Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacist Specialty MedicationsMaitland, FL

Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacist Specialty Medications

At AdventHealth Orlando, what started as a converted farmhouse in rural Central Florida has become Central Florida's major tertiary health care facility. Patients come from the Southeast, the Caribbean and even as far as South America for our proven expertise and compassionate health care.

With a variety of Orlando hospital jobs, we invite you to start or elevate your career with a new job at AdventHealth Orlando. We constantly seek out Orlando nurses, medical assistants, nurse assistants, patient care and health administration professionals who share our passion for whole-person health care. Learn more about our open positions and apply to become an invaluable part of our team.

Every day, our fellow team members show up to work, unified by one shared mission: Extending the Healing Ministry of Jesus Christ. As a faith-based health care organization, our story is one of hope as we strive to heal and restore the body, mind and spirit. Though our facilities are spread across the country, this unwavering belief binds us together. Across every office, exam and patient room, we're committed to providing individualized, holistic care. This is our Christian mission, and it inspires us to help make communities healthier and happier.

All the benefits and perks you need for you and your family:

• Benefits from Day One
• Paid Days Off from Day One
• Career Development

Shift: Full Time, Days, Mon-Fri

The community you'll be caring for: AdventHealth:

• Located on a lush tropical campus, our flagship hospital, 1,368-bed AdventHealth Orlando
• We offer great benefits with immediate Health Insurance coverage
• Career growth and advancement potential
• Serves as the major tertiary facility for much of the Southeast, the Caribbean and South America
• AdventHealth Orlando houses one of the largest Emergency Departments and largest cardiac catheterization labs in the country
• We are already one of the busiest hospitals in the nation, providing service excellence to more than 32,000 inpatients and 125,000 outpatients each year

The role you'll contribute:

The Clinical Pharmacist supports the mission of the department, hospital, and health-system by preventing, identifying and resolving medication use issues to assure patients safety, improve patients' satisfaction, optimize patients' outcome and minimize cost. May work in the centralized and decentralized areas. Will perform all functions of a registered pharmacist including accurate and timely dispensing, clinical interactions with patients and healthcare team, and technician supervision.

The value you'll bring to the team:

We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Ambulatory Clinical Pharmacist to join our team, specializing in management of specialty medications across various fields, including but not limited to neurology, rheumatology, gastroenterology, and cardiology. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of specialty medications and a passion for providing high-quality patient care. Some key responsibilities for this role include managing and overseeing the program for specialty medications to ensure optimal patient outcomes. This involves providing comprehensive medication reviews and developing personalized therapy plans for patients with complex conditions in neurology, rheumatology, gastroenterology, and cardiology. The pharmacist will collaborate with healthcare providers, including physicians, nurses, and other pharmacists to ensure coordinated and effective patient care. Additionally, they will educate patients about their medications, monitor patient progress/adherence and execute therapy plans as necessary to achieve patient outcomes. Staying current with the latest developments in specialty medications and ensuring compliance with all relevant regulations and standards of practice are also essential responsibilities.

• Pharmacy Operations Actively performs all pharmacist functions, actively participates in established standard work parameters, and maintains functional proficiency in and actively provides coverage of central pharmacy and/or satellite areas as requested. Maintains operational expertise in, actively provides coverage of, and proactively leads the services provided by central pharmacy, IV room pharmacy, and/or satellite pharmacy areas. Oversees and ensures appropriate utilization of medication automation, technology, and computer systems. Accurately oversees the management of medication inventories and the preparation and dispensing of patient-specific medication doses. Supervises technician and intern practice, prioritizes work load, organizes work flow, and checks accuracy of pharmacy technician activities.
• Pharmacy Practice Completes critical medication order scrutiny, drug profile review, and patient monitoring to identify, prevent, or mitigate medication-related problems. Proficiently verifies/enters medication orders and proactively communicates with medical staff to resolve problem medication orders. Provides patient-centered care services, including accurate, safe and timely medication therapy, and promotes cost-effective drug therapy, including actively participating in stewardship activities and restricted medication/surveillance programs. Initiates and facilitates appropriate drug dosing and manages medication-related pharmacist consults. Facilitates medication safety practices, including identifying, mitigating, and reporting potential and actual adverse drug events, adverse drug reactions, and medication errors. Participates in the management of medical emergencies. Maintains continuous learning and pharmacy practice development.
• Clinical Pharmacy Services Actively participates in direct patient care programs and provides accurate, safe, timely, and appropriate medication therapy based on patient needs. Works as an active member of pharmacy clinical programs and collaborates with healthcare providers and pharmacy staff, and places practice priority on the delivery of patient-centered care.
• Teamwork and Inter-professional Collaboration
• Presents to assigned areas on time and ready to work to ensure continuity of care between shifts, among pharmacy staff assignments, and across pharmacy practice areas. Supports other pharmacy operations and areas outside of current assignment. Works effectively with all members of the healthcare team to ensure the best outcome for the patient and demonstrates sensitivity to the perspective of the patient, caregiver, or health care colleague in all communications.
• Participates in departmental meetings and educational activities as assigned. Supports practice advancement initiatives, clinical research projects, and stewardship initiatives led by colleagues and peers. Maintains professional image by participating in shared governance committees, if applicable.
• Teaching, Training, Precepting, and Mentoring Mentors new staff and assists with training of all staff as requested. Supports experiential training of pharmacy trainees and mentors pharmacy students (IPPE and APPE) as requested/required. Demonstrates desire and aptitude for teaching and maintains competency to deliver effective evidence-based education to nurses, patients, students/learners and pharmacy team members.
• Quality Improvement, Regulatory Compliance, and Accreditation Supports quality improvement initiatives to improve medication-related processes, pharmacy systems, or patient care programs. Supports regulatory compliance initiatives and institutional accreditation processes.

Qualifications

The expertise and experiences you'll need to succeed:

Education and Experience Required:

• Bachelor of Pharmacy, Doctor of Pharmacy, or other advanced pharmacy degree

Education and Experience Preferred:

PGY1/PGY2 (Ambulatory Care) Pharmacy Residency OR Three years of clinical pharmacy experience

Licensure, Certification or Registration Required:

• Applicable State Pharmacy License
• BLS

Licensure, Certification or Registration Preferred:

BLS, ACLS, PALS and/or NRP may be required for some facilities based on department requirements and pharmacist role, as defined by specialty unit. Refer to hiring manager for needs.

This facility is an equal opportunity employer and complies with federal, state and local anti-discrimination laws, regulations and ordinances.

Category: Pharmacy

Organization: AdventHealth Orlando

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: 1 - Day

Req ID: 25003871

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not tolerate discrimination based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age or disability/handicap with respect to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion, wages, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment.