Clinical Pharmacist Atrium Health CarolinaCARE Pharmacy 340B services FT Position Available In Mecklenburg, North Carolina

Clinical Pharmacist Atrium Health CarolinaCARE Pharmacy 340B services FT
Charlotte, NC, United States

Job ID:

155450

Job Family:

Pharmacy Services

Status:

Full Time

Shift:

Day

Job Type:

Regular

Department Name:

47531018839605-Pharmacy
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Overview
Job Summary

M-F, 8-5

The Pharmacist will be responsible for providing frontline, direct contact with beneficiaries, pharmacies and providers primarily through phone or telehealth encounters. This role includes working with patients and providers to manage chronic disease states, with a focus on chronic weight-management, through medication therapy management, education and lifestyle interventions. Pharmacy services will be designed to target polypharmacy, high cost disease states, medication therapy management, formulary and step-therapy review, education and counseling services, and additional medication access needs. This role will also help optimize drug utilization from a cost-minimization standpoint, and may facilitate access to additional services, both within and outside the medical center
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 adnce. 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,pliance, appropriate use, handling, and medication administration.
Provides accurate shift to shiftmunication 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, rmends, monitors, and evaluates patient specific pharmacotherapeutic regimens. Implements rmendations 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 theanization’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 theputer 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 tomunicate 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. Highly effective verbalmunication and interpersonal skills with patients, visitors, and other healthcare team members to establish working relationships that foster optimal quality of patient care required. Strongmunication skills and experience with Microsoft Office and EPIC Medical Record preferred. Ambulatory care experience with knowledge of current 340B practices preferred.