Clinical Quality Pharmacist

About Us

Palmetto Infusion provides comprehensive ambulatory and home-based infusion services to both acute and chronically ill patients. Our centers care for people by providing patients and their families with a convenient, affordable, and safe place to receive infusion treatments. We strive for more than personal service – always delivering a warm and attentive health care experience that boosts patients’ state-of-mind, improve their health, and quality of life.

Palmetto Infusion provides comprehensive ambulatory and home-based infusion services to both acute and chronically ill patients. Our centers care for people by providing patients and their families with a convenient, affordable, and safe place to receive infusion treatments. We strive for more than personal service – always delivering a warm and attentive health care experience that boosts patients’ state-of-mind, improve their health, and quality of life.

At Palmetto Infusion, we believe in creating an experience that goes beyond just a job. It's about being part of something bigger than yourself - a connected group of caretakers who work together to restore health and hope to our patients. We call it The Palmetto Experience, and we believe it's what sets us apart from other employers.

For our employees, The Palmetto Experience means we serve and support people in our purpose to restore health and hope, we build a culture of belonging and collaboration, we deliver on our promise to treat people with respect and empathy, and we strive to embrace change and search for new opportunities.

The Clinical Quality Pharmacist provides the licensed clinical layer that supports the Ambulatory Infusion Center (AIC) Order Entry workflow across all states in which Palmetto Infusion Services operates. They will perform remote medication order processing and prescription review — including order/prescription clarification, receipt and documentation of verbal orders, prospective drug use review, therapeutic interventions, and drug information support. This position will also work with and advance our formal Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) program which monitors, evaluates, and continuously improves the quality, safety, and appropriateness of order processing in accordance with internal policy, the South Carolina Pharmacy Practice Act, and the applicable laws of each state served.

The role collaborates closely with the Pharmacist-in-Charge, AIC clinical staff, and Patient Services to deliver safe, high-quality infusion therapy and to sustain a defensible, inspection-ready standard of pharmacy practice.

Experience/

Education:

• Prior experience in specialty pharmacy, ambulatory infusion, and/or home infusion practice; familiarity with prospective drug use review, verbal order intake, and continuous quality improvement in a pharmacy setting.
• Education:
  
  Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) required.
• Licensure:
  Active state pharmacist license required  be required to obtain and maintain non-resident or reciprocal pharmacist licensure in any additional state of operation, as required by each state's laws and Board of Pharmacy regulations

• Receives, reviews, interprets, and if needed, clarifies medication orders and prescriptions originating from prescribers, and documents all clarifications in accordance with internal policy and applicable state and federal pharmacy law.
• Performs prospective drug use review (DUR) on medication orders prior to administration, using the common electronic file to verify patient information, allergies, therapy appropriateness, dose, route, rate, and duplications.
• Enters and/or transfers medication-order data, receives verbal orders from prescribers, obtains substitution authorizations, and performs therapeutic interventions consistent with the authorized functions of licensed pharmacists.
• Serves as a drug information resource to the AIC clinical staff (nurses and providers), internal Palmetto Infusion staff, and outside referral sources.
• Receives and acts on urgent order clarifications, verbal orders, prospective DUR, and drug information requests during staffed hours.
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