Job Summary:

Consults with pharmacy leadership, physicians and interdisciplinary team members on the development, implementation and utilization of approved protocols to provide pharmaceutical care. Manages the development and/or implementation of regional drug initiatives or other formulary management activities. Serves as primary preceptor(s) for the pharmacy student and residency program. Provides pharmaceutical care by performing various patient-focused clinical, educational, informative, and distributive functions in ambulatory care as an interdisciplinary team member in support of patients, practitioners, and ancillary staff. Ensures appropriate, cost-effective drug utilization while maintaining and enhancing patient care.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Provides pharmaceutical care services for defined high risk patient populations. Ensures continuity of pharmaceutical care and optimal utilization of resources to and from acute and ambulatory patient-care settings. Collaborates with inpatient/outpatient pharmacist or established Regional disease management program(s) for follow-up with high-risk discharges. Analyzes requestors drug information need; employs systematic, efficient, and thorough procedure for retrieving drug information or enlists available resources; formulates response; follows up consistently on drug information recommendations and assesses effectiveness. Performs drug regimen reviews for members as warranted; assesses patients where necessary and communicates information to physician. Researches and organizes patient-specific information; documents patient medication histories; recommends or reviews laboratory tests to assess patient response to drug therapy; identifies medication therapy problems as appropriate. Provides oversight for functions and activities of support personnel to assure responsibilities are performed in accordance with scope of practice and applicable procedures. Adapts effective strategies for communicating with non-English speaking patients or those who are otherwise impaired (e.g., blind, deaf, cognitively impaired, illiterate).

• Recommends pharmacotherapeutic regimens and corresponding monitoring plans to prescribers in way that is systematic, logical, and secures consensus from prescriber and patient; utilizes patient interview/assessment skills, current literature-supported evidence and practices, drug initiative information, and established protocols. Designs appropriate pharmacotherapeutic regimens; integrates patient-specific disease and drug information, current practice standards, ethical issues, and quality-of-life issues, and pharmacoeconomic principles. Monitors data and modifies pharmacotherapeutic plans as necessary. Documents pharmaceutical care activities in patients medical records or clinical information system.

• Designs effective medication-use education for patients and caregivers; provides one-on-one counseling to patients and caregivers, including information on drug therapy, adverse effects, compliance, appropriate use, and handling. Provides patient-specific verbal or written consultations, including pharmacotherapy and pharmacokinetic, to healthcare practitioners. May perform limited physical examinations, such as blood pressure and glucose measurement, for the purpose of providing medication management services. Participates in designing, reviewing, monitoring, or researching clinical drug trials as needed.

• Takes leadership role in development, implementation, and coordination of regional, hospital, or hospital-based drug initiatives or other formulary management activities. Participates, as appropriate, in development and/or implementation of regional drug initiatives or other formulary management activities. Participates in establishing disease state management protocols in coordination with HPMG physicians, Clinic Nursing, Pharmacy and Therapeutics committee.

• Participates in monitoring and improving relevant outcome measures and/or quality improvement indicators; defines quality improvement processes; develops measures to monitor, assures safety and appropriateness. Leads regional medication management and formulary education programs to promote appropriate, cost-effective prescribing. Participates in task forces, lecture programs and skills certification for patients, providers, pharmacy staff, and support staff at departmental, Regional, national, and international levels as warranted. Establishes relationships with physicians and facility leaders to successfully partner on drug therapy issues; balances cost and quality issues. Participates in didactic or clerkship education of pharmacy students, and/or serves as preceptor of residents as warranted.

• Performs other duties as required.

  Basic Qualifications:

  Experience

• Minimum 1200 hours of experience in the last three years working under a collaborative drug therapy management protocol including initiating, adjusting, discontinuing, and refilling medication in patients with chronic disease states as demonstrated in the Direct Patient Care Experience form; OR, completion of a PGY1 residency or PGY2 residency prior to start date in a position where at least 50 percent of the experience includes the provision of direct patient care services with interdisciplinary teams.

  Education

• Graduate from an accredited pharmacy college recognized by the American Council of Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE).

  License, Certification, Registration

• Pharmacist License (Hawaii) required at hire

• Board Certified Pharmacy Specialist Certificate within 36 months of hire from Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties

  Additional Requirements:

• Upon date of hire, licensed pharmacists who have completed a PGY1 residency, PGY2 residency, Pharmacy Fellowship, or demonstrates mastery of the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and abilities expected of one who has completed a PGY1 residency given a minimum of three (3) years clinical pharmacy practice experience.

• Demonstrated knowledge of related federal, state and local regulations and accreditation requirements including The Joint Commission standards and ability to safely handle and/or prepare various pharmaceutical compounds (e.g., chemotherapeutic agents, biologicals).

  Preferred Qualifications:

• Doctor of Pharmacy Degree from a school recognized by the American Council of Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE).

• PGY2 clinical pharmacy specialty residency or fellowship.

COMPANY: KAISER

TITLE: SHR- Clinical Pharmacy Specialist -Ambulatory Care

LOCATION: Honolulu, Hawaii

REQNUMBER: 1274443

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, state and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran, or disability status.