Ambulatory Care Pharmacist

Kaiser Permanente; Downey (CA); On-site; USD 139,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente in Downey, CA seeks an experienced pharmacist to provide ambulatory pharmaceutical care under approved protocols, focusing on patient education and coordinating therapy within the care team.

Responsibilities include reviewing medication histories, developing treatment plans, monitoring therapy, and ensuring regulatory compliance. Eligible candidates hold a Pharmacy degree and California license with ambulatory care experience.

Qualifications

• 1200 hours of collaborative drug therapy management experience or ASHP PGY-1 residency.
• BCPP or PGY2 psychiatry track with BCPP by end of 3 years, or ASHP PGY1 with 1000 hours in CDTM and BCCP goal.

Responsibilities

• Upholds Kaiser Permanente policies and laws.
• Conducts patient medication history inquiries on referral.
• Develops treatment plans based on diagnosis and transitions of care.
• Identifies and resolves medication-related problems and interactions.
• Initiates, adjusts, and monitors drug therapy under protocol.
• Coordinates laboratory monitoring and interprets results.
• Provides patient education on diseases, therapies, and adherence.
• Oversees staff and ensures high quality pharmaceutical care.

Skills

Effective communication

Team collaboration

Analytical problem solving

Patient education

Education

Pharmacy degree

Tools

Pharmacy software

Job description

Job Summary

Provides ambulatory pharmaceutical care services using approved protocols in collaboration with other health professional, including managing patient drug therapy, providing patient education, and preparing and/or overseeing the preparation and dispensing of medications. Promotes high quality, evidence-based, cost-effective pharmaceutical care. Performs these duties in the clinical areasassigned.

Essential Responsibilities

• Upholds Kaiser Permanentes Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws.
• Conducts patient medication history inquiries upon referral from physicians and other medical personnel.
• Given a diagnosis, synthesize a treatment plan, which may include drug therapy and lifestyle modifications, and transition within the continuum of care settings.
• Identifies, resolves, and prevents potential and actual medication-related problems including: untreated indications, improper drug selection, subtherapeutic dosage, overdose, failure to receive medication, adverse drug reactions, drug interactions, and medication without indication.
• Under protocol, initiates, adjusts, monitors, and recommends changes in drug therapy based on information obtained through patient interviews, objective monitoring parameters, review of drug profiles and the patient medical record.
• Coordinates and interprets laboratory monitoring of drug therapy, including serum drug levels, electrolytes, and other approved drug-related laboratory testing.
• Provides patient monitoring for the purpose of evaluating and optimizing patient outcomes, drug utilization and patient compliance, detecting and/or minimizing ADRs, eliminating unnecessary drug use and duplication.
• Provides patient education related to the individuals disease state, including predictable actions, side effects, reasons for proper compliance, and any special instruction.
• Assure ongoing performance improvement of the pharmaceutical care services provided.
• Provides education to providers and staff via presentations, newsletters, formal utilization reviews, and one-on-one interactions.
• Performs drug utilization review, comprehensive medication review, and/or medication reconciliation.
• Operate pharmacy computer system(s) and other equipment and software.
• Documents information appropriately in the patients medical record and other computer systems according to policies and procedures and regulatory requirements
• Supports a collaborative Labor-Management Partnership environment.
• Oversee ancillary/support staff (technicians, assistants, support coordinators, pharmacy interns).
• Performs other duties as required.

Basic Qualifications

Experience

• Minimum twelve hundred (1200) hours experience in the last five years working under collaborative drug therapy management protocol including initiating, adjusting, discontinuing, and refilling medication in patients with chronic disease states OR successful completion of an ASHP Accredited PGY-1 residency.

A qualified candidate should have one of the following credentials or experience: Board Certified Psychiatric Pharmacist (BCPP) OR a Graduate of PGY2 in psychiatry specialty in the last three (3) years on condition of achieving BCPP (within three (3) years) OR, a candidate who has successfully completed an ASHP accredited PGY1 Residency, with 1000 hours experience in collaborative drug therapy management in patient with Psychiatric disorders (within the past three (3) years) on condition of achieving BCCP (within three (3) years).

Education

• Degree in Pharmacy meeting minimum mandatory educational requirements for licensure.

License, Certification, Registration

• Pharmacist License (California) required at hire
• Basic Life Support within 3 months of hire
• National Provider Identifier required at hire

Additional Requirements

• Passage of a standardized competency assessment with the exception of current Ambulatory Care Pharmacists.
• Knowledge Required:
• Comprehensive knowledge of current pharmacological/biopharmaceutical principles, medical terminology, pathologies, disease state management, age appropriate therapy, and other information as it pertains to medical or pharmaceutical care management plan.
• Knowledge of Federal/State laws/regulations regarding delivery of pharmacy services and the scope of practice of a pharmacist.
• Demonstrated work experience performing aseptic techniques & preparation of sterile IV products & hazardous agents, as required.
• Knowledge of sources of current drug information and medical literature.
• Skill/Abilities Required:
• Demonstrated ability to extract pertinent information from patient/other sources for a medical management plan.
• Demonstrated ability to teach and evaluate.
• Effective verbal/written communication skills at appropriate level.
• Demonstrated analytical and problem solving skills.
• Experience working as part of a multidisciplinary patient care team.

Preferred Qualifications

• Doctorate of Pharmacy, Pharm.D.
• PGY-2 clinical pharmacy specialty residency or fellowship
• Board certification in relevant practice area
• Advanced Practice Pharmacist License

Notes

• Start/End Times should be variable.
• PSY Specialty.

Primary Location: California,Downey,Downey Medical Center

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Shift: Variable

Workdays: Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat,

Working Hours Start: 12:01 AM

Working Hours End: 11:59 PM

Job Schedule: Full-time

Job Type: Standard

Worker Location: Onsite

Employee Status: Regular

Employee Group/Union Affiliation: B10-UPSC|AFSCME|United Pharmacists of SCAL

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Department: Downey Medical Center - Clinical Pharm- Primary Care - 0808

Pay Range: $101.67 - $104.72 / hour Kaiser Permanente strives to offer a market competitive total rewards package and is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted pay range is based on possible base salaries for the role and does not reflect the full value of our total rewards package. Actual base pay determined at offer will be based on labor market data, internal alignment, and a candidate's years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills, and geographic location.

Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time

On-site: Work location is on-site (KP designated office, medical office building or hospital). Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy. Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status. For jobs where work will be performed in unincorporated LA County, the employer provides the following statement in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

• Consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente's Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations, accreditation, and licensure requirements (where applicable), and Kaiser Permanente's policies and procedures.
• Models and reinforces ethical behavior in self and others in accordance with the Principles of Responsibility, adheres to organizational policies and guidelines; supports compliance initiatives; maintains confidences; admits mistakes; conducts business with honesty, shows consistency in words and actions; follows through on commitments.
• Job duties with at least occasional or possible access to: (1) patients, the general public, or other employees; (2) confidential protected health information and other confidential KP information (including employee, proprietary, financial or trade secret information); (3) KP property and assets, for example, electronic assets, medical instruments, or devices; (4) controlled substances regulated by federal law or potentially subject to diversion.