Specialty Clinical Pharmacist II - Retail Pharmacy
- Irving, TX
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Leads assigned patient service lines, clinical areas, and therapeutic programs
- Facilitates pharmaceutical care services, direct patient care programs, and medication utilization systems within assigned services and care areas to ensure drug utilization activities are aligned with patient care needs, evidence-based best practices, and regulatory standards.
- Actively identifies practice-related issues that require evaluation and facilitate clinical research projects, quality improvement initiatives, or healthcare provider education as needed to advance practice.
- Delivers direct patient care
- Maintains proficiency in the clinical pharmacy program.
- Works as an active member of the multidisciplinary team and collaborates with healthcare providers to provide patient-centered care.
- Identifies high-risk patients and implements interventions to improve quality and safety.
- Makes appropriate evidence-based, patient-centered medication recommendations.
- Oversees the liaisons’ workflow to ensure timely review and processing of orders.
- Oversees the prior authorization and appeals process.
- Offers clinical assistance to the technician staff as needed.
- Performs and documents initial and follow-up assessments and consultations in line with program policies and procedures and URAC and ACHC accreditation requirements.
- Provides pharmaceutical services throughout the health system
- Maintains proficiency in hospital computer systems and medication ordering systems.
- Provides accurate, safe, timely, and appropriate medication therapy based on patient age and needs.
- Completes critical patient monitoring and reviews patient profile/chart to identify, prevent, or mitigate drug-related problems, improper drug or dose selection, sub-therapeutic dosage, overdosage, adverse drug reactions, drug interactions, failure to receive drugs, untreated indications, medication use without an indication, and treatment failures.
- Communicates effectively and appropriately with healthcare providers and caregivers (physicians, nurses, etc.)
- Participates in pharmacy operations and medication dispensing as assigned
- Facilitates experiential education and practice advancement
- Maintains proficiency in preceptor roles and actively emulates education/mentorship skills.
- Develops student, resident, and staff training experiences/competencies and creates new relationships for teaching and training opportunities.
- Identifies, designs, and implements improvements in the medication-use system to advance patient safety, maximize therapeutic outcomes, or control costs.
- Doctor of Pharmacy degree from an ACPE accredited school of Pharmacy is required.
- Must accrue American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Residency Preceptor status within 18 months of hire.
- PGY1 residency or 5 years of clinical practice (community, ambulatory care, PBM, or hospital) required.
- PGY2 residency preferred.
- Specialty pharmacy experience preferred.
- EPIC suite products experience preferred (EMR, Compass Rose, Willow Ambulatory)
- Licensed pharmacist in the state of practice.
- Pharmacy preceptor license within 90 days of start date.
- Must obtain Certified Specialty Pharmacist (CSP) certification or other applicable board (e. g. BCOP, BCACP, BCPS, BCMTMS, BCGP) certification within 18 months of hire.