Clinical Pharmacist Ambulatory

About the role

Join our Intermountain Health Ambulatory Pharmacy Team and step into a role that truly sets you apart. As an integrated member of the care team, you’ll function similarly to a pharmacist, partnering directly with physicians and specialists to deliver proactive, patient-centered, evidence-based medication management in a hospital-affiliated outpatient setting. This opportunity offers a unique focus on clinical care and longitudinal patient relationships, allowing you to build meaningful connections while driving measurable outcomes across the continuum of care.

Responsibilities

• Reviews patients' medication orders for allergy interactions, duplication of therapy, appropriateness of drug therapy, and drug-drug interactions.
• Makes appropriate evidence-based interventions to optimize medication use.
• Safeguards and accurately dispenses medications.
• Oversees and/or participates in assuring appropriate medications are prepared and delivered timely to care areas and are stored both securely and appropriately for both stability and effective workflow.
• Provides counseling to patients and promotes quality medication education and adherence.
• Ensures patient is well informed, treated with respect, and receives the highest level of professional service.
• Completes all regulatory and compliance training and ensures documentation of regulatory requirements is clear and complete.
• Is knowledgeable and compliant with state and federal laws, regulations, pharmacy policies, procedures, and standard operating procedures.
• Supervises and directs activities of interns, technicians, and support personnel as required.
• Provides medication-related clinical consultation and clarification to other health professionals.
• Takes the initiative to solve problems including, but not limited to, equipment, maintenance, drug availability, staffing issues, and extraordinary patient care concerns.
• Identifies potential areas for improvement including processes that could be streamlined or revised to improve patient satisfaction.
• Identifies potential safety hazards that may create problems for patients and/or staff and takes appropriate actions.
• Participates in departmental meetings, contributing ideas or feedback.
• Supports clinic or hospital and system directives, including clinical, compliance, business operations, standardization, and customer service.
• Supports local and enterprise pharmacy leadership initiatives.

Requirements

• Doctor of Pharmacy or Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy degree from an accredited institution (education verified).
• Licenses to practice pharmacy in the state of practice and dispense controlled substances.
• Current knowledge of state and federal regulations and statutes regarding the practice of pharmacy in the state of practice.
• Effective communication, people management, and project management skills.
• Immunization certification if applicable to practice site needs.

Qualifications

• Minimum qualifications: Doctor of Pharmacy or Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy degree from an accredited institution (education verified).
• License to practice pharmacy in the state of practice and dispense controlled substances.
• Current knowledge of state and federal regulations and statutes regarding the practice of pharmacy in the state of practice.
• Effective communication, people management, and project management skills.
• Immunization certification if applicable to practice site needs.

Skills

• Pharmacy
• Pharmacy Services
• Medication Management
• Pharmaceutical Care
• Project Management
• Quality Improvement
• Problem Solving
• Federal Pharmacy Laws
• State Pharmacy Laws

Benefits

Benefits eligible. For details, link to Benefit Details.

Pay

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. $62.89 - $92.44

Schedule

Monday - Friday, no weekends or holidays. Shift: Day shift with expected work hours based on clinic hours and patient care needs.

Location

Platte Valley Hospital, Brighton, CO