Clinical Pharmacist Certified Ambulatory Services

CommonSpirit Health; Centennial (CO); Hybrid; USD 84,000 - 134,000; Full time

Job summary

CommonSpirit Health is seeking a Certified Clinical Pharmacist, Ambulatory Services, to provide direct patient care in hospital or clinic settings, collaborating with healthcare providers to optimize drug therapy and patient outcomes.

Applicants should have an active pharmacist license and ambulatory care certifications, with strong clinical judgment, communication, and teamwork skills to deliver evidence-based ambulatory pharmacy services in a regulated setting.

Qualifications

• Active State Pharmacist License in good standing in the state of employment.
• Board Certification in a Pharmacy Specialty (e.g., ambulatory care, cardiology, critical care, emergency medicine, oncology, pediatrics, psychiatric, etc.).
• Current knowledge of evidence-based clinical pharmacy practice and pharmacotherapies.
• Knowledge of Health Plans (Medicare, Medicaid, commercial).
• Care for patients of all ages with infection control, safety, and risk management in ambulatory settings.

Responsibilities

• Prescribe pharmaceuticals per the collaborative drug therapy management agreement, including starting, adjusting, or stopping therapy.
• Participate in evaluation and management of diseases in collaboration with other providers.
• Order and interpret drug-therapy related tests.
• Ensure patients have access to safe, effective, and cost-efficient therapy.
• Collaborate to resolve medication access and adherence issues.
• Provide patient/family education on safe use of medications and nonpharmacologic management of chronic conditions.

Skills

Ambulatory care knowledge

Clinical pharmacy practice

Communication skills

Collaboration

Regulatory compliance

Education

Graduation from accredited school of pharmacy

Pharm.D. with ambulatory care residency/experience

Job description

Job Summary And Responsibilities

As our Certified Clinical Pharmacist, Ambulatory Services, you will provide direct patient care in hospital or community-based clinics, working collaboratively with healthcare providers and patients to optimize drug therapy and outcomes.

Every day you will utilize evidence-based standards of care to deliver effective, efficient, and accurate ambulatory pharmaceutical care, ensuring all actions are within your license's scope and compliant with organizational protocols and state regulatory requirements.

To be successful in this role, you will be a Certified Clinical Pharmacist with expertise in ambulatory care, strong clinical judgment, excellent communication and collaboration skills, and a commitment to achieving organizational and patient care goals through optimized drug therapy.

• Prescribe pharmaceutical agents as outlined in the approved collaborative drug therapy management agreement including initiating, adjusting, or discontinuing drug therapy.
• Participates in the evaluation and management of diseases and health conditions in collaboration with other health care providers.
• Order and interpret drug therapy related tests.
• Ensure patients have access to and receive safe, efficacious, and costeffective medication therapy.
• Work collaboratively to resolve medication access and adherence issues.
• Provides patients and/or families with focused teaching on safe and effective use of prescribed medications and nonpharmacologic management of chronic health conditions.

Job Requirements

Required

• Active State Pharmacist License in good standing in the state in which the employee works: PHARM:XX
• Board Certification in a Pharmacy Specialty, based on the specialty title under which the employee works BCACP for Ambulatory Care Pharmacy BCCP for Cardiology Pharmacy BCSCP for Compounded Sterile Preparations Pharmacy BCCCP for Critical Care Pharmacy BCEMP for Emergency Medicine Pharmacy BCGP for Geriatric Pharmacy BCIDP for Infectious Diseases Pharmacy BCNP for Nuclear Pharmacy BCNSP for Nutrition Support Pharmacy BCOP for Oncology Pharmacy BCPPS for Pediatric Pharmacy BCPP for Psychiatric Pharmacy BCPS for Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist BCTXP for Solid Organ Transplantation Pharmacy
• Current knowledge of evidence based clinical pharmacy practice and pharmacotherapies
• Knowledge of Health Plans such as Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial plans
• Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to all age groups of patients served and infection control, safety and risk management standards as relates to the ambulatory pharmacy setting

Preferred

• Graduation from an accredited school of pharmacy
• Pharm.D. with: Completion of three (3) years of practice experience with at least 50% of time spent in ambulatory care activities, or Completion of a PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy residency, or Completion of a PGY1 residency plus one (1) year of practice experience with at least 50% of time spent in ambulatory care activities

Where You'll Work

CommonSpirit Mountain Region’s Corporate Service Center is headquartered in Centennial, CO where our corporate leaders and centralized teams support our hospitals, clinics and people – including marketing, human resources, employee benefits, finance, billing, talent acquisition/development, payor relations, IT, project management, community benefit and more. Many of our centralized teams offer a remote work option which supports a healthy work-life balance while still providing a culture of collaboration and community where incredible people are doing incredible things every day.

Pay Range

$60.60 - $97.03 /hour