Specialty Oncology Pharmacist

Specialty Oncology Pharmacist

The Specialty Oncology Pharmacist will provide ambulatory pharmaceutical care services using approved protocols in collaboration with other health professionals, including managing patient drug therapy and providing patient education while promoting high quality, evidence-based, cost-effective pharmaceutical care. Full pharmacotherapy knowledge, independent thinking and decision-making is required. Performs these duties in the clinical areas assigned.

Schedule: Mon-Fri (8am - 4:30pm)

Essential Job Functions:

• Provides Medication Therapy Management (MTM) services under an approved NJ State Board of Pharmacy Collaborative Practice Agreement with primary care providers in sites as assigned.
• Promotes rational, evidence based and cost-effective outpatient drug therapy through close participation in the drug therapy decision-making process with the care team.
• Under Collaborative Practice protocols, initiates, adjusts, monitors, and recommends changes in drug therapy based on information obtained through patient interviews, objective monitoring parameters, review of drug profiles and the patient medical record.
• Optimizes medication regimens and clinical outcomes in patients with diabetes, hypertension, heart failure, dyslipidemia, arrhythmias, angina, thromboembolism, asthma, COPD, renal disease, obesity, nicotine dependence, and other high-risk conditions as required.
• Optimizes utilization of cost saving generic alternatives across all patient encounters.
• Optimizes safe medication use by reducing utilization of inappropriate medications based on patient-specific factors.
• Optimizes patient medication adherence through counseling, and application of motivational interview skills.
• Designs, implements, and monitors therapeutic drug plans to achieve improved outcomes through both direct and telephonic interactions with patients and providers in assigned areas.
• Knowledge of all medications applicable to an outpatient setting including oral, topical, injectable, and infused medications.
• Reviews patient medication regimens for clinical effectiveness, drug selection, dosing, contraindications, side effects, and potential drug interactions as required.
• Conducts patient medication history inquiries and drug information requests upon referral from physicians and other medical personnel.
• Analyzes and employs a systematic, efficient, and thorough procedure for retrieving drug information.
• Formulates response and follows up consistently on drug information recommendations and assesses effectiveness.
• Collaborates with other health care professionals to plan, monitor, review, or evaluate the quality or effectiveness of drugs or drug regimens, providing advice on drug applications or characteristics.
• Communicates and documents findings with prescribers and provides appropriate alternatives to current treatment plans as needed in the EHR.
• Identifies, resolves, and prevents potential and actual medication-related problems including: untreated indications, improper drug selection, sub-therapeutic dosage, overdose, failure to receive medication, adverse drug reactions, drug interactions, and medications without indications.
• Reviews and updates Collaborative Practice Agreements annually.
• Coordinates and interprets laboratory monitoring of drug therapy, including serum drug levels, electrolytes, and other approved drug-related laboratory testing.
• Participates on the Pharmacy and Therapeutics and quality improvement committees and effectively communicates with stakeholders.
• Evaluates care gaps on pharmacy-related quality measures across value-based care reports to identify opportunities to optimize therapy and improve patient outcomes.
• Develops and continually updates internal best practice algorithms highlighting evidence-based treatment recommendations by disease state.
• Reviews controlled substance prescribing to identify opportunities to optimize regimens.
• Precepts PGY-2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy resident through applicable learning opportunities.

General Job Functions:

• Develops and participates in operational and clinical projects as determined by current departmental needs and ongoing projects.
• Participates in the development and presentation of education to providers and staff via department meetings, newsletters, formal utilization reviews, and one-on-one interactions.
• Assures ongoing performance improvement of the pharmaceutical care services provided.
• Provides feedback and/or consultation related to technology utilization for documentation of medication therapy management, clinical pharmacy outcomes, or other identified medication related issues.
• Offers health promotion and prevention activities, for example, training patients to use devices to measure blood pressure or blood sugar.
• Other job duties as required.

Physical Job Requirements:

• Physical mobility, which includes movement from place to place on the job, taking distance and speed into account
• Dexterity of hands and fingers
• Endurance (e.g. continuous typing, prolonged standing/bending, walking)
• Balance is maintained during climbing, bending and/or reaching

Education, Certification, Computer and Training Requirements:

• Pharm D required.
• PGY-1 and PGY-2 Residency required.
• NJ State Board of Pharmacy licensed required.
• Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties Certification: Board Certified Ambulatory Care or Pharmacotherapeutics Pharmacist required.
• American Pharmaceutical Association MTM Certification preferred.
• New Jersey State Board of Pharmacy Collaborative Practice Agreement required. (If you are hired without NJ CPA, it is a requirement that you obtain the NJCPA within 4 months from the end of your introductory period. Should you not obtain the NJCPA you may be subject to termination of employment).
• Ability to communicate in English, both orally and in writing required.
• Experience with Standard Office Equipment (Phone, Fax, Copy Machine, Scanner, Email/Voice Mail).
• Experience with Standard Office Technology in a Window based environment required.
• Prior Clinical Pharmacy experience: 2 to 4 years minimum, 5+ years preferred
• Adheres to local, state, and federal laws regarding the profession of pharmacy practice.

Travel Role requires in-office presence 2 days per week. Need to travel to other company or client locations at a minimum 20% of the time