Clinical Pharmacist: Elevate Patient Care & Cost-Effective Therapy

LCMC Health; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

LCMC Health seeks a Clinical Pharmacist to collaborate with physicians and care teams to optimize patient outcomes while controlling costs. The role delivers therapeutic assessments, disease management, and contributes to formulary initiatives across assigned practices.

You will lead clinical pharmacy services, educate healthcare professionals, and participate in protocol development, quality improvement, and regulatory compliance, including ACHC/URAC accreditation readiness and 340B activities.

Responsibilities

• Directs and initiates development, implementation and maintenance of clinical pharmacy services.
• Provides clinical consultation to the Medical Staff and other health care providers within the appropriate team or unit(s), suggests appropriate cost-effective therapeutic alternatives as needed.
• Communicates and documents all activities/interventions (i.e., medication order changes/clarifications with the prescriber, pharmacokinetic dosing/monitoring, adverse drug reactions and errors etc.).
• Fosters teamwork and takes responsibility to ensure delivery of high-quality patient care.
• Performs staff duties as needed.
• Collaborates with all health care providers to ensure timely resolution of concerns and questions.
• Provides ongoing education and timely drug information to physicians, nursing, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals by developing educational materials and competencies and providing in-services as needed.
• Facilitates the development and implementation of treatment guidelines, pathways, protocols, formulary changes, medication use evaluations, and any other appropriate drug information reports as approved by the appropriate committee(s).
• Actively participates on clinical committees including pharmacy and therapeutics committee and other appointed committees as needed.
• Acts as a liaison to other healthcare practitioners.
• Fosters a good working relationship with physicians, medical staff, nursing, and other healthcare professionals.
• Demonstrates awareness and understanding of documenting information in the medical record, JCAHO and CMS standards, and State Board of Pharmacy requirements.
• Demonstrates awareness and understanding of departmental and hospital policies, and health-system initiatives.
• Ensures compliance with ACHC and URAC Specialty Pharmacy Accreditation Standards and participates in audit, quality improvement projects and ongoing accreditation readiness activities.
• Lead and support completion of prior authorizations and appeals.
• Collaborate with providers, payers and patient access teams and maintain current knowledge of payer policies and formulary restrictions.
• Ensure prescriptions align with 340B patient definition, eligible providers and covered entity sites; partners with 340b operations team and document clinical workflows that directly impact 340B compliance outcomes.

Job description

LCMC Health seeks a Clinical Pharmacist to collaborate with physicians and care teams to optimize patient outcomes while controlling costs. The role delivers therapeutic assessments, disease management, and contributes to formulary initiatives across assigned practices.

You will lead clinical pharmacy services, educate healthcare professionals, and participate in protocol development, quality improvement, and regulatory compliance, including ACHC/URAC accreditation readiness and 340B activities.