Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner

Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner role at Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority

The incumbent in this position serves as a Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner (CPP) for the Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority. The incumbent is responsible for the provision of comprehensive and age-appropriate patient care and is considered a source of pharmaceutical clinical information for direct patient healthcare and for the professional staff.

• Conduct medical staff authorized treatment of patients, take health history, adjust treatment plans, and monitor patient outcomes.
• Provide ambulatory care services for complex patients; accept referrals for drug therapy consults, develop treatment plans, and manage drug-drug, drug-disease, and drug-food interactions.
• Interview patients to ascertain medical and medication history; evaluate regimens for appropriateness, interactions, duplications, non-compliance, and adverse drug reactions.
• Perform medication reconciliations via chart review and/or patient interview.
• Analyze medication regimens to ensure effective, safe, and economical treatment plans.
• Initiate, monitor, titrate, discontinue, and/or alter medications per CPP agreements; prescriptions may be written by the CPP as appropriate.
• Provide recommendations for therapeutic adjustments when not part of the CPP agreement.
• Order and interpret laboratory tests as approved by medical staff; schedule appropriate follow-up.
• Counsel patients and families on drug use, therapeutic effects, potential adverse effects, precautions, storage of pharmaceuticals, and expected outcomes; verify patient understanding.
• Transmit clinical information to providers, nursing staff, and patients; document clinical activities and verify medication lists in the medical record.
• Serve as therapeutic consultant and drug information resource to medical staff and other Primary Care staff.
• Conduct non-formulary medication research and provide recommendations for approval or denial; identify and intervene with patients who would benefit from pharmacist consultation.
• Utilize population health tools to improve care of assigned patients and collaborate with the healthcare team for drug information and staff education.

• Manage panels of consulted patients; provide health promotion and disease prevention activities related to drug use and preventative therapy.
• Direct and complete clinic- and/or pharmacy-based quality improvement projects; participate in peer review processes.
• Complete CPP meetings as required by the NC Board of Pharmacy; perform other duties as assigned and authorized.
• Provide formal and informal education to medical, pharmacy, and nursing staff; train and mentor learners (APPE students, residents, medical students, etc.); educate community groups about medications and health promotion.

• Graduate of a college of pharmacy accredited by the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education.
• Earned a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy or a Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm
  
  D).
• Specialty Board Certification (BCPS/BCACP), Certified Geriatric Pharmacist, or completed an ASHP-accredited residency with two total years of clinical experience (residency year counts as one year).
• Active unrestricted pharmacist license; eligible for unrestricted licensure in North Carolina. If a Tribal Direct Employee, must be eligible to obtain a North Carolina pharmacist license within 3 months; must be able to apply for a NC CPP license within 12 months. Federal employees may hold licenses from any state but are encouraged to obtain NC licensure to practice at top licensure level.

• Professional knowledge of clinical and basic pharmacy theories, principles, practices, and techniques; ability to apply to direct clinical-pharmaceutical patient services.
• Knowledge of substances' properties, therapeutic actions of drugs, and the principles of related sciences.
• Knowledge of current diagnostic, preventative, guidelines and therapeutic approaches for primary care disease states.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; ability to communicate with patients and health professionals about disease states, treatment…