Pharmacist-Ambulatory (Heart & Valve Center)

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Lexington (KY); On-site; USD 115,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Vision Insurance

Dental Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Paid time off

Job summary

Baptist Health Lexington seeks an Ambulatory Pharmacist (Heart & Valve Center) to deliver clinical pharmacy services for ambulatory patients, including medication reconciliation and care plan development. This role integrates with clinic providers under approved protocols to optimize heart & valve-related therapies.

The pharmacist will educate patients and staff, ensure regulatory compliance, and support multidisciplinary efforts to coordinate care across the ambulatory setting.

Qualifications

• Ambulatory Pharmacist experience or exposure within ambulatory care settings.
• Clinical pharmacy services including medication reconciliation, therapy optimization, and patient education.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical pharmacy services for ambulatory patients and perform accurate medication reconciliation.
• Develop patient care plans including selection, dosing, and monitoring of drug therapy.
• Promote medication adherence and educate patients and providers on complex therapies.
• Collaborate with clinic providers under a collaborative care agreement and approved protocols.

Skills

Ambulatory Pharmacy

Clinical Pharmacy

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy

Job description

Summary Job Description

Job Description Pharmacist-Ambulatory (Heart & Valve Center) Full Time I First Shift Hospital Pharmacy I Lexington, KY Department of Pharmacy Services of Baptist Health Lexington provides pharmaceutical services to patients across the continuum of care. These services include, but are not limited to verification of medication orders, drug distribution, sterile product preparation, hazardous drug preparation, and utilization of automated dispensing cabinets.

$15,000 Sign on Bonus for Qualified Individuals

Description

An Ambulatory Pharmacist Heart & Valve Center is responsible for providing clinical pharmacy services for ambulatory patients through accurate medication reconciliation; developing patient care plans including the selection, dosing, and monitoring of drug therapy; promoting medication adherence; and educating patients and other health care providers regarding complexities of drug therapy. Pharmacists will work under a collaborative care agreement with clinic providers; using approved protocols for disease states such as heart failure, hypertension and etc. Partners with providers and clinical staff on integration of the pharmacy team to coordinate care with patients. Communicating with physicians and other clinicians as necessary to facilitate exemplary service for new and existing clinic patients. Maintains onsite clinic pharmacy services, operational policies and procedures, clinical pharmacy workflows, and practice expectations. Participates actively in multidisciplinary committees, teams, working groups, and/or task forces related to the care of patients as the pharmacy representative. Educate clinic teams, pharmacy teams, and other professionals through a variety of educational venues including grand rounds and/or focused in-services. Addresses inquiries from clinic staff, providers, patients, and families. Ensures all state and federal regulatory requirements and accreditation standards are met and appropriately documented.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree Pharmacy.
• One year of experience.
• Kentucky Board of Pharmacy License in good standing as applicable to practice site.

Benefits

• Health, Vision, Dental and Pet Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Short Term and Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance
• Identity Theft Protection
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $6,000 annually
• Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
• 5 days of Paid Time Off available upon hire
• Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
• PTO Sell Back Program
• Compassionate Leave Sharing Program (PTO Donation)
• Employee Support Fund, for employees in need of emergency financial support
• Retirement with Company Match

Company Information

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet or Pathway to Excellence designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.

EEO Statement

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team.

Other Notes

Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing.

Notice of nondiscrimination and accessibility to services

Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.

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