Education:
Pharm D from an accredited college or university or BS in Pharmacy from an accredited pharmacy school, with completion of ASHP accredited residency program. If residency is not completed, must have a minimum of three to five years of hospital pharmacy experience. Licensures/Certifications:
Current Maryland State Pharmacist License, eligibility
Current driver’s license and car insurance Experience:
• Clinical Pharmacy Residency preferred, ideally with a concentration in Ambulatory Care
• Ambulatory Care Specialty Residency, BCPS or other specialty certification preferred
• If residency is not completed, must have a minimum of three to five years of hospital pharmacy experience in specialty area Skills:
• Thorough knowledge of current theory and practice of proper pharmacy services.
• Ability to access and recommend therapeutic regimens for complex and chronically ill ambulatory care patients.
• Demonstrated ability to achieve desired therapeutic outcomes while taking into account safety, quality, cost and evidence-based practices.
• Ability to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary clinicians and care teams to provide safe and effective care.
• Strong communication skills in order to effectively counsel patients, provide drug information and answer questions.
• Knowledge of clinical pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, adverse drug reactions and drug interactions and ability to interpret clinical laboratory data.
• Skill in preparing intravenous admixture solutions such as parenteral nutrition formulations and chemotherapeutic agents.
• Skill in data analysis and interpretation.
• Understanding of potential ambulatory care clinical pharmacy issues related to operations, billing systems and other non-clinical topics.
• Skill in proactively identifying and anticipating issues; ability to escalate issues when necessary.
• Ability to organize and prioritize the day to day activities to be most efficient when assigned to specific patient care units.
• Skill in problem assessment and resolution.
• Ability to coordinate the work of others when tasked.
• Knowledge of personnel practices such as monitoring attendance, evaluating & improving performance, and handling employee complaints.
• Skill in managing teams and mentoring pharmacists, students and residents.
• Skill in oral and written communication.
• Good critical thinking skills. Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
Direct patient care responsibilities, including, but not limited to the following:
• Leads the provision of safe, efficient, equitable, and patient-centered ambulatory clinical pharmacy services.
• Assesses, recommends and makes modifications to therapeutic regimens for complex and chronically ill ambulatory care patients so as to achieve desired therapeutic outcomes, taking into account safety, quality, cost, and evidence-based practices.
• Collaborates with multidisciplinary clinicians and care teams to provide safe and effective care.
• Evaluates appropriate laboratory tests and utilizes physical assessment skills in support of medication therapy.
• Provide drug information to patients and health care team members
• Demonstrates knowledge and communication skills to effectively counsel patients and answer questions.
• Provides and documents clinical consults and encounters appropriately, and in a manner, that supports the measurement of pharmacist outcomes.
• Provides medication education in the ambulatory care setting as requested by nursing, providers or other personnel as related to direct patient care.
• Acts as a well-integrated member of the patient-centered multidisciplinary care teams. Actively participates in advancing the concepts of patient-centered care in the inpatient and ambulatory care settings.
Project Day Responsibilities:
• Participates in strategic development and growth of pharmacy programs, including ambulatory patient care services.
• Collaborates with Clinical Pharmacy Manager to develop and maintain policies and procedures related to ambulatory clinical pharmacy services.
• Facilitates, analyzes, and/or implements quality improvement initiatives that align with nationally recognized standards and best practices in ambulatory care, including medication use and clinical outcomes measures.
• Works toward entering into collaborative practice agreements with physicians/physician groups to provide collaborative drug therapy management
• Collaborates with Transition of Care pharmacist coordinator in implementing well aligned process of patient’s discharge. Actively involved in creating sound medication reconciliation process across all levels of care.
• Attends designated interdepartmental meetings as pharmacy representative.
• Provides ambulatory care clinical pharmacy perspective on issues related to operations, billing systems, and other non-clinical topics.
• Works with the pharmacy operations team to support daily workflow, and helps manage schedules within ambulatory care clinics.
• Escalates necessary clinical issues to the appropriate management team within the department.
• Leads pharmacist participation in meaningful scholarship activities through example and mentorship of department pharmacists, students and residents.
Staffing and Other Responsibilities:
• Works collaboratively with all staff to ensure the safe and efficient operation of the Pharmacy.
• Provide support to transitions of care coordinator in the development and implementation of a consistent and sustainable TOC service
• Provide guidance to transitions of care coordinator in strategizing the coordination of transitions of care across health care settings
• Readily accepts challenges and performs assignments utilizing critical thinking skills.
• Identifies and anticipates issues, takes responsibility for correcting issues with a well-designed solution.
• Participates in interviewing & hiring new employees, oversees the orientation & training of new & current employees, provides performance feedback periodically and maintains the documentation necessary to support decisions related to performance.
• Willingly mentors colleagues, co-workers and students.
• Performs the duties as a preceptor for pharmacy students and residents.
• Works with Clinical Pharmacy Manager to support staff education
• Assists with clinical questions from staff.
• Plans for the department and helps to implement staff competencies.
• Supports Clinical Pharmacy Manager in meeting the goals for the department.
• Reports at the monthly clinical meeting.
Other Duties as Assigned:
• Work as staff Clinical Pharmacist in Main Pharmacy and/or Anti-Coagulation Clinic should department coverage be needed. |