Infusion Oncology Pharmacist - Peninsula

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Poulsbo (WA); On-site; USD 248,458,000 - 414,051,000; Part time

Job summary

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is seeking a Per-Diem Pharmacist to join the Peninsula Clinic team. You will collaborate with providers to optimize therapeutic regimens, perform medication therapy reviews, and support drug information needs.

The role emphasizes patient care, education, and collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited School of Pharmacy is required.
• State of Washington Pharmacist License is required.
• Two years of pharmacy practice experience is required; residency may substitute for experience.
• Preferred: Doctor of Pharmacy degree (PharmD).

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with providers to individualize drug therapies promoting safe, effective and economical patient care.
• Perform comprehensive medication therapy review and ensure safe transitions of care.
• Monitor and modify drug regimens, including ordering and interpreting lab tests.
• Provide refill authorization with assessment of adherence and safety.
• Act as a drug information resource to providers, nursing staff, research staff, and patients.
• Ensure access to specialty medications by providing required clinical information to insurers.
• Manage anticoagulation, infectious disease, or pain therapy under a collaborative agreement.

Skills

Pharmacotherapy expertise

Communication with providers

Drug information

Education

Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) or equivalent

Graduation from an accredited School of Pharmacy

State of Washington Pharmacist License

Job description

Overview

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is an independent, nonprofit organization providing adult cancer treatment and groundbreaking research focused on cancer and infectious diseases. Based in Seattle, Fred Hutch is the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Washington. With a track record of global leadership in bone marrow transplantation, HIV/AIDS prevention, immunotherapy and COVID-19 vaccines, Fred Hutch has earned a reputation as one of the world’s leading cancer, infectious disease and biomedical research centers. Fred Hutch operates eight clinical care sites that provide medical oncology, infusion, radiation, proton therapy and related services, and network affiliations with hospitals in five states. Together, our fully integrated research and clinical care teams seek to discover new cures to the world’s deadliest diseases and make life beyond cancer a reality.At Fred Hutch we value collaboration, compassion, determination, excellence, innovation, integrity and respect. Our mission is directly tied to the humanity, dignity and inherent value of each employee, patient, community member and supporter. Our commitment to learning across our differences and similarities make us stronger. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems.

Performs clinical pharmacy services to assigned clinic patients.The pharmacist acts as an integral member of FredHutchpatient care services, providing pharmacotherapeutic recommendations to providers, nursing,research staff,and other members of the health care team tooptimizepatient care.Responsibilities include, but are not limited to direct patient care, drug dispensing, research & education, and practice management as it pertains to the care of the assigned patient population.The pharmacist will work with the specialty pharmacy team to ensure patients have access to needed medications and will provide clinical support and documentation when required.

At Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, all employees are expected todemonstratea commitment toour values of collaboration, compassion, determination, excellence, innovation, integrity, and respect.

This is a Per-Diem role that will work a variable schedule Monday thru Friday at our Peninsula Clinic location.

Responsibilities

Clinical:

• Collaborate with providers to individualize drug therapies promoting safe,effectiveand economical patient care.
• Perform comprehensive medication therapy review and other activities as necessary to ensure safe transitions of care.
• Assume responsibility for monitoring andmodifyingthe drug regimen when referred, to include the ordering and interpretation of laboratory testing.
• Provide refill authorization in conjunction with assessment of adherence, disease states, drug interactions, efficacy, and safety.
• Act as a drug information resource to providers, nursing staff, researchstaffand patients.
• Ensure patient access to specialty medications byassistingwith providing required clinical information to insurers when needed.
• Identifypatients with indications for drug therapy who are under-treated andoptimizedrug therapy.
• Identifybarriers to adherence to medication regimen, incorporating patientcharacteristicsi.e.language, culture/religious practices, physical, cognitive, emotional, pain/discomfort, socioeconomic status.
• Utilize tools in educating the patient on self-management of disease and drug therapy.
• Review clinic prescribing patterns with clinic staff to design targeted education to promote consistency with UWP guidelines (or other nationally recognized guidelines when needed)
• The pharmacist may manage anticoagulation therapy, infectious disease therapy, complementary and alternative therapy, or pain/palliative care for clinic patients under a collaborative drug therapy agreement.Patient care activities include management of all aspects of therapy including initiation, patient education, short term andlong termmonitoring and management, care transitions, andconsults.

Education

• Provide primary preceptorship of pharmacy residents and student pharmacists
• Provide education to medical/surgical residents, nursingstaffand medical students
• Present at educational conferences to multidisciplinary staff, as requested
• Develop and provide nursing in-services
• Provide didactic teaching to student pharmacists at the University of Washington School of Pharmacy, asrequested

Research

• Participate in collaborative research projects with healthcare professionals, pharmacyresidentsand student pharmacists.
• Submit unique work for publication in professional journals
• Mayassistin the preparation,reviewand implementation of drug study protocols
• Collaborating with investigators in support of investigational drug studies

Practice Management:

• Implement andmaintaindepartmental policies and procedures related to the safe and effective use of medications
• Routinely evaluate current updates in service specific literature
• Develop andmaintaindrug therapymonitoringsystems for patients
• Establish andmaintainefficient lines of communication between pharmacists, physicians,nursesand other members of the health care team.
• Participate in pharmacy and hospital committees as requested
• Participate in the development and implementation of quality assurance programs for pharmacy services, including, but not limited to, prevention of medication errors
• Perform drugutilizationevaluation and cost containment analyses, as needed

Dispensing:

• Perform duties of adispensing pharmacist (oral chemo clinic, infusion pharmacy, and/or retail pharmacy) asrequired

Qualifications

Required:

• Graduation from an accredited School of Pharmacy
• State of Washington Pharmacist License
• Two years of experience in pharmacy practice (months spent in the completion of an American Society of Health-System Pharmacists accredited residency training program may substitute month-for-month for the experience)

Preferred:

• Doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) degree, or equivalent, from an accredited School of Pharmacy

Pre Employment Drug Screening:

As a condition of employment Fred Hutch conducts pre-employment drug testing for this pharmacy role. All offers of employment in the pharmacy department are conditional on the applicant successfully completing and passing a drug test in accordance with the Fred Hutch policy.

The hourly pay range for this position is from $86.71 to $144.50, which includes the per diem differential, and pay offered will be based on experience and qualifications.

This is a Per-Diem role that will work a variable schedule Monday thru Friday at our Peninsula Clinic location.

Although Fred Hutch is not sponsoring most H-1B visas at this time, candidates who already hold an H-1B sponsored by another organization and are currently in the U.S. may be eligible for this position.

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center offers employees access to a retirement savings plan, an employee assistance program, and paid sick leave (1 hour for every 30 hours worked).

Additional Information

We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, ancestry, national origin, sex, age, disability (physical or mental), marital or veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, political ideology, or membership in any other legally protected class. We desire priority referrals of protected veterans. If due to a disability you need assistance/and or a reasonable accommodation during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to Human Resources at [e-mail] or by calling 206-667-4700.