Ambulatory Clinical Pharmacist - Atrium Health Greater Charlotte FT

Department :

38410 System Pharmacy - Pharmacy

Status : Full time

Benefits Eligible : Yes

Hou rs Per Week : 40

Schedule Details / Additional Information :

Varies

Job Summary

FT. Generally will be 8am - 5pm M-F schedule. May visit multiple locations.

This clinical pharmacist is for the Greater Charlotte / Concord team. This pharmacist will spend 50% of their time with our managed care clinical pharmacy team to provide quality-oriented medication management services to ensure that patients within the value-based contracts receive optimal patient care, while achieving the highest performance on payers' annual agreements. The other 50% will be spent with the pharmacy connect team, working primarily in the clinic or hybrid setting providing chronic condition medication therapy management for high-risk patients in collaboration with providers and nurses.

Oversees the provision of safe and effective medication therapies through collaboration with the patient's care team. Reviews physician orders for drug therapy and monitors this therapy for drug choice, dosage, drug interactions, adverse drug reactions, and formulary adherence. Serves as a drug information resource to nurses, physicians, and other healthcare workers.

Essential Functions

• Retrieves and evaluates relevant biomedical literature, formulates an appropriate response, and provides concise and timely response to drug information requests.
• Uses effective patient education techniques to provide counseling to patients and caregivers, including information on medication therapy, adverse effects, compliance, appropriate use, handling, and medication administration.
• Provides accurate shift to shift communication regarding unresolved situations requiring future action.
• Collects information needed to design medication therapy regimens and determine the presence of medication related problems with current therapies.
• Designs, recommends, monitors, and evaluates patient specific pharmacotherapeutic regimens. Implements recommendations effectively and utilizes the existing clinical intervention policies and procedures and documents in the medical record using the appropriate format.
• Participates in the management of medical emergencies.
• Precepts pharmacy students and pharmacy residents.
• Prepares and dispenses medications in accordance with best practice, policies and state and federal regulations. Manages medication therapies using clinical guidelines.
• Checks the accuracy of the work of pharmacy support team members or others in accordance with the organization's policies and procedures. li>

Physical Requirements

Works primarily in the pharmacy. Delivers medications to nursing units. Requires considerable walking, standing, pushing mobile cart of 50 pounds maximum and lifting 25 pounds of material. May be required to frequently stretch, bend, squat, or kneel to perform job. Utilizes appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) to minimize exposure to hazardous agents. Takes necessary precautions to avoid inadvertent needle sticks, minor cuts or bruises. Exposed to various conditions throughout the workday such as walking on hard surfaces, climbing stairs and changes in temperature and humidity. Must be able to perform manipulative skills such as writing, typing, and data entry into the computer and automated dispensing machines. Must have use of both hands, be able to see clearly and read small type such as that on unit-dose medication packages and syringes. Must be able to speak and be understood by others to communicate effectively. Must be able to hear normal sounds with moderate background noises. Involves rotating shifts.

Education, Experience and Certifications

Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy or a Pharm D. from an accredited school of pharmacy required. Pharmacist license issued by the state in which the team member practices required. Previous hospital pharmacy experience is preferred. Ambulatory care experience with knowledge of diabetes, heart failure, hypertension, anticoagulation, and other common chronic diseases is needed.. Pharmacy residency training in ambulatory care or equivalent experience preferred. Board Certification preferred. Licensed in the state of North Carolina or eligible for reciprocity required. Highly effective verbal communication and interpersonal skills with patients, visitors, and other healthcare team members to establish working relationships that foster optimal quality of patient care required.

Pay Range

$53.80 - $80.70

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About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation's largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.