Clinical Pharmacist Ambulatory - Days

Description: The Clinical Pharmacist - Ambulatory works with other clinical specialists to ensure quality multi-disciplinary patient care as well as drug therapy management. The Clinical Pharmacist performs drug utilization reviews, monitors for drug interactions, and potential adverse events while seeing patients.

Typical Duties:

• Provides clinical leadership for pharmaceutical care in area(s) of responsibility.
• Develops and optimizes pharmacotherapeutic regimens through collaborative practice agreements.
• Performs drug utilization reviews, monitors for drug interactions, and potential adverse events.
• Works to minimize polypharmacy in our patients and develops patient medication action plans with self-management goals.
• Preceptor for pharmacy students or residents, as well as participating in didactic and experiential education.
• Participates as a key component to the core multidisciplinary team involved in patient care in the Medical Home.
• Communicates and presents clinical interventions and medication action plans as part of the patient care team.
• Provides drug information, dosing, and monitoring services to practitioners including population management assistance when necessary.
• Provides educational materials and in-service for medical, nursing, and pharmacy team members.
• Assists with staff development and provides staff with access to continuing education programs.
• Maintains excellent communication within the Health Center pharmacy departments and with other Health Center team members.
• Assists in the development of Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) policies, criteria, guidelines and formulary analysis.
• Assists with coordination of Joint Commission Standards and pharmacy safety initiatives.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.