Oncology Clinical Pharmacy Programs & UM Specialist

Kaiser Permanente; Renton (WA); On-site; USD 208,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente in Renton, WA seeks a Pharmacist Leader to drive complex drug therapy management, develop clinician trainings, and deliver direct patient care across medication initiation, dosing, monitoring and adherence. You will lead credentialed staff, mentor peers, and partner with providers to optimize formulary use and outcomes.

The role requires a WA license, PGY1, 3+ years’ pharmacist experience, and a focus on quality, safety and cost-effective prescribing within a dynamic health

Qualifications

• Pharmacist licensed in Washington state with PGY1 completed and 3+ years as pharmacist or intern.
• Leadership experience and ability to mentor staff and manage projects.
• Strong knowledge of drug therapy and pharmacotherapy decision making.
• Compliance with DEA, HIPAA and state regulations.

Responsibilities

• Drive complex clinical practice standing orders and drug therapy management protocols.
• Develop trainings for pharmacists, physicians, students and health professionals.
• Provide direct patient care for medication initiation, titration, monitoring and adherence.
• Collaborate with providers to optimize formulary adherence and drug use management.
• Lead education and training initiatives for staff and reduce care gaps.

Skills

Leadership

Cost optimization

Stakeholder management

Service focus

Confidentiality

Pharmacist license WA

Education

Doctorate of Pharmacy

Post-Graduate Year 1 residency

Job description

Job Summary:
In addition to the responsibilities listed below, this position is also responsible for helping to drive application, maintain, and implement complex clinical practice standing orders, drug therapy management protocols and guidelines (e.g., collaborative protocols with providers); developing complex trainings to continue drug education and staff development in-services for pharmacists, physicians, and other health care professionals, and students; independently providing direct patient care for medication initiation, medication selection, dosage titration, drug monitoring, patient engagement, medication adherence counseling, side effect management, medication discontinuation, and guides junior colleagues to do the same; maintaining relationships with providers to align drug conversion, drug tapering, and discontinuation initiatives and determine opportunities; providing consultative expertise to initiative implementation and conducting data analyses regarding measurement follow up and minimization of gaps to drive implementation of processes and workflow for assigned service areas; identifying and escalating as needed formulary concerns and influencing formulary adherence; suggesting potential improvements to initiatives and clinical services and monitoring progress of standard new/existing initiatives; and suggesting improvement areas and driving junior colleagues to implement new services for a disease state or care grouping/specialty (e.g., MTM).

Essential Responsibilities:

• Promotes learning in others by communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; builds relationships with cross-functional stakeholders. Listens, responds to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback; provides actionable feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership and mentors junior team members. Practices self-leadership; creates and executes plans to capitalize on strengths and improve opportunity areas; influences team members within assigned team or unit. Adapts to competing demands and new responsibilities; adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback. Models team collaboration within and across teams.
• Conducts or oversees business-specific projects by applying deep expertise in subject area; promotes adherence to all procedures and policies. Partners internally and externally to make effective business decisions; determines and carries out processes and methodologies; solves complex problems; escalates high-priority issues or risks, as appropriate; monitors progress and results. Develops work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; coordinates and delegates resources to accomplish organizational goals. Recognizes and capitalizes on improvement opportunities; evaluates recommendations made; influences the completion of project tasks by others.
• Leads drug education and training efforts by: developing complex trainings to continue drug education and staff development in-services for pharmacists, physicians, and other health care professionals, and students.
• Provides pharmaceutical patient care and drug therapy by: proactively monitoring, identifying, and managing productive relationships with care providers and members; providing complex case-specific drug information (e.g., drug therapy, adverse effects, compliance, appropriate use, and handling) to health care providers and members, independently; researching, organizing, identifying moderately complex issues, and/or recommending patient-specific drug therapy plans while evaluating progress of therapy through interviews, physical assessment, patient education and clinical laboratory monitoring, independently; analyzing, identifying trends, and presenting complex therapeutic outcomes to health care providers to collaboratively identify high-impact drug plan improvements, independently; facilitating implementation process, evaluating, and reporting utilization, as appropriate, of targeted medications and medication classes to senior leader, monitoring impact of initiative work to assure safe, rational and cost-effective prescribing; developing, implementing and analyzing clinicians or department-level decisions, support, and feedback using tools, effectively engaging and promoting support for the drug use management process; and supporting leadership and coordination of complex pharmaceutical care and optimal utilization of resources to and from acute and ambulatory patient-care settings.
• Leverages, maintains, and complies with all existing internal and external quality, safety, emergency, and accreditation policy and procedures by: adhering to all regulatory rules and regulations (e.g., Drug Enforcement Administration [DEA], State Board of Pharmacy, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act [HIPAA] and relevant internal regional and national policies; ensuring patient safety in the long-term preparation and provisioning of care (e.g., medications, procedures, infection prevention), including consistent use of two patient identifiers and procedural time outs; proactively preventing safety hazards, accidents and incidents, and unsafe working conditions promptly; and collaborating with physicians, other medical professionals, and health plan personnel to proactively resolve complex and assure quality and process outcome measures.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Doctorate of Pharmacy or equivalent degree (e.g., Bachelors of Pharmacy from a School of Pharmacy) AND completion of a Post-Graduate Year 1 (PGY1) residency at time of hire AND minimum three (3) years of experience as a Pharmacist and/or Pharmacist Intern in pharmacy or a directly related field OR Doctorate of Pharmacy or equivalent degree (e.g., Bachelors of Pharmacy from a School of Pharmacy) AND minimum five (5) years of experience as a Pharmacist and/or Pharmacist Intern in pharmacy or a directly related field.
• Minimum three (3) years of experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.

• Pharmacist License (Washington) required at hire

• National Provider Identifier within 6 months of hire

Additional Requirements:

• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs): Cost Optimization; Confidentiality; Stakeholder Management; Service Focus

Preferred Qualifications:

• Two (2) years of clinical pharmacy experience.
• Post-Graduate Year 2 (PGY2) residency or fellowship.

Primary Location: Washington,Renton,Renton Administration - Adams

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Shift: Day

Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri

Working Hours Start: 08:00 AM

Working Hours End: 05:00 PM

Job Schedule: Full-time

Job Type: Standard

Employee Status: Regular

Worker Location: Flexible

Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-WA-04|NUE|Non Union Employee

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Department: Renton Admin Glacier - ClinicalPharm-OralChemotherapy - 1130

Pay Range: $208000 - $239800 / year Kaiser Permanente strives to offer a market competitive total rewards package and is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted pay range is based on possible base salaries for the role and does not reflect the full value of our total rewards package. Actual base pay determined at offer will be based on labor market data, internal alignment, and a candidate's years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills, and geographic location.

Travel: No Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status.