Clinical Pharmacist

Clinical Pharmacist

At Neighborhood Health, we’re passionate about our mission to provide a kind and caring premiere workforce. Our team-based approach to comprehensive patient care creates a challenging and rewarding work environment where you have a direct role in helping members of our community receive quality medical services they can afford. And that’s something you can feel good about.

As a member of our growing team, you will feel at home in a fun and diverse community of healthcare professionals. Our goal is simple: improving access to healthcare in our community and surrounding areas. Together, we are all committed to building healthier communities by delivering comprehensive, quality health care with compassion and respect.

The clinical pharmacist is a licensed professional with knowledge and proficiency in pharmacy practice including pharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and pharmacotherapeutics. The pharmacist is responsible for interpreting and evaluating the appropriateness of pharmacological therapy to ensure that patients receive optimal drug therapy. The pharmacist will work under collaborative practice agreements and contribute to quality initiatives for the organization.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• The pharmacist is responsible for providing a full range of pharmaceutical service functions including, but not limited to:
• Clinical
• Select appropriate drug therapy based upon the pharmaceutical principles of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics
• Complete patient-specific monitoring for efficacy, adverse effects, and clinical outcomes
• Communicate relevant findings and/or recommendations to other health care providers verbally and in writing
• Provide medication and device counseling to patients and caregivers
• Complete medical history and medication reconciliations
• Clinical cases vary, but do have an emphasis on cardiometabolic, endocrine, prenatal, respiratory and psychiatric care.
• Appropriately assist in deprescribing for medically complex patients with extensive polypharmacy
• Formulate necessary protocols for clinical and support staff
• Manage continuous glucose monitor initiative

Education

• Provide concise, applicable, comprehensive, and timely responses to requests for drug information
• Educate health care professionals, students, residents, patients, and the public regarding rational drug therapy
• Maintain a high level of knowledge of pharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacotherapeutics in the area of practice
• Provide regular updates on guidelines and pharmacotherapeutics in specific areas of relevance

Value-Based Care

• Contribute to quality improvement efforts and develop new initiatives, policies, and procedures
• Complete quality metrics outcomes for population health
• Complete Chronic Care Management consults and work under collaborative practice agreements
• Perform Medicare Annual Wellness Visits which will include, but is not limited to, medication reconciliation, laboratory reviews, medication appropriateness, immunizations required, preventative health screenings required, and address any questions that the patient may have about their care

Administrative

• Establish and implement programs that help ensure cost-effective drug therapy and successful patient outcomes
• Participate in select committees to contribute to the clinical operations of Neighborhood Health
• Actively participates in the 340B drug pricing program under the direction of the Senior Director of Pharmacy

Required Skills / Abilities

• Clinical—demonstrates a working knowledge of medical theory and practice to evaluate and provide patient care; skill in taking medical history to assess medical condition and interpret findings; maintains knowledge of, and acts in accordance with, current NHC policies and procedures.
• Problem solving – identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner and gathers and analyzes information skillfully.
• Interpersonal skills—maintains confidentiality, remains open to others’ ideas and exhibits willingness to try new things; maintains friendly and supportive relationships with coworkers; talks through problems to keep channels of communication open and maintain a high level of trust; realizes the importance of, and practices, good customer service; and able to communicate effectively and build collaborative, supportive relationships with people of varying cultures, socio-economic backgrounds, languages, and educational levels.
• Oral communication—speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations, demonstrates group presentation skills.
• Written communication—edits work for spelling and grammar, presents numerical data effectively and is able to read and interpret written information.
• Planning/organizing—prioritizes and plans work activities, uses time efficiently.
• Quality Control – understands the importance of compliance standards and pays close attention to accuracy and detail when performing duties; demonstrates a working knowledge of how grant requirements and federal/state laws impact the day-to-day operations of NHCI’s Medical and Pharmacy Department.
• Adaptability – adapts to changes in the work environment, manages competing demands and is able to deal with frequent change, delays or unexpected events.
• Dependability – consistently at work and on time, follows instructions, responds to management direction and solicits feedback to improve performance.
• Safety and security – actively promotes and personally observes safety and security procedures and uses equipment and materials properly.
• Information Technology/Medical Equipment – proficient in the use of computers and other medical equipment/instruments to administer patient care and accurately retrieve/record patient data.

Required Qualifications

Education / Training

• Doctor of Pharmacy degree from an accredited School/College of Pharmacy
• Experience: post-graduate year one residency with experience in ambulatory care or rural health. Preferred, post-graduate year two residency in ambulatory care
• Licensure: current in-good-standing or eligibility for IN pharmacist license

Experience

• Required: post-graduate year one residency with experience in ambulatory care or rural health.
• Preferred: post-graduate year two residency in ambulatory care
• 340B experience preferred.

Licensure/Certification

Immunization certification.

Physical Requirements

Prolonged standing and walking, some stooping, bending, and stretching. Requires eye-hand coordination sufficient to operate computer keyboard. Requires ability to lift and carry items weighing up to 50 lbs. Requires ability to handle and assist patients.

Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range to record, prepare, and communicate appropriate reports. Requires ability to work under stressful conditions. Requires exposure to communicable diseases and bodily fluids.

Work Environment

Normal pharmacy environment. Work may include irregular hours, including evenings. Involves frequent contact with other staff, physicians’ offices, patients, and the public. Contact may involve dealing with sick, angry, or upset people. Frequent exposure to communicable diseases, toxic substances, medicinal preparations, and other conditions common to a clinic environment. OSHA Category I – Tasks involve contact with blood or body substances.

Neighborhood Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Neighborhood Health does not exclude people or treat them differently for any aspect of the organization because of race, color, national origin, age, disability (physical or mental), or sex (including sexual orientation).

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