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 policies and procedures. This role is entry-level and involves coordinating patient services with the Nursing Department, monitoring patient progress, and educating patients, caregivers, and other professionals.

Responsibilities

• Determines the suitability of individual patients for home care.
• Collections and organizes all patient-specific information needed to determine the suitability of patients for home care.
• Affords medical condition and prescribed medication therapy suitable 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.
• Collects and organizes patient-specific information needed to prevent, detect, and resolve medication-related problems and to make appropriate medication therapy recommendations.
• Completes nutritional assessment of patients and makes appropriate recommendations.
• Modifies the pharmacy care plans for home care patients based on evaluation of monitoring data and other pertinent patient-specific information.
• Competent in use of pharmacokinetic principles and formulas.
• Competent in assessing patient laboratory values.
• Provides medication-use education to Option Care staff, other professionals, home care patients and/or their caregivers.
• Ensures continuity of pharmaceutical care to and from the home and other patient-care settings.
• Prepares and dispenses medications using appropriate techniques and following Option Care policies and procedures.
• Accurately calibrates equipment.
• Prepares medications so they are appropriately concentrated, without incompatibilities, stable, and appropriately stored.
• Adheres to appropriate safety and quality assurance practices.
• Prepares labels that conform to the organization's policies and procedures.
• Makes sure the medication contains all necessary and/or appropriate ancillary labels.
• Inspects the final medication before dispensing.
• Complies with state/federal laws and USP standards, including Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) controlled substance regulations set forth by the state and DEA.
• Complies with policies regarding the perpetual inventory systems for schedule II narcotics, controlled substances and other medications subject to diversion.
• Manages the use, maintenance, and troubleshooting of medication administration equipment and medication-related equipment used in the management of home care patients.
• Accurately programs, maintains and gives advice to others on the use and maintenance of all medication administration and medication-related equipment used by Option Care.
• Participates in the process for assessing, managing, and reporting medication-related incidents and equipment error and/or failures.
• Accurately completes QAR documents according to the Option Care policy.
• Makes sure the monitoring of the perpetual inventory systems for schedule II narcotics and other medications subject to diversion is reported.
• Provides concise, applicable, and timely response to requests for drug information from health care providers and home care patients.
• Formulates responses to drug information requests based on analysis of the literature.
• Attends educational seminars or participates in other CEU opportunities in order to promote professional competency and complies with state mandated CEU requirements.
• Manages the use of investigational drug products according to established regulations and Option Care policies and procedures.
• Utilizes pharmacy support personnel effectively.
• Prioritizes the workload and organizes the workflow, taking into account available resources.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited School of Pharmacy.
• Current, active Pharmacy license as granted by the State Board of Pharmacy.
• One of the following:
• At least one year of experience in sterile IV admixture procedures.
• Knowledge of non-sterile compounding, immunizations and medication therapy management (MTM).
• Completion of an ASHP accredited Pharmacy Residency Program.
• Completion of an Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience associated with an accredited school of pharmacy.
• 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.
• Basic level skill in Microsoft Excel.
• Basic skill level in Microsoft PowerPoint.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, & 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.

Pay

The salary range for this position is $112,439.64 - $187,406.90, based on 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).

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, & 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.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Option Care Health subscribes to a policy of equal employment opportunity, making employment available without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship status according to the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status, or genetic information.