Honor Health

Nonprofit healthcare system providing comprehensive care

Clinical Pharmacist-Ambulatory Care

PharmacyConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeScottsdale, AZ, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

Graduate from an ACPE-accredited School of Pharmacy with a minimum Doctor of Pharmacy degree or equivalent experience.
Complete an ASHP-accredited PGY1 pharmacy practice residency.
Have 3 years of clinical pharmacy experience in an ambulatory care setting.
Hold an active registered pharmacist license to practice pharmacy in Arizona.

Responsibilities

Provide medication management through active participation on the healthcare team in the ambulatory setting.
Contribute to selecting individualized drug therapy, implementing patient-specific medication regimens, laboratory monitoring, and providing comprehensive medication education to maximize therapeutic benefit and minimize adverse-event risks.
Use population health management strategies to improve medication-related outcomes and reduce hospitalizations for at-risk populations.
Conduct educational activities, apply performance-improvement principles, and optimize care cost-effectively.
Provide direct patient care through collaborative drug therapy management in practice areas with maintained protocol certification, potentially including diabetes, anticoagulation, transitions of care, and other complex disease states.
Perform disease-state management, comprehensive medication review, and adverse drug event prevention and management for ambulatory patients within collaborative practice protocols for which protocol certification is maintained.
Complete thorough patient assessments and apply evidence-based medicine to establish patient-specific therapeutic drug regimens.
Critically evaluate disease states and adjust medication therapy to optimize regimens and improve clinical outcomes.
Ensure cost-effective medication therapy and patient access to treatment.
Provide medication education to promote patient engagement in self-management, medication adherence, and safety.
Document accurately and thoroughly in the electronic medical record and facilitate pharmacist-to-provider communication of clinical interventions and recommendations.
Provide therapeutic consultation to medical providers, identify issues outside the pharmacist’s scope of practice, and escalate them to an appropriate physician.
Adhere to clinical practices approved by the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, including collaborative practice agreements and clinical pharmacy protocols.
Develop and apply evidence-based medication guidelines or protocols, medication-use evaluations, and disease-based evaluations; collect and analyze medication-use data against predefined criteria and formulate recommendations for implementation.
Assist with precepting pharmacy residents and students, potentially serving as a primary preceptor or preceptor-in-training under ASHP criteria.
Contribute to staff development, including training new team members.
Perform other duties as assigned.

Desired Qualifications

Prior anticoagulation, population health, or transition-of-care experience is strongly preferred.
Pharmacy residency preceptor experience is preferred.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification is preferred.
Basic Life Support certification is preferred.
Ambulatory care pharmacy specialty certifications are preferred, including Board Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacist, Board Certified Advanced Diabetes Management, Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist, Certified Anticoagulation Care Provider, Board Certified Geriatric Pharmacist, or Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist.

Primary City/State:

Shea Medical Office Building - 10200 N 92nd St Scottsdale, AZ 85258

Category:

Pharmacy

Shift:

Day

Department:

Pharmacy Medication Management



Location: Shea Medical Office Building, 10200 N 92nd street, Scottsdale
Hours: Full-Time Days
Prior Anticoagulation, Population Health, Transition of Care Experience Strongly Preferred
Up to $10,000 Sign-on Bonus Available!

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At HonorHealth, you’ll find something special. From humble beginnings in 1927 to one of Arizona’s largest nonprofit healthcare systems, our culture is built on warmth and neighborly kindness. Behind every smile is a highly skilled professional with deep expertise and an unwavering dedication to what matters most — caring for the health and well-being of people and communities across the greater Phoenix area.

Responsibilities:

JOB SUMMARY

The Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacist provides medication management through active participation on the healthcare team in the ambulatory setting. The Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacist contributes to the selection of individualized drug therapy, implementation of patient-specific medication regimens, laboratory monitoring, and provision of comprehensive medication education to maximize therapeutic benefit and minimize risks of adverse events. Population health management strategies are utilized to improve medication-related outcomes and reduce hospitalizations for at-risk populations. Conducts educational activities, applies principles of performance improvement, and optimizes care in a cost-effective manner. Provides direct patient care via collaborative drug therapy management in practice areas in which the Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacist maintains protocol certification and may include diabetes, anticoagulation, transitions of care, and other complex disease states. Assists with precepting pharmacy residents and students.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Performs disease state management, comprehensive medication review, and adverse drug event prevention and management for patients in the ambulatory setting, limited to collaborative practice protocols for which he/she maintains protocol certification. May assist with additional disease states for patient-specific consults in coordination with the Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist.
Completes thorough patient assessments and applies principles of evidence-based medicine to establish patient-specific therapeutic drug regimens.
Critically evaluates disease states and adjusts medication therapy to optimize regimens and improve clinical outcomes.
Ensures utilization of cost-effective medication therapy and patient access to treatment.
Provides essential medication education to patients to promote engagement in self-management activities, medication adherence, and safety.
Demonstrates accurate and thorough documentation skills in the electronic medical record. Facilitates pharmacist-to-provider communication of clinical interventions and recommendations.
Provides therapeutic consultation to medical providers to promote optimal medication management. Identifies and escalates issues outside of pharmacist’s scope of practice to appropriate physician for further assessment.
Adheres to clinical practices approved by the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee (e.g. collaborative practice agreements, clinical pharmacy protocols).
Develops and applies evidence-based medication guidelines and/or protocols, medication use evaluations, and disease-based evaluations. Collects and analyzes medication-use data per predefined criteria and formulates appropriate recommendations for implementation.
Assists with precepting pharmacy residents and students. May serve as a primary preceptor or preceptor-in-training based on criteria established by American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). Contributes to staff development, including assisting with training of new team members.
Performs other duties as assigned

EDUCATION

Graduate of an ACPE-accredited School of Pharmacy with a minimum of Doctor of Pharmacy degree or equivalent experience.

EXPERIENCE

Other Completion of a PGY1 pharmacy practice residency (ASHP accredited) Required
3 years of clinical pharmacy experience in the ambulatory care setting Required
Other Pharmacy residency preceptor experience Preferred

LICENSE AND CERTIFICATIONS

Pharmacist - License Registered (RPh) Licensed to practice pharmacy in the state of Arizona Required
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) - Certification Preferred
Basic Life Support (BLS) - Certification Preferred
Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Specialty Certification - Certification Board Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacist (BCACP) Board Certified Advanced Diabetes Management (BC-ADM) Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES) Certified Anticoagulation Care Provider (CACP) Board Certified Geriatric Pharmacist (BCGP) Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist Preferred

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Honor Health

Nonprofit healthcare system providing comprehensive care

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Company size: 5,001-10,000
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Headquarters: Scottsdale, AZ
Founded: 2013

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About the Job

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Desired Qualifications

Location: Shea Medical Office Building, 10200 N 92nd street, Scottsdale

Hours: Full-Time Days

Prior Anticoagulation, Population Health, Transition of Care Experience Strongly Preferred

Up to $10,000 Sign-on Bonus Available!

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