Advanced Practice Pharmacist - Sharp Grossmont Specialty Pharmacy - Day Shift - Full Time

To provide the professional, clinical and technical knowledge, skills and expertise required for the provision of comprehensive pharmaceutical care that supports the mission, values, and philosophy of Pharmacy Services and Sharp HealthCare.

Required Qualifications

• Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)
• Or Bachelor's Degree in pharmacy
• 5 Years experience in the advanced practice area;
• Or 3 Years completion of PGY1 residency and 2 years experience in advanced practice area;
• Or 2 Years completion of PGY1 residency and PGY2 residency.

• AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare)
• California Pharmacist License
• Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery - Various-Employee provides certificate
• Advance Practice Pharmacist License-CA Board of Pharmacy is required within 12 months of hire into this position.

Other Qualification Requirements

• Any BPS (Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties) Certification is required within 6 months of hire into this position.
• The department will track and manage this license.

Essential Functions

• Reviews all prescriptions for appropriate dose, duration, frequency, dosage form and indication.
• Maintains therapy for potential or actual drug interactions (e.g., drug-drug, drug-disease, drug-allergy, etc.).
• Assesses patient understanding of medication regimen and provides education tailored to the patient through the following modalities: First dose teaching; Food-drug interaction counseling; Compliance aids.
• Performs medication reconciliation.
• Clinical and Educational Services
• Has met minimum certification/recertification requirements required for hospital CDTM (Collaborative Drug Therapy Management) services offered at entity as outlined in policies and procedures.
• Participates in Clinical Services for example, CDTM, treatment team participation, and other services specific to the job.
• Demonstrates knowledge of consult services as evidenced by attainment of consult service goals and proper documentation of actions, recommendations, and patient outcomes on the pharmacy monitoring forms.
• Performs by leaving concise, objective, legible, and professional notes in the patient's clinical chart or via clinical intervention notes.
• Consistently demonstrates ability to complete formal clinical workload assigned during shift as evidenced by completing all consults and advisory services in a timely manner.
• Participates in the selection, development, implementation, outcomes analysis, reporting, and maintenance of selected pharmacotherapy improvement programs, including disease state management programs, or other cross-continuum pharmacotherapy programs.
• Provides and / or coordinates formal needs-based education.
• Edits, promotes, and assists the coordination of staff involvement in clinical responsibilities with formal certification in key activities and skill sets.
• May participate in medical staff advisory groups, multidisciplinary teams, focus groups, task forces, or other designated activities.
• Provides patient education on medication use and disease states.
• Collaborates with other members of the health care team and the pharmacy staff to recommend/review current and new agents / protocols (i.e. formulary status, usage guidelines, and care maps).

Communication and Teamwork

• Answers phone in timely, friendly manner, stating department, name, and title
• Fosters positive relationships through consistent, respectful, professional interactions with customers and other staff members
• Responds to requests in timely, caring manner that is consistent with Sharp Everyday Actions, (i.e. Mutal Respect, Care and Compassion)
• Works as Clinical advance practice RPh duties.
• Participates in cost management initiatives to include assisting patients and physicians identify the most cost effective treatment plan available.

Regulatory Compliance

• Monitors compliance with state and federal laws and regulations related to the practice of pharmacy as well as standards and regulations for other regulatory agencies for specialty pharmacy practice.
• Ensures documentation meets regulatory audit and compliance.
• Ensures protocols are followed.
• Ensures collaborative agreement followed.

Qualitative Work

• Thoughtful and thorough identification, evaluation and analysis of medication safety events.
• Performs initial analysis of MSE's and assists in the research and identification causative factors of events.
• Performs non-voluntary monitoring (i.e. trigger reports, harm monitors, alerting orders).

Training and Mentoring

• Active in personal continuing education and professional development.
• Orients and trains new pharmacy staff as assigned.
• Provides direction and precepts pharmacist residents, interns, and students as assigned.