What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinical Pharmacist Ambulatory - Days position at jpshealthnet?
Description: The Clinical Pharmacist – Ambulatory works with other clinical specialists to ensure quality multi-disciplinary patient care as well as drug therapy management. The Clinical Pharmacist performs drug utilization reviews, monitors for drug interactions, and potential adverse events while seeing patients.
Typical Duties:
- Provides clinical leadership for pharmaceutical care in area(s) of responsibility.
- Develops and optimizes pharmacotherapeutic regimens through collaborative practice agreements.
- Performs drug utilization reviews, monitors for drug interactions, and potential adverse events.
- Works to minimize polypharmacy in our patients and develops patient medication action plans with self-management goals.
- Preceptor for pharmacy students or residents, as well as participating in didactic and experiential education.
- Participates as a key component to the core multidisciplinary team involved in patient care in the Medical Home.
- Communicates and presents clinical interventions and medication action plans as part of the patient care team.
- Provides drug information, dosing, and monitoring services to practitioners including population management assistance when necessary.
- Provides educational materials and in-service for medical, nursing, and pharmacy team members.
- Assists with staff development and provides staff with access to continuing education programs.
- Maintains excellent communication within the Health Center pharmacy departments and with other Health Center team members.
- Assists in the development of Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) policies, criteria, guidelines and formulary analysis.
- Assists with coordination of Joint Commission Standards and pharmacy safety initiatives.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.