Provide ambulatory pharmaceutical care services using approved protocols in collaboration with other health professional, including managing patient drug therapy, providing patient education, and preparing and/or overseeing the preparation and dispensing of medications. Promote high quality, evidence-based, cost-effective pharmaceutical care. Perform duties in the clinical areas assigned.
Essential Functions:
- Uphold KP's policies and procedures, principles of responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws.
- Conduct patient medication history inquiries upon referral from physicians and other medical personnel.
- Given a diagnosis, synthesize a treatment plan, which may include drug therapy and lifestyle modifications, and transition within the continuum of care settings.
- Identify, resolve, and prevent potential and actual medication-related problems including: untreated indications, improper drug selection, sub-therapeutic dosage, overdose, failure to receive medication, adverse drug reactions, drug interactions, and medication without indication.
- Under protocol, initiate, adjust, monitor, and recommend changes in drug therapy based on information obtained through patient interviews, objective monitoring parameters, review of drug profiles and the patient medical record.
- Coordinate and interpret laboratory monitoring of drug therapy, including serum drug levels, electrolytes, and other approved drug-related laboratory testing.
- Provide patient monitoring for the purpose of evaluating and optimizing patient outcomes, drug utilization and patient compliance, detecting and/or minimizing ADRs, eliminating unnecessary drug use and duplication.
- Provide patient education related to the individual's disease state, including predictable actions, side effects, reasons for proper compliance, and any special instruction.
- Assure ongoing performance improvement of the pharmaceutical care services provided.
- Provide education to providers and staff via presentations, newsletters, formal utilization reviews, and one-on-one interactions.
- Perform other duties as required.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- Successful completion of a pharmacy practice residency or ambulatory care residency, OR equivalent clinical experience in direct patient care delivery, required.
- Doctor of pharmacy (Pharm. D) degree, preferred.
- Advanced residency, fellowship, or board certification, preferred.
- American Heart Association (AHA) approved Basic Life Support (BLS) or Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification must be obtained within the probationary period.
- Current California pharmacist license.
- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required.
- Knowledge required: Comprehensive knowledge of current pharmacological/ biopharmaceutical principles, medical terminology, pathologies, disease state management, age appropriate therapy, and other information as it pertains to medical or pharmaceutical care management plan.
- Expertise in drug utilization review.
- Federal/State laws/regulations regarding delivery of pharmacy services and the scope of practice of a pharmacist.
- Working knowledge of aseptic techniques & preparation of sterile IV products & chemotherapeutic agents, as required.
- Emergency medication & drug monitoring, as required.
- Sources of current drug information and medical literature.
- Skill/abilities required: Ability to extract pertinent information from patient/other sources for a medical management plan.
- Teaching ability and evaluation.
- Effective verbal/written communication skills at appropriate level.
- Learn & operate pharmacy computer system(s), other equipment and software.
- Demonstrated analytical and problem solving skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work with others on the patient care team.
- Consistently demonstrates the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to customers, contracted providers, and vendors.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Become BCLS certified.
Notes:
- PR # KS-1307.
- Work schedule and scheduled hours to vary as required.
- Must be willing to work at multiple locations.
- Under the direction of the Department manager or designee, provides ambulatory pharmaceutical care services using approved protocols in collaboration with other health professionals, including managing patients drug therapy, providing patient education, and preparing and/or overseeing the preparation and dispensing of medications.
- Promotes high quality, evidence-based, cost-effective pharmaceutical care.
- Performs these, and other duties, in the clinical area(s), as assigned.
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen.
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