Ambulatory Pharmacist Clinician

Ambulatory Pharmacist Clinician

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Summary:

• Provide clinical pharmacy services including pharmacist-managed clinics, transitions of care communication, and other direct patient care activities by designing, recommending, monitoring and evaluating patient specific pharmacotherapy. Serves as a clinical pharmacy expert for aspects of the ambulatory service line and is responsible for training and education as it relates to clinical activities, competency assessment, development and implementation of clinical programs, committee activities, etc

Responsibilities:

• Minimum Required Qualifications:
• Pharm.D. and ASHP-accredited Pharmacy Practice Residency required or equivalent experience.
• ASHP-accredited Specialty Residency or equivalent experience preferred.
• Current licensure or eligible to reciprocate in state of Pennsylvania required.
• Board Certification may be preferred dependent upon specialty.
• Equivalent of one year experience practicing in an ambulatory setting.
• A health care provider in good standing with Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal and state health insurance programs, i.e. not excluded from participation in Medicare, Medicaid or any other federal or state health insurance program.
• Equivalent of three years experience practicing in an ambulatory setting.
• Attention Concentration: The following level of ability is essential for the jobholder to focus on certain aspects of current experience and reject others:
• The position requires strong concentration skills. The individual must have the ability to voluntarily sustain concentration to a task over an extended period of time as a result of an effortful and usually deliberate heightened and focused state of attention.
• New Learning and Memory: The following level of ability is essential for the jobholder to learn and retain material:
• A large portion of this position required reliance on verbal memory and new learning. Efficiency in processing of verbal information, either in written or spoken form, is a major requirement and prerequisite of the job. The individual must be able to attend to and process multiple bits of information simultaneously. The individual must be able to organize and categorize this information effectively so that later recall is feasible.
• Problem Solving, Reasoning and Creative Thinking: The following level of ability that is essential for the jobholder to think in order to solve a problem by combining two or more elements from past experience or imaginative thought:
• The position requires much autonomy of thought and problem solving. The individual must be able to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems. The individual must be able to think abstractly, which is manifested in the ability to form concepts, use categories, generalize from single instances, apply procedural rules and general principles, and be aware of subtle or intrinsic aspects of a problem. The development of hypothesis and potential solutions to problems involves careful interpretation, analysis and diagnosis. The individual must be able to collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. The individual must be able to think creatively with a degree of inventiveness, experimentation and intuition. They must be able to deal with a variety of concrete and abstract variables.
• The following are essential requirements of the position in relation to job-worker situations. These items describe how a worker must adapt, adjust, conform or act:
• Creativity, feelings or ideas: Ability to adapt to situations involving the interpretation of feelings, ideas, or facts in terms of personal viewpoint; to use creativity, self-expression, or imagination.
• Influencing others: Ability to influence people in their opinions, attitudes or judgments about ideas or things; to motivate, convince or negotiate.
• Working within tolerances, set limits or standards: Ability to adapt to situations requiring the precise attainment of set limits, tolerances, or standards; to be precise, thorough, exacting, or meticulous in regard to material worked; or in activities such as numerical determinations, record preparation, or inspecting.
• Performing under stressful conditions: Ability to perform under stress when confronted with emergency, critical, unusual, or dangerous situations, or in situations in which working speed and sustained attention are critical aspects of the job. Is subject to danger or risk, or to tension as a regular, consistent part of the job.
• Variety and change: Ability to perform a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure involving significant differences in technologies, techniques, procedures, environmental factors, physical demands, or work situations.
• Communication: Ability to exchange information with others clearly and concisely; to present ideas, facts and technical information.
• Interpersonal relations: Ability to maintain relationships that facilitate task accomplishment; to cooperate and resolve conflicts; to recognize needs and be sensitive of others.
• Planning and control: Ability to identify task requirements and monitor progress toward accomplishment.

Credentials:

• Pharmacist (Required)

Education or Equivalent Experience:

• Ph.D. (Required)

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