Pharmacist - Outpatient

Job Description

Overview :

As a Pharmacist , you are the trusted expert patients rely on to understand their medications and use them safely and effectively. You help make life better by ensuring patients are informed and confident in their drug therapy—playing a vital role in their overall care and well-being.

If you’re a pharmacist who understands the importance of your role in patient outcomes and values compassionate, high-quality care, you may be an ideal fit for this opportunity within the Legacy community.

This is an outpatient position.

Responsibilities :

CLINICAL DUTIES :   Optimal patient care outcomes from drug therapy are ensured through clinical pharmacy activities. Such activities are age appropriate for neonates, pediatric patients, adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients, and in direct association with or in support of health care providers. The pharmacist will :

• Demonstrate clinical competence by completing the clinical competency modules assigned in the electronic learning system for the pharmacist role.
• Review and evaluate an individual patient’s medication profile and clinical status to determine appropriateness of current medication therapy.
• Ensure that a patient’s medication therapy is consistent with the Legacy or health insurance formulary and medication use guidelines and policies.
• Ensure that patients are assessed comprehensively in a standardized way using electronic health record (EHR) tools.
• Perform regular re - evaluation of medication therapy to assess whether therapeutic goals are achieved and to proactively intervene on medication related issues.
• Perform medication therapy management and monitoring based on Legacy specific Collaborative Practice Protocols (CPP).
• Document interventions, recommendations, and protocol driven changes in therapy in the EHR.
• Monitor, document, report, and manage adverse drug events.
• Provide accurate and timely medication information to health care staff and patients.
• Serve as a trainer for new pharmacy staff.
• Serve as a preceptor for pharmacy students and residents .
• Perform other duties as assigned.

DISTRIBUTIVE DUTIES :   Safe and accurate distributive services are ensured through standardized, efficient medication use processes. The pharmacist will :

COMMUNICATION :   The pharmacist will :

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT : Pharmacy knowledge and skills are updated, shared, and applied continuously to improve quality of pharmaceutical care. The pharmacist will :

SAFETY AND SECURITY :   Patient, personnel, department, and facility safety and security are ensured through knowledge and application of established policies and procedures, and safety, security, and emergency plans. The pharmacist will :

Qualifications : Education :

Licensure :

Pay Range : USD $80.78 - USD $93.71 / Hr. Our Commitment to Health and Equal Opportunity :

Our Legacy is good for health for Our People, Our Patients, Our Communities, Our World. Above all, we will do the right thing.

If you are passionate about our mission and believe you can contribute to our team, we encourage you to apply—even if you don't meet every qualification listed. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can grow and succeed.

Legacy Health is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits unlawful discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion or creed, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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