Medication Access and Coordination Hub Clinical Pharmacist, Rotating

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The MA+CH Pharmacist serves as a clinical expert supporting the Medication Access + Coordination Hub (MA+CH), a centralized team that streamlines ambulatory infusion referrals. This role partners with providers, MA+CH pharmacy technicians, and financial clearance teams to ensure infusion therapy plans are clinically sound, complete, and aligned with payer requirements to support timely patient access.

The Clinical Pharmacist reflects the mission, vision, and values of NM, adheres to the organization’s Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards.

The Clinical Pharmacist is responsible for identifying, preventing, and/or resolving medication‑related problems; for providing authoritative information to other health‑care professionals, patients, and the public; and for assuring that the informational, clinical, and drug distribution components of pharmacy services function as an integrated system to provide patient‑centered care to the patients and staff of Northwestern Medicine.

The mission of the Department of Pharmacy is to deliver the safest, highest‑quality, most effective and efficient patient care while developing the best people, advancing research, and integrating pharmacy services to successfully coordinate care across the Northwestern Medicine enterprise.

The vision of the Department of Pharmacy is to be recognized as a national leader in advancing the pharmacy enterprise through excellence, innovation, education and research.

• Review infusion therapy plans for clinical appropriateness, completeness, and accuracy prior to precertification
• Identify and resolve therapy plan gaps that may delay authorization or pose clinical risk
• Communicate clinical recommendations to providers and interdisciplinary teams
• Serve as the clinical resource for financial clearance staff on pharmacist‑level questions (e.g., lines of therapy, staging, diagnosis specificity, supporting clinical documentation)
• Collaborate with MA+CH Technicians to interpret payer criteria and support drug selection and site‑of‑care decisions
• Support denials management, step‑therapy requirements and timely progression to treatment
• Contribute to MA+CH program goals, including reducing time to treatment, referral leakage, and provider message volume
• Interpret medication orders to ensure safety and proper use of medications and is alert to compatibilities, incompatibilities, medication duplication, medication allergies, and potential medication administration errors. Coordinate the solving of medication‑related problems between pharmacy, nursing, and prescribers, demonstrating initiative and sound judgment.
• Monitor medication therapy for significant drug‑drug, drug‑diet, or drug‑laboratory test interactions. Intervene in circumstances of significant interactions, therapeutic duplications, and other occasions where pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetic expertise is warranted.
• Evaluate and document that the medication(s) selected are appropriate for achieving the desired therapeutic outcome. Communicate potential problems and likely solutions to the prescriber.
• Act as a consultant in the areas of pharmacokinetics and adverse reactions to physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals. Participate in all therapeutic drug monitoring or intervention programs; adjusting therapy as indicated by patient condition and laboratory results.
• Process all medication order information into the Electronic Health Record to…