The Clinical Pharmacist works under the supervision of an Assistant Clinical Pharmacy Manager as designated. The position creates medication histories, optimizes medical regimens, assists new members with the transition of chronic medications into Kaiser Permanente and recommends appropriate medication conversions.
Essential Functions:
- Specific clinical pharmacy service responsibilities may include: assessing new member medication regimens, patient enrollment into specific services, educating patients and/or caregivers regarding drug therapy and disease management, coordinating drug therapy with home health care services, telecommunication with patients and practitioners, notifying patients regarding dosage adjustments, scheduling lab follow-up appointments, designing drug treatment plans for patients, managing adverse events and drug interactions, using computerized pharmacy databases for patient tracking and documentation and generating consultations to practitioners or notes for medical record entry.
- Comprehends and utilizes policies, procedures, protocols and TSPMG treatment guidelines as appropriate for the clinical pharmacy service.
- Develops and collects data for quality improvement projects.
- Provides pharmaceutical care for members including prospective, concurrent and retrospective drug utilization review, screening for drug allergies, monitoring interactions and duplications, following-up with physicians as appropriate, and counseling patients.
- Interacts and consults with practitioners when necessary to improve quality of care and improve value; educates practitioners regarding cost effective therapy and drug utilization goals (e.g. preferred drug, formulary and drug promotion).
- In conjunction with supervisor, orients and instructs new pharmacy personnel regarding departmental policies and procedures. Provides drug-related training for pharmacy and other Health Plan employees and practitioners.
- Participates in patient education programs and coordinates development of educational materials as appropriate.
- Serves members in a friendly, courteous and expeditious manner to promote member satisfaction and retention.
- Performs general pharmacist duties when needed; maintains efficient inventory control and purchasing habits when needed.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- Georgia Pharmacy License.
- Pharm D or Bachelor's of Science in Pharmacy.
- Motivated to expand pharmacy knowledge base and comfortable researching drug topics
Preferred Qualifications:
- Previous experience in specific clinical pharmacy service areas (e.g. anticoagulation, drug benefit and formulary management) preferred.
- Knowledge of formulary systems, pharmacy operations, pharmacy benefit management, inventory control systems, cash control and budgetary procedures for a high volume pharmacy.
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen.
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