- Location
- Shea Medical Center, United States of America
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Healthcare
- Source
- Workday
Description
Primary City/State:
Shea Medical Office Building - 10200 N 92nd St Scottsdale, AZ 85258Category:
PharmacyShift:
DayDepartment:
Pharmacy Medication ManagementLocation: Shea Medical Office Building, 10200 N 92nd street, Scottsdale
Hours: Full-Time Days
Prior Anticoagulation, Population Health, Transition of Care Experience Strongly Preferred
Up to $10,000 Sign-on Bonus Available!
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At HonorHealth, you’ll find something special. From humble beginnings in 1927 to one of Arizona’s largest nonprofit healthcare systems, our culture is built on warmth and neighborly kindness. Behind every smile is a highly skilled professional with deep expertise and an unwavering dedication to what matters most — caring for the health and well-being of people and communities across the greater Phoenix area.
Responsibilities:
JOB SUMMARY
The Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacist provides medication management through active participation on the healthcare team in the ambulatory setting. The Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacist contributes to the selection of individualized drug therapy, implementation of patient-specific medication regimens, laboratory monitoring, and provision of comprehensive medication education to maximize therapeutic benefit and minimize risks of adverse events. Population health management strategies are utilized to improve medication-related outcomes and reduce hospitalizations for at-risk populations. Conducts educational activities, applies principles of performance improvement, and optimizes care in a cost-effective manner. Provides direct patient care via collaborative drug therapy management in practice areas in which the Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacist maintains protocol certification and may include diabetes, anticoagulation, transitions of care, and other complex disease states. Assists with precepting pharmacy residents and students.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Performs disease state management, comprehensive medication review, and adverse drug event prevention and management for patients in the ambulatory setting, limited to collaborative practice protocols for which he/she maintains protocol certification. May assist with additional disease states for patient-specific consults in coordination with the Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist.
- Completes thorough patient assessments and applies principles of evidence-based medicine to establish patient-specific therapeutic drug regimens.
- Critically evaluates disease states and adjusts medication therapy to optimize regimens and improve clinical outcomes.
- Ensures utilization of cost-effective medication therapy and patient access to treatment.
- Provides essential medication education to patients to promote engagement in self-management activities, medication adherence, and safety.
- Demonstrates accurate and thorough documentation skills in the electronic medical record. Facilitates pharmacist-to-provider communication of clinical interventions and recommendations.
- Provides therapeutic consultation to medical providers to promote optimal medication management. Identifies and escalates issues outside of pharmacist’s scope of practice to appropriate physician for further assessment.
- Adheres to clinical practices approved by the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee (e.g. collaborative practice agreements, clinical pharmacy protocols).
- Develops and applies evidence-based medication guidelines and/or protocols, medication use evaluations, and disease-based evaluations. Collects and analyzes medication-use data per predefined criteria and formulates appropriate recommendations for implementation.
- Assists with precepting pharmacy residents and students. May serve as a primary preceptor or preceptor-in-training based on criteria established by American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). Contributes to staff development, including assisting with training of new team members.
- Performs other duties as assigned
EDUCATION
- Graduate of an ACPE-accredited School of Pharmacy with a minimum of Doctor of Pharmacy degree or equivalent experience.
EXPERIENCE
- Other Completion of a PGY1 pharmacy practice residency (ASHP accredited) Required
- 3 years of clinical pharmacy experience in the ambulatory care setting Required
- Other Pharmacy residency preceptor experience Preferred
LICENSE AND CERTIFICATIONS
- Pharmacist - License Registered (RPh) Licensed to practice pharmacy in the state of Arizona Required
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) - Certification Preferred
- Basic Life Support (BLS) - Certification Preferred
- Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Specialty Certification - Certification Board Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacist (BCACP) Board Certified Advanced Diabetes Management (BC-ADM) Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES) Certified Anticoagulation Care Provider (CACP) Board Certified Geriatric Pharmacist (BCGP) Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist Preferred
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Skills
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