Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
About the role
As part of a very progressive Ambulatory Care pharmacy team at Community Health Network, you will participate in team-based care under approved protocols where as a pharmacist you may make medication changes, as appropriate. Our ambulatory anticoagulation clinical pharmacy specialist is an integral part of the interprofessional team.
As an ambulatory anticoagulation clinical pharmacy specialist, you will manage direct oral anticoagulants and warfarin through our innovative RN-PharmD hybrid anticoagulation service supporting Indianapolis and central Indiana region. Care is delivered both in-person and virtually. Other aspects of this position include providing staff education, guideline/policy development and implementation, and participation in performance improvement initiatives and practice advancement. You will have opportunities to mentor and teach pharmacy students and pharmacy residents along with serving as a clinical resource for the healthcare team. Your expertise in your field will allow you to advance the level of patient care to achieve the best possible outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Provide patient care in the Anticoagulation Clinics and virtually
- Manage direct oral anticoagulants and warfarin through an RN-PharmD hybrid anticoagulation service
- Deliver care both in-person and remotely
- Provide staff education and serve as a clinical resource for the healthcare team
- Develop and implement guidelines and policies
- Participate in performance improvement initiatives and practice advancement
- Mentor and teach pharmacy students and pharmacy residents
- Meet with patients individually to provide extensive drug and disease state education, including peri-procedural management
- Work closely with physicians and healthcare teams while providing direct patient care
- Assist patients in overcoming medication adherence issues
- Assist patients in obtaining cost-effective anticoagulants with the help of medication assistance coordinators and Specialty Pharmacy colleagues
- Serve as a drug information resource for providers and clinic staff, answering medication therapy questions
- Monitor for drug-therapy-related adverse events by performing/ordering appropriate clinical or laboratory tests
- Engage in anticoagulation population health projects to impact the lives of patients served
- Provide timely consults for providers and RN collaborators
- Facilitate and support Anticoagulation Forum Center of Excellence standards
Qualifications
- Strong knowledge of anticoagulation pharmacotherapy and management of hypercoagulable disease states, atrial fibrillation, venous thromboembolism, peripheral vascular disease, ischemic stroke
- Strong communication skills and a collaborative approach to patient care
- Practice at the top of your license utilizing established anticoagulation protocols
- Ability to work closely with patients to overcome medication adherence issues
- Ability to serve as a drug information resource for providers and clinic staff
- Ability to monitor for drug-therapy-related adverse events by performing/ordering appropriate clinical or laboratory tests
- Ability to engage in anticoagulation population health projects
- Ability to precept pharmacy students and residents
- Graduate of an accredited college of pharmacy, Bachelor or PharmD; Doctorate degree
- Indiana Pharmacist license
- Successful completion of a PGY1 Pharmacy Residency and PGY2 residency with Cardiology or Ambulatory Care focus is strongly encouraged or a minimum of three (3) years working under a drug therapy agreement in a clinical setting
- Board certification as a Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist, Board Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacist, Board Certified Cardiology Pharmacist, or Certified Anticoagulation Care Provider is encouraged and required within 2 years of accepting the position
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