Pharmacist - Pharmacy Ambulatory Care - PT .5 Varying Shifts

Qualifications

Required:

• Three (3) years ambulatory pharmacy experience
• Knowledge of pharmacokinetics, drug utilization review, drug distribution systems
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Maintain an Immunization Certification
• Possess a current Oregon Pharmacist license or eligible for reciprocity

Preferred:

• Experience in a similar ambulatory pharmacy practice setting
• Board of Pharmacy Licensed Preceptor
• Hospital pharmacy background and experience
• Board certification in Ambulatory Care or Pharmacotherapy
• Certified Diabetes Educator

Responsibilities

• Implement strategies to promote and improve health literacy and medication adherence
• Complete comprehensive patient medication history and review
• Design, recommend, monitor, and evaluate patient-specific pharmacotherapy
• Maintenance of accurate computerized medication profiles
• Provide direct patient care based on Medication Therapy Management protocols and Collaborative Drug Therapy Management agreements
• Provide concise, applicable, and timely responses to requests for drug information from healthcare providers and patients
• Provide patient counseling, on request, and medication-use education to patients and caregivers
• Document drug therapy interventions and medication management services in the medical record and report outcome measures as defined by provider protocols
• Ensure continuity of pharmaceutical care to and from the acute and ambulatory patient-care settings
• Participate in the established process for assessing, managing, and reporting medication errors
• Train new employees, students, and pharmacy residents
• Comply in all activities with accreditation, legal, regulatory, and safety requirements
• Manage time effectively to fulfill practice responsibilities
• Manage and communicate the need to purchase, receive, store, and process ambulatory medications
• Maintain a professional image
• Attend Pharmacy and Ambulatory services staff meetings
• Maximize work efficiency through the use of computers and other technologies
• Perform other duties as assigned

Typical Physical/Mental Demands

• Light to medium physical demand
• Must be able to stand/sit for periods of time at computer terminal
• Communication with nursing staff and physicians orally, via phone and in writing when needed
• Daily supervision of the ambulatory services staff
• Patient counseling on prescriptions
• Computer skills and understanding of general pharmacy systems
• Develop friendly and positive relationships with pharmacy staff and other caregivers