Ambulatory Care Pharmacist - Oncology

Nebraska Medicine; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition assistance

Clarkson College discount

Career advancement opportunities

Job summary

Nebraska Medicine is seeking an Ambulatory Care Pharmacist – Medical Oncology to join the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center. You will provide comprehensive pharmaceutical care across inpatient and outpatient settings, focusing on solid tumor malignancies and ensuring safe transitions of care.

The role offers collaboration with physicians, APPs, and nurses, with opportunities to lead education, quality improvement, and scholarly activities in a high-acuity oncology environment.

Qualifications

• Must be a ACPE-accredited PharmD or equivalent with licensure in Nebraska or eligible for licensure.
• ASHP residency (PGY1/PGY2) in oncology or 4+ years of relevant pharmacist experience in ambulatory/medical oncology.
• Strong clinical judgment, leadership, and ability to work with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Participate in multidisciplinary rounds for Medical Oncology inpatient services.
• Optimize chemotherapy and supportive care regimens; monitor toxicity and response.
• Provide direct patient education, therapy management, and longitudinal follow-up in ambulatory clinics.
• Lead quality improvement, education, and research initiatives within the oncology pharmacy program.

Skills

Clinical Oncology Pharmacist

Team Collaboration

Education

Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) or equivalent

ASHP residency (PGY1/PGY2) or 4 years oncology experience

Nebraska licensure or eligible

Job description

Serious Medicine is what we do. Being extraordinary is who we are. Every colleague plays a key role in upholding this promise to our patients and their families.

Shift: First Shift (United States of America)

Ambulatory Care Pharmacist – Oncology – Full-Time Position Highlights

Nebraska Medicine is seeking a highly motivated Ambulatory Care Pharmacist – Medical Oncology to join our nationally recognized program at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center. This position supports patients across the continuum of care, with a focus on solid tumor malignancies. The Ambulatory Care Pharmacist serves as an integral member of the Medical Oncology team, providing comprehensive pharmaceutical care across both inpatient and outpatient settings. This role promotes continuity of care, supporting complex oncology patients. In this role, the pharmacist serves as a clinical partner within a multidisciplinary care team, helping optimize complex medication regimens, monitor treatment response and toxicity, and support safe transitions between inpatient and outpatient care. The work is highly collaborative and focused on patient education, adherence, and evidence-based decision-making in a high-acuity setting. This opportunity is well suited for a pharmacist who thrives in complex clinical environments, values collaboration, and is interested in practicing at the top of their license while contributing to high-quality, patient-centered care.

Key Responsibilities

• Inpatient / Acute Care Contributions
  • Participate in multidisciplinary rounding on Medical Oncology inpatient services
  • Optimize chemotherapy and supportive care medication therapy
  • Provide real-time clinical decision support to providers and care teams
  • Support safe medication use and contribute to protocol development and implementation.
• Ambulatory / Clinic-Based Contributions
  • Support Medical Oncology clinics through direct patient care, therapy management, and longitudinal follow-up
  • Manage in-basket messages, treatment plans, and therapy coordination
  • Provide patient education and counseling for complex oncology regimens
  • Facilitate transitions of care between care settings
• Shared Responsibilities
  • Collaborate with physicians, APPs, nursing, and interdisciplinary teams.
  • Lead and participate in quality improvement, research, and program development initiatives
  • Precept pharmacy students, PGY1, and PGY2 residents
  • Contribute to the academic mission through teaching and scholarship

Shift Details

Full-Time (40 hours/week), (Monday through Friday 8AM-4:30PM or 8:30AM-5PM) with intermittent weekend accountability

Location

Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center – Nebraska Medical Center

Benefits

• Enjoy up to $5,000 per year in tuition assistance, a 35% discount at Clarkson College, and career advancement opportunities with covered educational costs.

Duties

• Lead provision of patient-oriented pharmaceutical care services including creation and maintenance of pharmaceutical care plan, cost-effective therapeutic drug monitoring, drug utilization, guideline development, and drug use evaluation in assigned clinical teams.
• Provide training and educational support for development of professional staff.
• Responsible for dissemination of new knowledge, utilization trends and outcomes information related to medication use/pharmaceutical care programs at the organization.
• Lead efforts to educate other disciplines regarding appropriate use of drug therapy.

Required Qualifications

• Graduate of an Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) accredited Doctor of Pharmacy degree program OR possess a Bachelor or Master of pharmacy degree with 10 years of experience required.
• Graduate of an American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) accredited postgraduate year one residency or an ASHP accredited postgraduate year two residency relevant to practice area OR have 4 years of pharmacist experience in the relevant area of practice OR have pharmacist experience within a Nebraska Medicine ambulatory care clinic required.
• Demonstrate excellence in clinical areas as displayed by ability to consistently and completely meet and contribute to updating standards of practice required.
• Maturity and leadership skills required.
• Licensed in the state of Nebraska or jurisdiction in which pharmacy practice is conducted upon start or transfer required.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification as deemed appropriate and relevant to practice required, must be from an American Heart Association (AHA) endorsed program (effective for new hires starting January 1, 2023 or later).

Preferred Qualifications

• Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties (BPS) certification as deemed appropriate and relevant to practice preferred.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Nebraska Medicine is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, marital status, sex, age, national origin, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity and protected veterans’ status.

About Nebraska Medicine

Nebraska Medicine includes two hospitals, the state's largest and highest rated Nebraska Medical Center and Bellevue Medical Center, along with more than 70 primary care and specialty clinics.

Nebraska Medicine and our research and education partner, the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), share the same mission: to lead the world in transforming lives to create a healthy future for all individuals and communities through premier educational programs, innovative research and extraordinary patient care.

Every colleague plays a key role in upholding our promise of “Serious Medicine, Extraordinary Care” to our patients and their families.

Working with Nebraska Medicine means committing to meaningful, impactful work that will elevate the success of your fellow colleagues and will help our patients and their families feel comfortable, confident and cared for.