Clinical Pharmacy Specialist- Ambulatory Care

Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist

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Responsibilities:

The Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist provides expert level care for medication management through active participation on the healthcare team in the ambulatory setting as an advanced practice provider. A collaborative practice model is utilized for direct patient care activities, including selection of individualized drug therapy, implementation of patient-specific medication regimens, laboratory monitoring, and provision of comprehensive medication education to maximize therapeutic benefit and minimize risks of adverse events. Population health management strategies are utilized to improve medication-related outcomes and reduce hospitalizations for at-risk populations. The Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist will conduct educational activities, apply principles of performance improvement, advance pharmacy practice, and optimize care in a cost-effective manner. Maintains patient panel for all common ambulatory care disease states, including diabetes, anticoagulation, and other complex disease states for which active collaborative drug therapy management protocols are in place. Serves as a primary preceptor for pharmacy residents and students. Participates in on-call and after-hours coverage on a rotating basis.

Essential Functions:

• Performs disease state management, comprehensive medication review, and adverse drug event prevention and management for patients in the ambulatory setting, including all approved collaborative practice protocols.
• Completes thorough patient assessments and applies principles of evidence-based medicine to establish patient-specific therapeutic drug regimens.
• Critically evaluates disease states and adjusts medication therapy to optimize regimens and improve clinical outcomes.
• Ensures utilization of cost-effective medication therapy and patient access to treatment.
• Provides essential medication education to patients to promote engagement in self-management activities, medication adherence, and safety.
• Demonstrates accurate and thorough documentation skills in the electronic medical record. Facilitates pharmacist-to-provider communication of clinical interventions and recommendations.
• Provides therapeutic consultation to medical providers to promote optimal medication management. Identifies and escalates issues outside of pharmacist's scope of practice to appropriate physician for further assessment.
• Adheres to clinical practices approved by the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee (e.g. collaborative practice agreements, clinical pharmacy protocols).
• Contributes to the total body of knowledge of pharmacy through publication and/or education, including presentations, in-services, or lectures to the community, nursing, physician, pharmacy, and local or national meetings. Provides educational information to physicians, nursing staff, and other allied health care professionals.
• Acts as a network resource and drug information expert in the specialty area of practice. Provides detailed drug information and education to the healthcare team, pharmacy, patients, and community. Actively participates in department and network-based committees and effectively communicates with stakeholders.
• Develops and applies evidence-based medication guidelines and/or protocols, medication use evaluations, and disease-based evaluations. Collects and analyzes medication-use data per predefined criteria and formulates appropriate recommendations for implementation.
• Precepts PGY1 and PGY2 Pharmacy Residents and pharmacy students. Meets preceptor criteria established by American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). Contributes to staff development, including assisting with training of new team members and consulting on complex patient cases.
• Performs other duties as assigned

Education:

• Graduate of an ACPE-accredited School of Pharmacy with a minimum of Doctor of Pharmacy degree or equivalent experience.

Experience:

• Completion of a PGY1 pharmacy practice residency (ASHP accredited) and PGY2 Ambulatory Care pharmacy residency (ASHP accredited) Required
• Completion of a PGY1 pharmacy practice residency (ASHP accredited) plus three (3) years of clinical pharmacy experience in the ambulatory care setting Required
• 5 years of clinical pharmacy experience in the ambulatory care setting. Required
• Pharmacy residency preceptor experience Preferred

License and Certifications:

• Pharmacist - License Registered (RPh) Licensed to practice pharmacy in the state of Arizona. Upon Hire Required
• Board Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacist (BCACP) 1 Year Required
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) - Certification Preferred
• Basic Life Support (BLS) - Certification Preferred
• Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Specialty Certification - Certification Additional certifications that support advanced practice ambulatory care pharmacy, including: Board Certified Advanced Diabetes Management (BC-ADM) Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES) Certified Anticoagulation Care Provider (CACP) Board Certified Geriatric Pharmacist (BCGP) Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist Preferred