Pharmacist - Primary Care & Drug Therapy Management - Hybrid - Medical Network

About the role

The Ambulatory Care - Primary Care and Drug Therapy Management Clinical Pharmacist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Network in Los Angeles, California, is an Advanced Pharmacist Practitioner who collaborates with a multidisciplinary team to provide comprehensive medication management for patients in a primary care setting.

Responsibilities

• Provides comprehensive medication management for ambulatory patients including medication reconciliation, therapy monitoring, and pharmacotherapy optimization.
• Evaluates drug therapies and develops individualized pharmacotherapy plans for patients with diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, those on anticoagulation therapy, smoking cessation, as well as international travel medications and immunizations.
• Initiates, titrates, and adjusts medications under collaborative practice agreements and approved clinical protocols following updated clinical guidelines, such as those from the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA), American Diabetes Association (ADA), American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST), and others.
• Orders, reviews, and interprets laboratory tests and monitoring parameters necessary for safe and effective medication therapy management.
• Maintains medication adherence, therapeutic response, and patient outcomes.
• Identifies, resolves, and prevents medication-related problems including adverse drug reactions, drug interactions, untreated indications, and inappropriate drug selection.
• Provides therapeutic recommendations and answers medication and patient-related questions from other healthcare providers.
• Supports the process of completing medication prior authorizations as needed.
• Documents patient encounters, pharmacotherapy interventions, and therapeutic outcomes in the electronic health record.
• Administers vaccines.
• Supports the development and maintenance of clinical pathways, best practices, protocols, competency assessments.
• Supports ambulatory clinical pharmacy billing activities where applicable including documentation supporting incident-to or other pharmacist clinical service reimbursement models.
• Affirms ongoing performance improvement of the pharmaceutical care services provided.
• Precepts pharmacy residents and students in ambulatory clinical pharmacy practice.

Requirements

• Completion of PGY1 pharmacy residency or equivalent clinical experience required.
• Eligibility to obtain DEA registration if required.
• Comprehensive knowledge of common disease states, pathologies, and ability to apply current pharmacological and biopharmaceutical principles.
• Completion of PGY2 residency in ambulatory care preferred.
• Experience in ambulatory clinical pharmacy practice or outpatient clinic setting preferred.

Qualifications

• Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) from an accredited school of pharmacy.
• Pharmacist license in the State of California.
• Advanced Pharmacist Practitioner (APP) License – Required or must be eligible for and obtain within twelve (12) months of hire.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.