Clinical Staff Pharmacist

About Our Family:

Established in 1978, Alcona Health Center (AHC) is a non-profit, Federally Qualified Health Center dedicated to making a lasting impact in the Northern MI communities we serve, offering medical, behavioral health, dental and pharmacy services. As a member of the AHC family, you will join a team of over 300 coworkers, all devoted to providing quality health care to all residents of our communities, regardless of their ability to pay.

Job : A26-099

Location:

Lincoln and Alpena Pharmacy

Established in 1978, Alcona Health Center (AHC) is a non-profit, Federally Qualified Health Center dedicated to making a lasting impact in the Northern MI communities we serve, offering medical, behavioral health, dental and pharmacy services. As a member of the AHC family, you will join a team of over 300 coworkers, all devoted to providing quality health care to all residents of our communities, regardless of their ability to pay.

This position combines traditional staff pharmacist responsibilities with ambulatory care clinical pharmacy services to support optimal patient outcomes across the organization. Dispenses pharmaceuticals, monitors inventory, and provides collaborative consultation services to medical staff. This role promotes safe, effective, and cost‑efficient medication use by providing medication therapy management, monitoring drug therapies, educating patients and staff, participating in interdisciplinary care teams, and evidence-based decision making.

Through this integrated approach, the Clinical Staff Pharmacist helps improve medication safety, enhance clinical outcomes, optimize value-based care performance, and advance Alcona Health Center's mission of providing high-quality, accessible healthcare to the communities we serve.

• Professional Pharmacy Standards Advocate
  • Assures that the clinic maintains standards of pharmacy practice equal to or above those accepted by professional ethics, and federal/state regulatory agencies.
  • Provides in-service training for pharmacy personnel or other clinic personnel as related to pharmaceutical issues
• Responsible for All Facets of Prescription Dispensing
  • Performs all functions required in the accurate dispensing of pharmaceuticals, such as reviewing prescriptions written by providers for accuracy and legality; detecting therapeutic incompatibilities.
  • Ensures medication reaches the patient in the correct form and dose – this may include tablets, capsules, ointments, injections, inhalers and creams.
  • Utilizes pharmacy technicians/assistants as appropriate, with the pharmacist assuming final responsibility for work performed by the staff.
  • Reviews medical charts per AHC requirements.
  • Maintains all necessary documentation, including pharmacy files, and updates patient records as appropriate.
  • Provides appropriate instructions/education for pharmacy staff.
  • Complies with state and federal drug laws as regulated by the state board of pharmacy, the drug enforcement administration, and the food and drug administration by maintaining records for controlled substances; removing outdated and damaged drugs from the pharmacy inventory; maintaining current registration.
  • Ensures pharmaceuticals are ordered, stored and dispensed.
• Provides Pharmacy Expertise to Medical and other Staff
  • Provides appropriate and timely pharmaceutical consultation services to providers, nurses, patients and customers at the pharmacy.
  • Participates in quality assurance programs and projects supporting the vision and mission of the pharmacy and clinic.
  • Assists with training and orientation of new pharmacy employees or students.
• Provides Clinical Pharmacist Services and Medication Management Services
  • Conducts comprehensive medication reviews and medication reconciliation to identify, resolve, and prevent medication-related problems, including therapeutic duplications, drug interactions, adverse drug events, contraindications, and adherence barriers.
  • Assess each patient’s medication regimen for appropriateness, effectiveness, safety, and ability to be taken as intended, and develops patient-centered medication care plans in collaboration with providers and the care…