Clinical Pharmacist, Ambulatory (Adult Family Medicine), 40hr, Day

Exemption Status: Exempt

Hiring Range: $96,220.80 - $173,180.80. Please note that the final offer may vary within this range based on a candidate’s experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

Schedule

• Monday through Friday
• Scheduled Hours: 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM or 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
• Shift: Day Shift, 8 Hours
• Hours: 40 per week

About the Role

The clinical pharmacist provides comprehensive medication management services that integrate clinical services, order management, patient/staff education, and research. Clinical pharmacists are responsible for improving the patient’s experience, safety, and achieving positive clinical and financial outcomes.

Responsibilities

Clinical Performance

• Provides medication management services in a collaborative manner, including:
  • Reviewing patient medication history, educating patients on drug therapy, establishing desired outcomes, developing/modifying therapeutic plans, determining alternatives for achieving outcomes, developing drug monitoring plans, monitoring patient outcomes.
  • Documenting medication-related issues in the electronic health record, interpreting laboratory data, reviewing patient medication profiles, monitoring pharmacokinetics of drug therapy, and monitoring for potential adverse drug interactions (drug-drug, drug-lab, drug-disease state, drug-food).
• Maintains and updates patient profiles with demographics (e.g., height and weight), diagnosis, allergies, and current medications.
• Monitors drug therapy to evaluate appropriateness of use, dose, dosage form, regimen, route, therapeutic duplication, and drug interactions.
• Provides drug information to healthcare professionals and patients.
• Documents clinical interventions.
• Counsels patients on discharge medications as appropriate.
• Performs clinical review and verification of medication orders.
• Performs medication order entry when needed.
• Discusses medication order clarifications with the prescriber, documents interventions, and communicates medication order changes as needed.
• Facilitates medication discharge planning and smooth transition to alternate sites of care and access to an ambulatory pharmacy.

Operations/Distribution Performance

• Ensures the timely and accurate dispensing of medications from the pharmacy area.
• Ensures proper technique and accurate preparation of all pharmaceutical products, including oral, non-sterile and sterile compounding, chemotherapeutic, hazardous, and investigational agents.
• Responsible for the accurate filling and dispensing of medications from the pharmacy area.
• Cross-covers in a variety of practice areas within the pharmacy as requested by supervisor.
• Ensures regulatory compliance of controlled substance distribution and monitoring.
• Supervises the work of pharmacy technicians.
• Provides feedback to maintain and optimize pharmacy technology.

Financial Performance

• Promotes the use of formulary drugs by converting non-formulary orders to formulary drugs when possible according to P&T protocol.
• Coordinates procurement of non-formulary drugs when necessary.
• Conducts targeted drug program and drug usage evaluations as needed and reports results to Department Managers/Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee.
• Identifies and acts upon cost avoidance in drug therapy by promoting cost-effective regimens, drugs, and reducing waste.
• Facilitates cost-saving programs such as IV to PO and therapeutic substitution.
• Manages medication inventory, expiring products, and recalls.

Safety and Regulatory Performance

• Detects, monitors, documents, and reports adverse drug reactions and medication errors.
• Utilizes drug use reports to identify adverse drug events.
• Participates in Joint Commission and other accreditation and regulatory activities such as National Patient Safety Goals and Department of Pharmacy Quality Improvement Plan.

Research and Education Performance

• Precepts Intermediate Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE) rotation students, Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) rotation students, and pharmacy residents consistent with academic credentials and clinical experience.
• Participates in continuing education programs, meetings, training programs, and related activities.
• Prepares educational materials and participates in information-sharing activities for the healthcare community and general public.

Qualifications

• Required:
  • Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D) degree; OR Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy (BSPharm) degree with 3 years of hospital experience.
  • Licensure with the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy.
• Preferred:
  • ASHP Accredited Residency in Pharmacy Practice (PGY1).
  • Pharm.D. degree with a minimum of 1 year of hospital experience.

Unless certification, licensure, or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.

Benefits

This position may have a signing bonus available; a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.