Outpatient Clinical Pharmacist

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate and promote CHAMP behaviors
• Provide excellent customer service to patients and other healthcare team members, with attention to the needs of all staff, with positive feedback from staff and co-workers
• Provide medication counseling to patients and families, as applicable to work area
• Demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrate ability to escalate issues to management and/or collaborating prescribers as appropriate
• Conduct timely, accurate medication order review that considers all patient characteristics including laboratory values and vital signs
• Provide medication therapy monitoring for assigned patients, adjusting medication therapy based on patient factors
• Develop an effective interdisciplinary relationship with the health care team
• Act as a source of medication information for the health care team
• Participate in patient-centered initiatives
• Ensure clinical continuity where applicable to work area
• Demonstrate competency in pharmacy automation and technology as applicable to work area
• Oversee sterile and non-sterile compounding to ensure compliance with regulatory statutes (e.g. USP Chapters), as applicable to work area
• Oversee medication distribution/dispensing process in work area, to ensure safe, effective, timely medication distribution/dispensing
• Demonstrate competency in and oversee controlled substance management, including monitoring and documentation
• Adhere to all departmental policies, procedures, protocols, and guidelines
• Adhere to appropriate state and federal regulations
• Report medication events and near misses
• Demonstrate HRO principles and conduct in all interactions with patients and staff
• Participate in quality assurance activities
• Provide education and training to other pharmacy staff members, pharmacy students and residents, and health care team members.
• Participate in professional development activities
• Attend departmental staff meetings
• Oversee pharmacy staff as necessary in work area
• Contribute to departmental cost-reduction/revenue generation
• Participate in pharmacist-driven cost management protocols where applicable
• Provide cost-effective clinical care

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited College of Pharmacy with a B.S. or PharmD degree
• Completion of an ASHP-accredited PGY1 pharmacy residency or equivalent experience is desirable, but not required
• CT Pharmacist Licensure required, active and without restrictions
• If required, will be responsible for obtaining out of state licenses to register for non-resident pharmacy licenses
• BLS (Basic Life Support) certified or obtained within 6 months of hire
• Immunization certified or obtained within 6 months of hire
• Demonstrate basic knowledge of pharmacology and therapeutics, and understand pharmacy systems of drug distribution and formulary management
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work with others are required
• Must have expertise in patient management