Clinical Pharmacist - Outpatient / Ambulatory Care - Arlington, TX - JM 26-13635

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: Clinical Pharmacist – Outpatient / Ambulatory Care
Location: Arlington, TX
Job Type: Contract
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: Day Shift | 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM or 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Schedule: 4x10-hour shifts | 40 hours/week | Weekdays only
Local Candidates Required: Yes
Traveler Candidates Required: Yes

Pay Rate
Local: $3,700 - $3,850/week
Traveler: $3,800 - $3,950/week

Note: This job doesn't offer any benefits.

Position Overview
We are seeking a Clinical Pharmacist specializing in outpatient ambulatory care to optimize medication therapy, provide direct patient care, and collaborate with multidisciplinary primary care teams.

Required Qualifications

• Board Certification in Ambulatory Care Pharmacy (BCACP).

• PGY2 residency in Ambulatory Care.

• Minimum 4 years of direct patient care experience demonstrating medication management.

• Active pharmacist license issued by the Texas State Board of Pharmacy.

• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

• Strong knowledge of pharmacotherapy, medication management, drug utilization review, and adverse drug event monitoring.

• Experience developing individualized medication action plans and optimizing therapeutic regimens.

• Strong communication and collaboration skills within multidisciplinary healthcare teams.

• Ability to provide clinical pharmacy services in an outpatient primary care setting.

Preferred Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership for pharmaceutical care within assigned outpatient primary care clinics.

• Develop and optimize pharmacotherapeutic regimens through collaborative practice agreements.

• Conduct drug utilization reviews and monitor for drug interactions, medication-related risks, and potential adverse events.

• Identify opportunities to reduce polypharmacy and improve medication safety.

• Develop individualized medication action plans with patient self-management goals.

• Provide direct patient care and medication management services, seeing approximately 16 patients per day.

• Communicate clinical interventions and medication recommendations to the multidisciplinary patient care team.

• Provide drug information, dosing recommendations, monitoring services, and population health management support to practitioners.

• Participate as a key member of the multidisciplinary Medical Home team.

• Precept pharmacy students and residents and participate in didactic and experiential education.

• Develop educational materials and provide in-service training for medical, nursing, and pharmacy staff.

• Support staff development and access to continuing education opportunities.

• Assist in developing Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) policies, clinical criteria, treatment guidelines, and formulary analyses.

• Support Joint Commission standards, pharmacy safety initiatives, and quality improvement activities.

• Maintain effective communication with pharmacy departments and other healthcare professionals.