Cardiovascular Ambulatory Clinical Pharmacy Specialist

eCommunity; Indiana (PA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Community Health Network seeks an ambulatory cardiology clinical pharmacist to participate in team-based care under collaborative drug therapy agreements. You will manage hypertension, dyslipidemia, and cardiovascular risk reduction in cardiology clinics, both in-person and virtually.

Responsibilities include staff education, guideline development, and contributing to performance improvement. You will mentor pharmacy students and residents and help advance cardiology services in central Indiana.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited college of pharmacy, Doctorate preferred.
• Indiana Pharmacist license required.
• PGY1 Residency completed; PGY2 Cardiology/Ambulatory Care encouraged or 3+ years with drug therapy agreement.
• Board certification encouraged and expected within two years of start.

Responsibilities

• Manage hypertension, dyslipidemia, cardiovascular risk reduction, and anticoagulation monitoring.
• Provide staff education, guideline/policy development, and participate in performance improvement initiatives.
• Mentor and teach pharmacy students and residents; serve as clinical resource for healthcare team.
• Expand cardiology pharmacist services across central Indiana and Indianapolis region.

Skills

Communication skills

Collaborative care

Patient education

Pharmacy teamwork

Clinical reasoning

Education

PharmD or BS in Pharmacy

Indiana Pharmacist license

PGY1 Pharmacy Residency

PGY2 in Cardiology/Ambulatory Care

Board certification encouraged

Job description

Join Community

Community Health Network was created by our neighbors, for our neighbors. Over 60 years later, community is still the heart of our organization. It means providing our neighbors with the best care possible, backed by state‑of‑the‑art technology. It means getting involved in the communities we serve through volunteer opportunities and benefit initiatives. It means ensuring our dedicated caregivers can learn and grow to stay at the top of their fields and to better serve our patients. And above all, it means exceptional care, simply delivered - and we couldn't do it without you.

Make a difference

As part of a very progressive Ambulatory Care pharmacy team at Community Health Network, you will participate in team‑based care under collaborative drug therapy agreements where, as a pharmacist, you may make medication changes, as appropriate. Our ambulatory cardiology clinical pharmacy specialists are an integral part of the interprofessional team.

As an ambulatory cardiology clinical pharmacy specialist, you will manage hypertension, dyslipidemia, cardiovascular risk reduction, antiarrhythmic monitoring, tobacco cessation, anticoagulation service, as well as transitional care management for cardiology discharge patients both in‑person and virtually.

Other aspects of this position include providing staff education, guideline/policy development and implementation, and participation in performance improvement initiatives and practice advancement. You will have opportunities to mentor and teach pharmacy students and pharmacy residents along with serving as a clinical resource for the healthcare team. Your expertise will allow you to advance the level of patient care to achieve the best possible outcomes.

This position will provide patient care in General Cardiology Clinic, Ambulatory Home Blood Pressure Monitoring Program, Electrophysiology Clinic, Heart Failure Clinic and Anticoagulation Clinics.

Expansion of cardiology pharmacist services to clinic sites in central Indiana and the Indianapolis region will provide the pharmacist an opportunity to advance services with the support, resources, and infrastructure of a well‑established ambulatory cardiology pharmacy team.

Your exceptional skills

• You have strong communication skills and a collaborative approach to patient care.
• You practice at the top of your license utilizing established and growing collaborative drug therapy management agreements.
• You will meet with patients individually (in‑person and remotely) to provide extensive drug and disease‑state education focusing on patients at high risk for hospitalization or poor health outcome. Disease states include, but are not limited to: heart failure, coronary artery disease, hypertension, dyslipidemia, arrhythmias, venous thromboembolism, LVAD, smoking cessation.
• You are able to work closely with physicians and health‑care teams while providing direct patient care.
• You are able to work closely with patients to overcome medication adherence issues.
• With the assistance of medication assistance coordinators, you are able to assist patients in obtaining cost‑effective medications.
• You have the ability to serve as a drug information resource for the other providers and clinic staff, answering medication therapy questions.
• You have the ability to monitor for drug‑therapy‑related adverse events by performing or ordering the appropriate clinical or laboratory tests.
• You are able to engage in population health projects to impact the lives of patients we serve.
• You have a clear understanding of quality improvement principles.
• You have the ability to precept pharmacy students and residents.

Your exceptional qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited college of pharmacy, Bachelor or PharmD; Doctorate degree.
• Indiana Pharmacist license.
• Successful completion of a PGY1 Pharmacy Residency and PGY2 residency with Cardiology or Ambulatory Care focus is strongly encouraged or a minimum of three (3) years working under a drug therapy agreement in a clinical setting.
• Board certification as a Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist, Board Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacist, or Board Certified Cardiology Pharmacist is encouraged and required within two years of accepting the position.