Staff Pharmacist II

JOB SUMMARY

The Staff Pharmacist II at North Mississippi Health Services is a multifaceted position focused on clinical care, education, operations, research, and regulatory compliance. This position involves coordinating patient care across various healthcare settings, providing medication education, conducting research, and maintaining compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.

JOB FUNCTIONS

• Clinical:

  • Assists in coordinating and providing care to patients across continuum of care, in conjunction with other health care professionals.
  • Serves as a resource person to support pharmacy personnel and other healthcare professionals in designated area.
  • Assists in designing and coordinating clinical pharmacy services.
  • Assists in training pharmacy staff.
  • Maintains drug therapy in designated patient population.
  • Develops care plans/guidelines to include drug, devices and delivery modalities.

• Education:

  • Provides pharmacotherapy education.
  • Affords support to programs to meet the needs of the pharmacy and other healthcare professionals.
  • Develops objectives for and facilitates student/resident training.
  • Provides medication use education to patients, family members, community, etc.
  • Participates and affords assistance in educational programs that focus on disease prevention and wellness promotion.
  • Participates in departmental performance improvement programs.
  • Maintains CE (Continuous Education) hours as required.

• Operations:

  • Assists in prevention, detection, and resolution of medicine abuse.
  • Working knowledge of pharmacy and medical claims systems.
  • Understanding of retail and hospital outpatient operations.
  • Working knowledge of billing and reimbursement procedures (ICD-9/HCPC/CPT Coding , OPPS reimbursement, Medicare, etc).
  • Verifies patient health insurance benefits and precertifications for Third Party Payors.

• Financial/Budget:

  • Compares, evaluates, and assesses drug therapy treatments regimes and drug delivery in designated practice areas.
  • Affords assistance in compliance of departmental budget.
  • Participates in ongoing revision of system-wide formulary.

• Reporting/Recordkeeping:

  • Maintains service activities and outcomes reports for designated practice area(s).
  • Provides reports in an accurate and efficient manner.

• Research:

  • Coordinates, conducts, and participates in pharmacology research/development in cooperation with other healthcare professionals.

• Regulatory:

  • Ensures departmental compliance with accreditation, legal, regulatory, and safety requirements.
  • Adheres to NMHS/NMMC Policies, Procedures/Guidelines.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Education:

  • Education Level: Bachelor's Degree
  • Details: Required/Preferred Graduate of an accredited school of Pharmacy
  • Details: Required/Preferred PhD Doctorate Of Pharmacy (PharmD)
  • Details: Preferred

• Licenses and Certifications:

  • Details: Licenses and Certifications: Licensed as a Pharmacist by the State Board of Pharmacy in the state based on facility location
  • Details: Time Frame: Upon Hire Required

• Work Experience:

  • Number of Years Work Experience: 4-6 years
  • Details: Required/Preferred Minimum of 3 years experience in comparable health system pharmacy
  • Details: Required/Preferred American Society of Health Systems Pharmacy Residency (ASHP) or 3 years clinical practice experience (clinical)
  • Details: Required/Preferred American Society of Health Systems Pharmacy Residency (ASHP) or 3 years operational experience (operational)
  • Details: Required/Preferred Previous patient care or equivalent previous experience with demonstrated proficiency in clinical areas needed to enhance pharmaceutical care

• Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

  • Knowledge, Skills, Abilities Required/Preferred: Proficiency Excellent written and verbal communication required
  • Details: Required
  • Knowledge and skill across broad populations or specialized populations; required
  • Details: Required
  • Interaction with a patient population of all ages ranging from infants to geriatrics, required
  • Details: Required
  • Stays abreast of the pharmacotherapy literature
  • Details: Required
  • Enhances pharmacotherapeutic management of patients
  • Details: Required
  • Establishes new drug standards
  • Details: Required
  • Shows good clinical judgment
  • Details: Required
  • Ability to work independently
  • Details: Required
  • Improves patient quality outcome measures
  • Details: Required
  • Affords assistance in the reduction of overall healthcare costs
  • Details: Required
  • Provides preceptorship to students and residents as designated
  • Details: Required
  • Must have extensive contact with: patients, visitors, physicians, pharmacy team members and departmental professionals
  • Details: Required
  • Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Details: Required
  • Must reflect a positive, caring attitude toward clients, patients, staff and the public we serve
  • Details: Required

SCOPE

• Freedom To Act:

  • Impact: Financial Responsibility: Sales Revenue Target Responsibility: Approval Responsibility: P & L Responsibility: Assets Controlled: Controllable Expenses (e.g., Payroll and other budgeted items): Total Financial Responsibility:
  • Details: Not specified

• Budget Responsibility:

  • Primary Budget Responsibility: Shared Budget Responsibility:
  • Details: Not specified