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On-Call Required:

No

Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum):

$81.330 - $104.950 - $128.560

The stated pay scale reflects the range that Sharp reasonably expects to pay for this position.  The actual pay rate and pay grade for this position will be dependent on a variety of factors, including an applicant’s years of experience, unique skills and abilities, education, alignment with similar internal candidates, marketplace factors, other requirements for the position, and employer business practices.

Full Time position

8-hour shift between 8:00am - 6:00pm

Weekend shifts as needed

What You Will Do

This role will be working in an ambulatory care setting providing one on one patient consultations and follow up.

Required Qualifications

• Other : Education pursuant to licensure requirements.
• Must meet two of the following three requirements: One year accredited residency in a hospital pharmacy or ambulatory care; Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) Certification; or at least three years’ experience directly providing or preferably leading collaborative drug therapy management (CDTM, aka “pharmacy consult”) services.
• AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED
• California Pharmacist License - CA State Board of Pharmacy -REQUIRED

Other Qualification Requirements

• Immunization Certification. If considered and no residency, must obtain relevant Board certification within 1-2 years, defined by hiring manager.

Preferred Qualifications:

• BCACP certification via Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS)
• Experience with Epic

Essential Functions

• Clinical and educational services
  Has met minimum certification/recertification requirements required for hospital CDTM services offered at entity as outlined in policies and procedures.
  Participates in Clinical Services for example, CDTM, treatment team participation, and other services specific to the job.
  Demonstrates knowledge of consult services as evidenced by attainment of consult service goals and proper documentation of actions, recommendations, and patient outcomes on the pharmacy monitoring forms.
  Performs by leaving concise, objective, legible, and professional notes in the patient's clinical chart or via clinical intervention notes.
  Consistently demonstrates ability to complete formal clinical workload assigned during shift as evidenced by completing all consults and advisory services in a timely manner.
  Participates in the selection, development, implementation, outcomes analysis, reporting, and maintenance of selected pharmacotherapy improvement programs, including disease state management programs, or other cross-continuum pharmacotherapy programs. Reviews and reports on progress of integration plan and identify additional areas and plans for improvement.
  Provides and / or coordinates formal needs-based education. Educates, promotes and assists the coordination of staff involvement in clinical responsibilities with formal certification in key activities and skill sets.
  Coordinates and provides educational in services and information presentation to hospital and medical staff committees and the medical, nursing or pharmacy staffs, students, residents, and/or patients. Provides staff development through newsletter articles, drug monographs, and mentoring.
  Participates in meeting preparation for the P&T and SMP Committees. Participates in medical staff advisory groups, multidisciplinary teams, focus groups, task forces, or other designated activities that will further the practice of pharmacy.
  Provide patient education on medication use and disease states.
  Collaborate with other members of the health care team and the pharmacy staff to recommend/review current and new agents/ protocols (i.e. formulary status, usage guidelines, and care maps).
• Clinical consult services
  Provides CDTM services in compliance with P&T approved SHC CDTM protocols.
  Reviews patient medication therapies for appropriateness of drug therapy, therapeutic duplications, allergies, demographics, minimum and maximum dosing guidelines, special population requirements, medication history, non-pharmacologic therapies, socioeconomic, and other relevant factors.
  Clarifies/ verifies and communicates therapeutic issues, plan or problems with prescribing doctor/clinic in a timely, professional and evidence based manner, and document interventions via care plan and progress notes in a formal, standardized fashion
  Consistently responds to and documents drug information and other service requests promptly, professionally, and in accordance with SHC's Behavioral Standards.
  Leads P&T's identification of medication usage evaluations (MUE) opportunities, MUE performance, and subsequent performance improvements.
  Consistently participates in financial pillar/cost savings measures (e.g. formulary adherence, readmission reductions, etc.).
  Consistently collaborates with all relevant clinicians and non-clinicians with a team player attitude.
  Guides the participation of other non-APC pharmacy members involved in CDTM services.
• Collaboration and teamwork
  Operational Services (dealing with internal customers):
  Clearly communicates goals and instructions to other staff members, including handoffs between shifts (written/oral).
  Participates in staff orientation and resident/student training programs.
  Effectively intercepts and troubleshoots problems, as demonstrated by effective problem solving, prioritization of issues with respect to level of significance and impact to patient care, safety, workflow, and communication.
  When faced with complex situations, has knowledge of and applies the appropriate policies and procedures.
  Effectively evaluates ongoing workflow issues as and directs daily workload to achieve efficiency and maximize resource utilization as business needs require.
  Attends and participates in staff meetings or reviews staff meeting communications.
  Reads work related email at a minimum on assigned workdays.
  Customer Service/Interdepartmental Relations (Dealing with external Customers):
  Answers phone in timely, friendly manner, stating department, name, and title.
  Fosters positive relationships through consistent, respectful, professional interactions with customers.
  Responds to requests in timely, caring manner that is consistent with Sharp behavior standards, (i.e. attitude).
• Pharmacy operations
  Counsels patients on medication use consistent with professional standards and OBRA-90 regulations when applicable.
  Assures controlled substances are dispensed with accuracy. Maintains integrity of all record keeping. Assists with narcotic inventories as required.
  Dispenses medication according to policies and procedures.
  Enters data correctly into computerized patient medication profile and verifies that all technician orders are correctly entered into computer.
  Demonstrates proficiency with and utilization of automation and advances in technology (CPR+, Lexicomp, physician order entry, Cerner etc.).
  Demonstrates knowledge of age specific medication delivery systems (e.g. oral syringes, geriatric and pediatric dosing, etc.)
  Works as Clinical advance practice RPh duties.
  Participates in cost management initiatives including: Helps patients and physicians identify the most cost effective treatment plan available.
• Regulatory compliance
  Ensures security of medication storage and compliance with Medication Management (MM) standards (i.e. all meds are labeled, patient own meds are checked, bedside medications have associated physician orders, no expired meds, and the physical security of medications is maintained).
  Ensure documentation meets regulatory audit and compliance.
  Ensure protocols are followed.
  Ensure collaborative agreement followed.
• Safe medication practice
  Knowledge of and active participation in concurrent medication safety event (MSE) monitoring programs, as demonstrated by interventions and RL solution submissions.
  Qualitative work demonstrates thoughtful and thorough identification, evaluation and analysis of medication safety events. Performs initial analysis of MSE's and assists in the research and identification causative factors of events.
  Performs non-voluntary monitoring (i.e. trigger reports, harm monitors, alerting orders).

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Computer skills are required, especially in the application of word processing, spreadsheet (including basic analytical functions such as pivot tables), and presentations.
• Expertise with database creation and management is preferred.

Sharp HealthCare is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class.

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Other; California Pharmacist License - CA State Board of Pharmacy; AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association