Primary Care, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist II
Provides customer focused comprehensive pharmaceutical care services for patients w/ complex medication problems.
Essential Functions:
- Provides pharmacotherapy consultation follow up of patients w/ complex medical problems.
- Assesses the drug therapy needs of patients monitors progress of therapy through interviews, physical assessment, patient education clinical laboratory monitoring.
- Makes timely decisions about patient drug treatment modalities w/in guidelines protocols communicates regularly w/ health care providers.
- Documents all clinical interventions drug information requests using appropriate methods.
- Communicates new medication therapies to pharmacists, physicians other health care providers.
- Develops drug education plans strategies to promote cost-effective prescribing in area of expertise including communication of initiatives to providers staff.
- Supports initiatives to achieve HEDIS targeted disease state goals related to drug therapy.
- Acts as preceptor mentor of the managed care pharmacy practice resident(s) pharmacy students where applicable. Evaluates critiques students residents abilities in established practice rotations through use of learning goals objectives.
- Develops delivers pharmaceutical education lectures to staff patients.
- Demonstrates continued competency in specialty areas of pharmacy practice.
- Assures compliance to all regulatory rules regulations Kaiser Permanente's policies procedures to include but not limited to:
- Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
- State Boards of Pharmacy
- HIPAA
- Principles of Responsibility
- Proper use of Kaiser Permanente personal computers applications
- Oversees pharmacy technician staff in execution of technical functions where applicable
- Takes lead role in implementation of new drug-related initiatives, establishment of new clinical pharmacy services as requested, Part D MTM activities w/ clinical pharmacists.
- Participates in research activities.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- Completion of 1 year residency related to practice area or 3 years of equivalent clinical practice experience required.
- Pharmacy doctorate degree required.
- Licensed Pharmacist to practice in assigned jurisdiction(s) required.
- Board certification (US-BCPS preferred) must be current or achieved within three years of starting this position.
- Exceptional interpersonal, presentation, oral and written communication skills required.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Specialty residency preferred.
- Ambulatory care clinical experience preferred.