, women’s health, rehabilitation, robotic surgery and bariatric surgery. Sharp sets the community standard for exceptional care. Sharp Grossmont Hospital and Sharp Memorial Hospital have received prestigious Magnet recognition by the American Nurses Credentialing Center for excellence in nursing practices and quality patient care. At the heart of our organization are more than 18,000 affiliated physicians, nurses, staff and volunteers who are on a journey to make health care better for our patients and their families. It’s what we call The Sharp Experience – treating each person with dignity, compassion and respect, and using our clinical excellence and advanced technology to deliver the highest-quality patient care. We are dedicated to transforming the health care experience by making Sharp the best place to work, the best place to practice medicine and the best place to receive care in San Diego.