CLIN PHARM - AMBUL HIV HEP C

About the role

JPS Health Network is a $950 million, tax-supported healthcare system in North Texas. Licensed for 582 beds, the network features over 25 locations across Tarrant County, with John Peter Smith Hospital a Level I Trauma Center, Tarrant County's only psychiatric emergency center, and the largest hospital-based family medical residency program in the nation. The health network employs more than 7,200 people. Acclaim Multispecialty Group is the medical practice group featuring over 300 providers serving JPS Health Network. Specialties range from primary care to general surgery and trauma. The Acclaim Multispecialty Group formed around a common set of incentives and expectations supporting the operational, financial, and clinical performance outcomes of the network. Our goal is to provide high quality, compassionate clinical care for every patient, every time.

Why JPS? We're More Than a Hospital. We're 7,200 Of The Most Dedicated People You Could Ever Meet. Our Goal Is To Make Sure The People Of Our Community Get The Care They Need And Deserve. As Community Stewards, We Abide By Three Rules Of The Road Own it. Everyone who wears the JPS badge contributes to our journey to excellence. Seek joy. Every day, every shift, we celebrate our patients, smile, and emphasize positivity. Don't be a jerk. Everyone is treated with courtesy and respect. Smiling, laughter, compassion - key components of our everyday experience at JPS. When working here, you're surrounded by passion, diversity, and dedication.

Job Summary: The Clinical Pharmacist–Ambulatory HIV/Hepatitis C 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.

Responsibilities

• Provides clinical leadership for pharmaceutical care in area(s) of responsibility.
• Serve as a resource for outpatient and inpatient clinicians for HIV and/or Hepatitis pharmacotherapy.
• Works with the Inpatient Infectious Diseases Clinical Pharmacist to transition HIV patients from the hospital setting to the HIV Clinic on appropriate therapy.
• 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