Clinical Pharmacist

Evaluations and Monitoring

• Evaluates and monitors drug therapy relative to the total needs of the home care patient in collaboration with physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals.
• Adheres to organization policies and procedures and all applicable state and federal laws and regulations governing pharmacy practice.
• Adheres to all appropriate standards of accreditation and participates in quality assurance activities.

New Referrals and Admissions

• Collaborates with nurses, customer service and distribution to coordinate and facilitate new referrals and admissions.

Order Processing and Verification

• Reviews, receives and verifies all new patient orders and documents on the respective order form.
• Assists the physician and other involved healthcare professionals with planning and implementing patient care in the home, establishing therapeutic objectives for drug therapy, and monitoring the safety and efficacy of drug therapy.
• Prepares regular progress reports.

Documentation and Communication

• Conducts and documents initial and ongoing assessments of specific patient, drug, and disease information to identify real and potential drug-related problems or needs.
• Maintains thorough and appropriate documentation in the customer/patient record of all clinical activities and communication with patients, physicians, and other healthcare professionals.
• Provides consultation and answers inquiries from patients, families, physicians, and other healthcare professionals regarding drugs and their use.

Medication Management

• Processes and checks all medications, supplies, and equipment prior to dispensing from the pharmacy.
• Maintains clinical skills and knowledge of pharmacotherapy by reviewing literature and attending in-services, seminars, and conferences.
• Compounds sterile mixtures and non-mixtures, including parenteral nutrition, antibiotics, chemotherapy, hydration, and narcotic analgesics, using aseptic technique where state laws permit.
• Documents all activities on appropriate logs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy required; Doctor of Pharmacy preferred.
• Registered Pharmacist License in state(s) of practice.
• Minimum of two (2) years of recent experience in an acute-care setting or one (1) year of recent experience in home infusion therapy.
• Experience with compounding infused drugs.
• Proven record of evaluating and monitoring drug therapies for home care patients.
• Good organizational and time-management skills.
• Participation and membership in professional societies and organizations is desirable.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Flexible schedule with the ability to work on-call evenings and weekends on an as-scheduled basis.

Travel Percentage

Minimal travel may be required (0-25%). - Minimal travel may be required

About the Role

The Pharmacist will report to the Pharmacy Manager and work in our City, State branch. Amerita is an entrepreneurial-founded company and a wholly owned subsidiary of PharMerica. The home infusion market is positioned for rapid growth driven by the aging population, increase in chronic diseases, robust pipeline of infusible drugs coming to market, and an industry shift from hospital delivery settings to lower-cost, high-quality alternative providers such as Amerita. As a core member of the Pharmacy team, you will be expected to perform pharmaceutical care activities for customers and patients within the service area. We will help you achieve your goals through continuous professional development and regular career progression discussions.

Benefits and Perks

• Medical, Dental, Vision insurance
• Health Savings & Flexible Spending Accounts (up to $5,000 for childcare)
• Tuition discounts & reimbursement
• 401(k)
• Company Paid Time Off*
• Shift Differential
• DailyPay
• Pet Insurance
• Employee wellness and discount programs