Pharmacy Care Delivery Specialist III, Clinical Pharmacy

Kaiser Permanente; Reno (NV); Presencial; USD 137.000 - 178.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Kaiser Permanente in Reno, Nevada is seeking a pharmacist with a PharmD to provide direct patient care, initiation of medications, and ongoing monitoring. The role emphasizes collaboration with providers to optimize therapy, adherence, and safety, while supporting education for staff and learners.

The position requires Nevada pharmacist licensure, completion of a PGY1, and a strong emphasis on regulatory compliance and high-quality patient care in an onsite setting.

Formación

• Doctorate of Pharmacy or equivalent degree and PGY1 residency completed.
• National Provider Identifier within 6 months of hire.
• Pharmacist license in Nevada required at hire.

Responsabilidades

• Provide direct patient care for medication initiation, dosage titration, drug monitoring and adherence counseling.
• Collaborate with providers to align drug conversion, tapering, and discontinuation initiatives.
• Develop and sustain relationships with care providers and members for safe, cost-effective prescribing.
• Coordinate trainings for pharmacists, physicians and students; maintain compliance with regulations.

Conocimientos

Clinical pharmacy

Patient care

Communication

Educación

Pharmacy degree (PharmD)

PGY1 residency

Nevada Pharmacist License

Descripción del empleo

Job Summary

In addition to the responsibilities listed below, this position is also responsible for helping to interpret, maintain, and implement clinical practice standing orders, drug therapy management protocols and guidelines (e.g., collaborative protocols with providers); coordinating interrelated 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, with occasional review; regularly collaborating with providers to align drug conversion, drug tapering, and discontinuation initiatives and determine opportunities; independently adhering to initiative implementation of processes and workflow for assigned service areas; following formulary adherence guidelines, seeking input when needed; and implementing new services for a disease state or care grouping/specialty (e.g., MTM) with general understanding of strategy and services, seeking guidance when needed.

• Pursues effective relationships with others by proactively providing resources, information, advice, and expertise with coworkers and members. Listens to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback; provides mentoring to team members. Pursues self-development; creates plans and takes action to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; influences others through technical explanations and examples. Adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback; demonstrates flexibility in approaches to work; helps others adapt to new tasks and processes. Supports and responds to the needs of others to support a business outcome.
• Completes work assignments autonomously by applying up-to-date expertise in subject area to generate creative solutions; ensures all procedures and policies are followed; leverages an understanding of data and resources to support projects or initiatives. Collaborates cross-functionally to solve business problems; escalates issues or risks as appropriate; communicates progress and information. Supports, identifies, and monitors priorities, deadlines, and expectations. Identifies, speaks up, and implements ways to address improvement opportunities for team.
• Supports drug education and training efforts by: coordinating interrelated trainings to continue drug education and staff development in-services for pharmacists, physicians, and other health care professionals, and students.
• Supports pharmaceutical patient care and drug therapy by: developing and sustaining productive relationships with care providers and members; providing standard and nonstandard case-specific drug information (e.g., drug therapy, adverse effects, compliance, appropriate use, and handling) to health care providers and members, with regular review; following designated drug therapy needs of patients and/or monitoring progress of therapy through interviews, physical assessment, patient education and clinical laboratory monitoring, with limited guidance; collecting, analyzing, and presenting standard and nonstandard therapeutic outcomes to health care providers to help identify possible drug plan improvements, independently; implementing, tracking, evaluating and reporting utilization, as appropriate, of targeted medications and medication classes to evaluate impact of initiative work to assure safe, rational and cost-effective prescribing; developing, implementing, and analyzing clinicians decisions, support, and feedback using tools, effectively engaging support for the drug use management process; and independently coordinating standard and nonstandard pharmaceutical care and optimal utilization of resources to and from acute and ambulatory patient-care settings.
• Leverages, maintains, and complies with all 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 preparation and provisioning of care (e.g., medications, procedures, infection prevention), regularly sharing work with team and manager, including consistent use of two patient identifiers and procedural time outs; reporting safety hazards, accidents and incidents, and unsafe working conditions; and collaborating with physicians, other medical professionals, and health plan personnel to provide information about and assure quality and process outcome measures.

Job Summary

In addition to the responsibilities listed below, this position is also responsible for helping to interpret, maintain, and implement clinical practice standing orders, drug therapy management protocols and guidelines (e.g., collaborative protocols with providers); coordinating interrelated 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, with occasional review; regularly collaborating with providers to align drug conversion, drug tapering, and discontinuation initiatives and determine opportunities; independently adhering to initiative implementation of processes and workflow for assigned service areas; following formulary adherence guidelines, seeking input when needed; and implementing new services for a disease state or care grouping/specialty (e.g., MTM) with general understanding of strategy and services, seeking guidance when needed.

Essential Responsibilities

• Pursues effective relationships with others by proactively providing resources, information, advice, and expertise with coworkers and members. Listens to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback; provides mentoring to team members. Pursues self-development; creates plans and takes action to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; influences others through technical explanations and examples. Adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback; demonstrates flexibility in approaches to work; helps others adapt to new tasks and processes. Supports and responds to the needs of others to support a business outcome.
• Completes work assignments autonomously by applying up-to-date expertise in subject area to generate creative solutions; ensures all procedures and policies are followed; leverages an understanding of data and resources to support projects or initiatives. Collaborates cross-functionally to solve business problems; escalates issues or risks as appropriate; communicates progress and information. Supports, identifies, and monitors priorities, deadlines, and expectations. Identifies, speaks up, and implements ways to address improvement opportunities for team.
• Supports drug education and training efforts by: coordinating interrelated trainings to continue drug education and staff development in-services for pharmacists, physicians, and other health care professionals, and students.
• Supports pharmaceutical patient care and drug therapy by: developing and sustaining productive relationships with care providers and members; providing standard and nonstandard case-specific drug information (e.g., drug therapy, adverse effects, compliance, appropriate use, and handling) to health care providers and members, with regular review; following designated drug therapy needs of patients and/or monitoring progress of therapy through interviews, physical assessment, patient education and clinical laboratory monitoring, with limited guidance; collecting, analyzing, and presenting standard and nonstandard therapeutic outcomes to health care providers to help identify possible drug plan improvements, independently; implementing, tracking, evaluating and reporting utilization, as appropriate, of targeted medications and medication classes to evaluate impact of initiative work to assure safe, rational and cost-effective prescribing; developing, implementing, and analyzing clinicians decisions, support, and feedback using tools, effectively engaging support for the drug use management process; and independently coordinating standard and nonstandard pharmaceutical care and optimal utilization of resources to and from acute and ambulatory patient-care settings.
• Leverages, maintains, and complies with all 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 preparation and provisioning of care (e.g., medications, procedures, infection prevention), regularly sharing work with team and manager, including consistent use of two patient identifiers and procedural time outs; reporting safety hazards, accidents and incidents, and unsafe working conditions; and collaborating with physicians, other medical professionals, and health plan personnel to provide information about 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 one (1) year 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 three (3) years of experience as a Pharmacist and/or Pharmacist Intern in pharmacy or a directly related field.
• National Provider Identifier within 6 months of hire
• Pharmacist License (Nevada) required at hire

Additional Requirements

• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs): Cost Optimization; Confidentiality; External Health Care Compliance

Preferred Qualifications

• One (1) year of clinical pharmacy experience.
• Post-Graduate Year 2 (PGY2) residency or fellowship.

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.

Primary Location: Nevada,Reno,Fifth Street Medical Offices

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Shift: Day

Workdays: M-F

Working Hours Start: 08:00 AM

Working Hours End: 05:00 PM

Job Schedule: Full-time

Job Type: Standard

Worker Location: Onsite

Employee Status: Regular

Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-NV-01|NUE|Non Union Employee

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Department: Reno 803 W 5th St - Clinical Pharm- Primary Care - 3841

Pay Range: $137300 - $177650 / 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: Yes, 15 % of the Time

Work Setting: Onsite

Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy.

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.