Clinical Ambulatory Pharmacist
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CHI Health
Omaha, NE, US
Summary
The Clinical Pharmacist Specialist will provide direct patient care while leading ambulatory pharmacy services and mentoring staff, residents, and students. They are responsible for driving quality improvement initiatives, program development, and representing the pharmacy department in interdisciplinary committees.
Job Description
Where You’ll Work
CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health. With more than 700 care sites across the U.S., from clinics and hospitals to home-based care and virtual care services, CommonSpirit is accessible to nearly one out of every four U.S. residents. Our world needs compassion like never before. Our communities need caring and our families need protection. With our combined resources, CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities, advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable, and innovating how and where healing can happen, both inside our hospitals and out in the community.
Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our Clinical Ambulatory Pharmacist, you will serve as an integral member of the ambulatory specialty care team, partnering with physicians, advanced practice providers, and clinic staff to optimize medication therapy for patients with complex chronic diseases. You will also help support the development and growth of specialty pharmacy services while delivering safe, evidence-based, patient-centered care.
Every day you will work closely with patients, specialty pharmacies, and interdisciplinary healthcare professionals to facilitate timely therapy initiation, improve medication adherence, monitor treatment response, and identify and resolve medication-related problems. You will coordinate specialty medication management activities including medication access, prior authorization support, laboratory and safety monitoring, immunization assessment, patient education, and ongoing clinical follow-up in collaboration with the care team.
You will be expected to:
- Partner with physicians, advanced practice providers, and clinic staff to optimize medication therapy.
- Coordinate specialty medication management activities, including medication access and prior authorization support.
- Monitor laboratory results, medication safety, and treatment response.
- Assess immunization needs and provide patient education.
- Conduct ongoing clinical follow-up with patients in collaboration with the care team.
- Work with patients, specialty pharmacies, and interdisciplinary healthcare professionals to support timely therapy initiation.
- Help improve medication adherence and identify and resolve medication-related problems.
- Serve as a clinical resource for providers and staff.
- Contribute to quality improvement initiatives.
- Help develop workflows and implement best practices for this new and evolving specialty pharmacy program.
- Adapt processes to meet the needs of patients, providers, and the organization.
- Demonstrate flexibility, initiative, and collaboration while helping shape the future of ambulatory specialty pharmacy services.
- Support the continued growth and success of the specialty pharmacy program.
Job Requirements
Required
- Doctor of Pharmacy
- Clinical experience with 3 years of recent direct patient care in the ambulatory care setting
- Nebraska Pharmacist License
Inspired by faith. Driven by innovation. Powered by humankindness. CommonSpirit Health is building a healthier future for all through its integrated health services. As one of the nation’s largest nonprofit Catholic healthcare organizations, CommonSpirit Health delivers more than 20 million patient encounters annually through more than 2,300 clinics, care sites and 138 hospital-based locations, in addition to its home-based services and virtual care offerings. CommonSpirit has more than 160,000 employees, 45,000 nurses and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice providers across 24 states and contributes more than $5 billion annually in charity care, community benefits, and unreimbursed government programs. Together with our patients, physicians, partners, and communities, we are creating a more just, equitable, and innovative healthcare delivery system. Learn more at commonspirit.org. Reach us at commonspirit.org/contact-us. View our Social Media Community Guidelines:
https://bit.ly/4gcRFVJ
Company size
10,001+ employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Chicago, Illinois
Inspired by faith. Driven by innovation. Powered by humankindness. CommonSpirit Health is building a healthier future for all through its integrated health services. As one of the nation’s largest nonprofit Catholic healthcare organizations, CommonSpirit Health delivers more than 20 million patient encounters annually through more than 2,300 clinics, care sites and 138 hospital-based locations, in addition to its home-based services and virtual care offerings. CommonSpirit has more than 160,000 employees, 45,000 nurses and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice providers across 24 states and contributes more than $5 billion annually in charity care, community benefits, and unreimbursed government programs. Together with our patients, physicians, partners, and communities, we are creating a more just, equitable, and innovative healthcare delivery system. Learn more at commonspirit.org. Reach us at commonspirit.org/contact-us. View our Social Media Community Guidelines:
https://bit.ly/4gcRFVJ
Company size
10,001+ employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Chicago, Illinois