Neurology Ambulatory Clinical Pharmacist

About the role

Exceptional care starts with exceptional people. For us, this is more than a job– it’s a calling. It’s waking up each day, looking for ways to make a difference with a compassionate, inclusive and talented team. Ochsner empowers you to discover your passion, reach your potential, and Pursue Your Purpose. Exceptional care starts with exceptional people and teams. Together we are leading the way.

Responsibilities

• This job assumes responsibility for the medication management of assigned patients; monitors and evaluates medication therapy for appropriateness based on the patient's health status, institutional criteria/guidelines, and cost efficient measures including medication reconciliation, medication monitoring and patient education;
• Remains integrally involved in the education of Pharmacy and Medical Residents and provides education to health care providers as needed;
• Provides pharmacy expert content for order sets, benefit design, formularies, and other pharmacy related documents as needed;
• Provides pharmacokinetic consultation, obtains and uses appropriate laboratory data to evaluate drug medical selection and dosing and communicates findings to health care practitioner;
• Evaluates patient response to drug therapy;
• Exhibits good patient outcomes by documenting interventions and conducting outcome studies/evaluations in regards to the clinical activities performed;
• Assists with the development of pathways, best practices, and guidelines for their assigned population;
• Educates staff, students, patients, health care providers and other health care professionals;
• Submits for publication once every two years;
• Mentors residents, students and new staff to meet departmental goals;
• Responsible for overall patient care beyond the hospital visit, through all transitions of care;
• Accommodates the special needs of the organization by volunteering to do any work/task when staffing shortages occur in technical and non-technical areas due to inclement weather, electrical power outages, computer downtime or other situations;
• Adapts behavior to the specific patient population, including but not limited to: respect for privacy, method of introduction to the patient, adapting explanation of services or procedures to be performed, requesting permissions and communication style;
• Remains knowledgeable on current federal, state and local laws, accreditation standards or regulatory agency requirements that apply to the assigned area of responsibility and ensures compliance with all such laws, regulations and standards;
• Maintains and complies with its Compliance & Privacy Program and Standards of Conduct, including the immediate reporting of any known or suspected unethical or questionable behaviors or conduct; patient/employee safety, patient privacy, and/or other compliance-related concerns;
• Other related duties as required.

Requirements

• Education Required: Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy; Completion of a PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency (3 years related specialty experience accepted in lieu of PGY1 Residency)
• Preferred: Doctor Of Pharmacy (PharmD); Completion of a PGY2 Pharmacy Residency
• Work Experience Required: None
• Certifications Required: Current Pharmacy license in the state of practice
• Physical and Environmental Demands: Medium Work - Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Must be able to stand for prolonged periods of time. Must be able to travel throughout and between facilities. Duties performed routinely require exposure to blood, body fluid and tissue. The incumbent works with patients who have known or suspected communicable diseases and may enter isolation rooms. The incumbent has an occupational risk for exposure to all communicable diseases. There is potential to encounter hazardous medications and hazardous waste. Because the incumbent works within a healthcare setting, there may be occupational risk for exposure to hazardous medications or hazardous waste within the environment through receipt, transport, storage, preparation, dispensing, administration, cleaning and/or disposal of contaminated waste. The risk level of exposure may increase depending on the essential job duties of the role. Mechanical lifting devices (carts, dollies, etc.) or team lifts should be utilized.
• Remote Work Eligibility: Individuals who reside in and will work from the following areas are not eligible for remote work position: Colorado,