Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Oncology Pharmacist

Overview

The Clinical Pharmacy Specialist shall support patient care responsibilities for specialty pharmacy patients. The Clinical Pharmacist shall serve as a liaison between the Specialty pharmacy staff and the Assistant Director of Pharmacy. The Clinical Pharmacist shall deliver comprehensive services for patients receiving specialty medications across the spectrum of access, delivery, and innovative clinical care. Be responsible for applying clinical knowledge and expertise of specialty disease state management to provide clinical services including
1) patient assessment,
2) medication review and reconciliation,
3) patient education, and
4) regular follow up with patients utilizing the DCH Outpatient pharmacy for their specialty medication needs.

• Develops individualized patient care plans and performs therapy management baseline and periodic reassessment for every enrolled patient prior to medication dispensation. Initial care plan and reassessment involve adherence monitoring, medication reconciliation, drug interaction assessment, side effect management, comprehensive medication reviews (CMR), and patient counseling and education.
• Supports providers in selecting appropriate specialty medication(s), responding to patient-specific drug information requests, and writing insurance coverage appeal letters for specialty medication(s).
• Ensures optimal effectiveness and safety of medications dispensed and consistently provides accurate, clear, and timely drug information to healthcare teams and patients.
• Provides functional supervision of technical staff working in their area, including completion of job assignments and assuring adherence to institutional policies and procedures.
• Manages time efficiently and oversees daily operations to maintain high productivity of Specialty Pharmacy Services staff.
• Contributes to accreditation maintenance and renewal along with associated quality improvement and assurance of initiatives and metrics.
• Develops and presents educational topics and staff development programs; participates in activities to enhance the pharmacy department’s professional and/or clinical services; develop medication protocols to optimize patient’s drug therapy; and serve as a clinical resource to the healthcare team.
• Assists the Assistant Director of Pharmacy in the development of new policies and procedures, and assures timely review and revision of procedures as the program expands.
• Participates in the Quality Management Committee.
• Maintains a clinical pharmacy rotation for students and residents. Supports and mentors resident research and other scholarly activities.
• Documents patient education, improvements in patient outcomes, and cost containment efforts in the specialty pharmacy management software.
• Provides the Assistant Director of Pharmacy with a quarterly performance improvement reports and graphs that depict patient care activities. Participates in other performance improvement activities, as assigned by the Assistant Director of Pharmacy.
• Maintains workload statistics and other productivity parameters to promote the success of the specialty pharmacy services.
• Assists with performance evaluations and annual competencies as directed by the Assistant Director of Pharmacy.
• Assists with the training of new employees and staff education.
• Has working knowledge of all State and Federal laws and regulations affecting the practice of pharmacy.

• Maintains performance, patient and employee satisfaction and financial standards as outlined in the performance evaluation.
• Performs compliance requirements as outlined in the Employee Handbook
• Must adhere to the DCH Behavioral Standards including creating positive relationships with patients/families, coworkers, colleagues and with self.
• Performs essential job functions in a manner that ensures the safety of patients, visitors and employees.
• Identifies and reduces unsafe practices that may result in harm to patients, visitors and employees.
• Recognizes and takes appropriate action to reduce risks and hazards to promote safety for patients, visitors and employees.
• Requires use of electronic mail, time and attendance software, learning management…