Clinical Pharmacist

About the role

The Clinical Pharmacist at Option Care Health is responsible for providing safe and appropriate pharmacy services to patients in accordance with Option Care's policies and procedures. This role is entry-level but offers opportunities for growth within a large and respected organization.

Responsibilities

• Determines the suitability of individual patients for home care.
• Collects and organizes all patient-specific information needed to determine the suitability of patients for home care.
• Affords medical condition and prescribed medication therapy suitability for home care services and prognosis with clearly defined outcome goals.
• Designs, recommends, monitors and evaluates patient-specific pharmacy care plans for the pharmacotherapy of home care patients.
• Prepares and dispenses medications using appropriate techniques and following Option Care policies and procedures.
• Manages the use, maintenance, and troubleshooting of medication administration equipment and medication-related equipment used in the management of home care patients.
• Provides medication-use education to Option Care staff, other professionals, home care patients and/or their caregivers.
• Maintains confidentiality of patient and proprietary information.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited School of Pharmacy.
• Current, active Pharmacy license as granted by the State Board of Pharmacy.
• One of the following: One of the following: (a) At least one 1 year of experience in sterile IV admixture procedures (b) knowledge of non-sterile compounding, immunizations and medication therapy management (MTM) (c) completion of an ASHP accredited Pharmacy Residency Program, (d) completion of an Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience associated with an accredited school of pharmacy or (e) equivalent experience as approved by the Vice President (VP) of Pharmacy and/or Sr. Vice President (SVP) of Clinical Services.

Qualifications

• Basic level skill in Microsoft Word (for example: opening a document, cutting, pasting and aligning text, selecting font type and size, changing margins and column width, sorting, inserting bullets, pictures and dates, using find and replace, undo, spell check, track changes, review pane and/or print functions).
• Basic level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: opening a workbook, inserting a row, selecting font style and size, formatting cells as currency, using copy, paste and save functions, aligning text, selecting cells, renaming a worksheet, inserting a column, selecting a chart style, inserting a worksheet, setting margins, selecting page orientation, using spell check and/or printing worksheets).
• Basic skill level in Microsoft PowerPoint (for example: inserting, rearranging, hiding and deleting slides, navigating between slides, increasing list level, adding, centering and editing text, changing views, inserting a table or a note, moving objects, printing outline view and/or running a slide show).

Skills

• Competent in use of pharmacokinetic principles and formulas.
• Competent in assessing patient laboratory values.
• Uses effective patient education techniques to provide counseling to home care patients and/or their caregivers.
• Uses a systematic procedure to communicate pertinent patient information to and from the home and other patient-care settings.
• Competent in pharmacokinetic principles and formulas.
• Competent in assessing patient laboratory values.
• Uses effective patient education techniques to provide counseling to home care patients and/or their caregivers.
• Uses a systematic procedure to communicate pertinent patient information to and from the home and other patient-care settings.

Benefits

Option Care Health offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance, paid time off, bonding time off, 401K retirement savings plan with company match, HSA company match, flexible spending accounts, tuition reimbursement, myFlexPay, family support, mental health services, company-paid life insurance, award/recognition programs, and more.

Pay

The salary range for this position is $102,221.94 - $170,369.91, which is determined by the applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

Schedule

Willing to travel up to 5% of the time for business purposes (within state).

Qualifications

• Completion of an ASHP accredited Pharmacy Residency Program or an Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience associated with an accredited school of pharmacy.
• Experience in home care, hospital or other clean room setting.
• Management experience in indirect management of team members, including assisting in the development, training and assignment of work/projects to other team members.