Pharmacist - Clinical Specialty Care

at  Ascension

DETAILS

• Department: Embedded Program
• Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8 am - 4:30 pm CST
• Location: Remote, reside in TX, WI, TN, IN or KS

REQUIREMENTS

Licensure / Certification / Registration:

• Pharmacist obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date required. Must be willing to initiate the process to obtain one or more Pharmacist licenses within 90 days of hire/transfer for the following states: AL, AR, IA, ID, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MS, NE, OK, OR, TN, TX, VA & WV.

Education:

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Pharmacy required.

The embedded Clinical Specialty Care Pharmacist is responsible for providing specialty pharmacy care services for the clinic site(s) and will support specialty cross coverage pharmacy needs across multiple Ascension markets. Serve as the subject matter expert in pharmacy discipline and function as a key member of the multidisciplinary care team to ensure all clinical, operational, and prescription throughput process needs are met. Assures the appropriate selection, dosing, and administering of medication orders in specialized areas, such as hematology, oncology, cardiology, infectious disease, neurology, rheumatology, etc.

• Effectively integrate into clinic site setting and collaborate with physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other health care providers as a member of the multidisciplinary team
• Communicate with physicians and other clinicians as necessary to facilitate exemplary pharmacy care services to patients
• Demonstrate the value of our specialty pharmacy partnership to clinic site practices
• Complete patient education and comprehensive patient assessments, including medication history, laboratory values, past medical history, pertinent physical assessment, and patient interview.
• Performs medication therapy and disease state management, which may include critically evaluating disease states and adjusting medication therapy to optimize patient medication regimens and improve clinical outcomes
• Create patient profiles and maintain consistent specialty pharmacy prescription throughput processes
• Ensure prescriptions flow through to Ascension Rx specialty pharmacy and are identified by pharmacy staff when appropriate
• Collaboratively address financial issues to ensure patient receipt of needed medications
• Effectively navigate patient prescriptions, including those that are either limited distribution drugs or out-of-network
• Collect and maintain accurate data for analysis and financial reporting
• Applies the principles of continuous quality improvement consistent with job expectations
• Review and assess medication orders to identify, prevent and resolve potential and actual drug related problems.
• Recommend formulary alternatives when appropriate.
• Provide drug information and education to medical staff and patients.
• May float to provide coverage of pharmacy needs.