Job Summary: 

• Provide direct patient care to patients requiring pain management through the use of their independent scope of practice
• Allows for initiation, adjustment and discontinuation of pain medication therapy
• Provide consultation to providers, nurses and other health professionals on pain management issues in support of national, VISN, and local medication use policies and performance measures
• Work collaboratively with the PMOP (Pain Management, Opioid Safety and Prescription Drug Monitoring) Program Manager to successfully meet national, VISN, and local pain-related performance measures
• Actively participate in national, VISN, and local committees and work groups
• Work on quality assurance and process improvement projects
• Adjudicate prior authorization drug requests (PADR) for non-formulary/restricted pain medications
• Serve as a preceptor for the PGY-1 and PGY-2 residency programs and pharmacy students on APPE rotations.
• Following up on missing doses and assisting nurses, providers, and patients 
• Maintains faculty appointment with colleges of pharmacy having teaching affiliations with the SJMO Department of Pharmacy
• Participates in educational activities including, but not limited to, patient education, provider and staff presentations, newsletters and evidence-based literate reviews

Skills on Resume: 

• Clinical Pain Management (Hard Skills)
• Consultation and Collaboration (Soft Skills)
• Regulatory Compliance (Hard Skills)
• Quality Assurance and Improvement (Hard Skills)
• Prior Authorization Adjudication (Hard Skills)
• Educational Leadership (Soft Skills)
• Faculty Engagement (Soft Skills)
• Patient and Staff Education (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Prescribing (initiating, adjusting, discontinuing drug therapy) by the granted scope of practice.
• Anticoagulation, pharmacokinetic dosing of antimicrobials and other medications requiring renal/hepatic dose adjustments, conversions between dosage forms (IV to PO, tablets/capsules to solutions, etc.), and substance use disorder treatment (naloxone, smoking cessation products, etc.).
• Screen, verify medication orders, and make drug therapy recommendations
• Monitor and assess medication effects and document clinical activities
• Adverse drug reaction reporting, renal and hepatic screening, medication reconciliation, and Code Blue management.
• Providing education to physicians and nursing staff
• Providing education to patients and caregivers about medications and side effect management
• providing training to pharmacy trainees (PGY2 and PGY1 pharmacy residents and pharmacy students).
• Distributive Activities, checking inpatient and outpatient medication orders filled by pharmacy technicians
• Oversee the technicians to ensure distributive duties are met promptly
• Resolves flagged orders by the end of the shift or provides hand-off for follow-up and resolution

Skills on Resume: 

• Clinical Medication Management (Hard Skills)
• Pharmacokinetics and Dose Adjustments (Hard Skills)
• Medication Order Review and Recommendations (Hard Skills)
• Patient Monitoring and Documentation (Hard Skills)
• Educational Outreach (Soft Skills)
• Training and Development (Soft Skills)
• Medication Reconciliation and Code Blue Management (Hard Skills)
• Distributive Oversight and Resolution (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Responsible for patient care activities in the use of medications that a scope of practice is maintained, including detection and resolution of therapeutic problems, assessment of medication compliance and drug-drug, drug-disease, and drug-food interactions.
• Responsible for independently overseeing and managing all department requests for nonformulary and restricted drugs for appropriateness utilizing clinical expertise and compliance with established criteria on time (less than 96 hours).
• Documents accepted clinical interventions and recommendations in CPRS utilizing the Pharm.D. tool in a timely and professional manner.
• Responsible for coordinating medication monitoring and follow-up for hospital discharge patients.
• Review medication orders and patient profiles for allergies, clinical
• effectiveness, drug selection, dosing, contraindications, side effects, potential drug interactions, and therapeutic outcomes 
• Communicates with prescribers and provides appropriate alternatives to current therapy
• Accurately processes and fills medication orders before release utilizing appropriate techniques, calculations, labeling and dispensing processes and/or supervises technicians performing this task.
• Responsible for checking prepared medications to ensure accuracy with physician orders and pharmacy standards before dispensing
• Responsible for timely review, and delivery of routine and emergency requests.
• Responsible for checking code trays before distribution

Skills on Resume: 

• Clinical Medication Management (Hard Skills)
• Pharmacotherapy Expertise (Hard Skills)
• Documentation and Record-Keeping (Hard Skills)
• Medication Monitoring and Coordination (Hard Skills)
• Medication Order Review (Hard Skills)
• Communication and Collaboration (Soft Skills)
• Accurate Dispensing and Processing (Hard Skills)
• Emergency and Routine Response (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Processes the appropriate patient information with each prescription, including drug information, and Risk Evaluation and Mitigation documentation.
• Documents information into CPRS.
• Assures proper storage of all pharmacy products.
• Ability and authorization to participate in emergency transport/transfer of medication by station vehicle
• Serves as charge pharmacist and/or acting pharmacy supervisor,  by pharmacy management.
• Attends and actively participates in meetings and activities.
• Reports immediately to the supervisor or other authorities of any suspicious or unusual occurrences related to patients, staff, self, or VA property.
• Observed interpersonal behavior between employees, policy, and procedure deviation, ethical, legal, or other violations. 
• All reports must be reduced in writing to the pharmacy management team, or appropriate authority within 24 hours of each event.
• Accountable for maintaining the confidentiality and security of all hospital-related, medical staff, employee and patient-related data and information.
• Responsible to report all breaches and violations immediately to pharmacy management in writing
• Responsible for the timely completion and compliance of all required logs, inspections, quality controls, and records for the department

Skills on Resume: 

• Patient Information Management (Hard Skills)
• Documentation Skills (Hard Skills)
• Pharmacy Product Storage (Hard Skills)
• Emergency Response (Hard Skills)
• Leadership and Supervision (Soft Skills)
• Communication and Reporting (Soft Skills)
• Confidentiality and Data Security (Hard Skills)
• Regulatory Compliance (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Assisting providers with medication reconciliation
• Selecting and resolving drug interactions
• Assisting with symptom management, drug, and disease state monitoring
• Providing medication education/counseling to patients and caregivers
• Serving as a drug information resource and ensuring medication access
• Reviewing and assisting with outpatient chemotherapy and supportive care orders
• Serve as a liaison between providers, nurses, and infusion pharmacists to optimize transitions of care and medication optimization
• Assist with the exception order process to ensure timely and cost-effective treatment
• Provide medication management including daily chart review and medication education for patients treated with regimens that require REMS and/or complex supportive care measures
• Provide antineoplastic/chemotherapy counseling for patients starting new IV/PO treatments
• Provide education to pharmacy and nursing staff through continuing education and in-services
• Assist in the creation and validation of lymphoma Beacon protocols

Skills on Resume: 

• Medication Reconciliation Expertise (Hard Skills)
• Drug Interaction Management (Hard Skills)
• Symptom and Disease State Monitoring (Hard Skills)
• Patient and Caregiver Education (Soft Skills)
• Drug Information Resource (Hard Skills)
• Chemotherapy and Supportive Care Orders Review (Hard Skills)
• Care Transition Optimization (Soft Skills)
• Medication Management and REMS Compliance (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Providing clinical pharmacy consultation to the DFCI regional network partners including the development and maintenance of educational materials, review of clinical guidelines, treatment order sets, staff orientation/training material and providing clinical consultation.
• Coordinating medication safety and pharmacy operations pharmacy support with the appropriate pharmacy team member.
• Serve as liaison to the Business Initiatives & Alliances (BIA) team and work towards the integration of new relationships and existing relationships with external providers in the pharmacy discipline
• Participation in pharmacy-specific committees with Joint Operating Agreements & Joint Venture partners
• Development and maintenance of a monthly pharmacy Collaborative call (to align with monthly nursing call)
• Oversee implementation and adherence to pharmacy standards/requirements for new relationships
• Oversee any on-site observerships/visits for pharmacists from external relationship sites
• Provide clinical pharmacy services to a solid tumor oncology team including
• Collaborate in the development and review of clinical guidelines
• Provide pharmacy services for clinical pathways and side-effect profiles
• Present new agents and/or guidelines to the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committees

Skills on Resume: 

• Clinical Pharmacy Consultation (Hard Skills)
• Medication Safety and Pharmacy Operations (Hard Skills)
• Liaison Skills (Soft Skills)
• Committee Participation (Soft Skills)
• Pharmacy Collaborative Calls (Soft Skills)
• Pharmacy Standards Implementation (Hard Skills)
• Observerships and Visits (Hard Skills)
• Clinical Oncology Pharmacy Services (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Managing all clinical pharmacy services within the assigned practice area(s).
• Obtaining comprehensive health history including but not limited to medication therapy, medical history, laboratory, and diagnostic study results, and limited physical assessment.
• Identifying patient-specific medication issues including, but not limited to, drug interactions, adverse effects, efficacy, appropriateness, medication safety concerns and adherence problems.
• Developing customized therapeutic plans utilizing effective, safe, and economical medication treatments that incorporate Veteran's preferences and adherence.
• Providing comprehensive medication and disease state management services
• Prescribe medications and treatments by their individualized scope of practice and in collaboration with healthcare professionals responsible for the Veterans' care.
• Educating the Veteran and caregivers on disease state management and proper use of prescribed medications.
• Evaluates patient's ability to understand medication instructions and provide oral and written counseling on their drug therapy.
• Ordering, reviewing, and/or analyzing appropriate laboratory tests and other diagnostic studies necessary to monitor and support the Veteran's drug therapy as a member of the treatment team.
• Participates in quality assurance, process improvement activities, and performance monitors.
• Provides expertise to leadership for pharmacy issues including patient safety, drug shortages, and adverse drug events.

Skills on Resume: 

• Clinical Pharmacy Management (Hard Skills)
• Comprehensive Health Assessments (Hard Skills)
• Medication Therapy Evaluation (Hard Skills)
• Customized Therapeutic Planning (Hard Skills)
• Disease State Management (Hard Skills)
• Patient Education and Counseling (Soft Skills)
• Laboratory and Diagnostic Analysis (Hard Skills)
• Quality Assurance and Process Improvement (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Daily review of patients on service (participation in daily patient care rounds with multidisciplinary team as applicable).
• Discussion of medication order clarification with prescribers, documentation of changes in patient and pharmacy records, and communication of changes.
• Monitoring of drug therapy to evaluate appropriateness of use, dose, dosage form, regimen, route, therapeutic duplication, and drug interactions
• Maintaining and updating patient profiles with demographics, diagnosis, allergies, and current medication.
• Engage in special client projects, specifically on medication content, which may include liaising with Think Research's consultants, experts, and internal teams to develop evidence-based clinical content
• Provide expert recommendations on how to build current clinical pharmacy best practices into the Clinical R&D team processes
• Participate in and share collaborative leadership on quality improvement and strategic initiatives within the Clinical R&D team and across the company
• Engage in innovative clinical product development and testing
• Provide recommendations and engage content authors on the medication choices and strategies incorporated into the content
• Apply best practices and principles of evidence-based pharmacotherapy to current and future clinical product lines
• Act as a preceptor to pharmacy students doing placements on the Clinical R&D team

Skills on Resume: 

• Clinical Medication Management (Hard Skills)
• Patient Profile Management (Hard Skills)
• Pharmacy Documentation and Communication (Hard Skills)
• Clinical Content Development (Hard Skills)
• Evidence-Based Pharmacotherapy (Hard Skills)
• Leadership and Quality Improvement (Soft Skills)
• Innovative Product Development (Hard Skills)
• Preceptorship and Mentorship (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Providing direct patient care to patients requiring mental health management through the use of their independent scope of practice
• Allows for initiation, adjustment, and discontinuation of mental health medication therapy
• Providing consultation to psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, and other health professionals on mental health management issues in support of national, VISN, and local medication use policies and performance measures
• Works collaboratively with the other Mental Health CPSs to lead mental health management projects
• Works collaboratively to successfully meet national, VISN, and local mental health-related performance measures
• Actively participates on the VAPAHCS Clozapine Treatment Team and participates on national, VISN, and local committees and work groups
• Works on quality assurance and process improvement projects
• Adjudicates prior authorization drug requests (PADR) for non-formulary/restricted mental health medications
• Serves as a preceptor for the PGY-1 and PGY-2 residency programs and pharmacy students on APPE rotations.
• Facilitate the review of high-alert medications in alignment with best practices, established team standards
• Respond to drug information questions related to clinical content being developed
• Participates as a clerkship preceptor of pharmacy students from those academic programs and of SJMO pharmacy residents.

Skills on Resume: 

• Mental Health Medication Management (Hard Skills)
• Consultation and Collaboration (Soft Skills)
• Project Leadership (Soft Skills)
• Performance Measures (Hard Skills)
• Quality Assurance and Improvement (Hard Skills)
• Adjudication of Medication Requests (Hard Skills)
• Preceptorship and Education (Soft Skills)
• Drug Information and Content Development (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Participating in inpatient rounds with the internal medicine teaching team.
• Serving as an authoritative information source on drugs and their utilization in therapy.
• Evaluating the drug literature by analysis of experimental design and evaluation, to compare and contrast therapeutic regimens and roles for new drugs as it applies to patient care.
• Interfacing with physicians and treatment teams in the design of dosage regimens from current pharmacokinetics principles and specific patient parameters
• Effectively communicating recommendations to the patient's provider and documenting activity in the patient's medical record.
• Utilizing a scope of practice to design and implement a therapeutic regimen or plan based on patient-specific information that includes a therapeutic endpoint
• Select an appropriate drug and dosage regimen, and provide alternative regimens in cases where the initially developed regimen fails to achieve the desired therapeutic result.
• Providing consultation on the selection of appropriate dosage regimens as a follow-up when non-therapeutic drug levels are obtained for inpatient medical/surgical patients.
• Initiating requests for appropriate laboratory and other diagnostic studies for monitoring drug therapy, with notification of the primary provider.
• Performing medication reconciliation and summarizing significant findings which are documented in the medical record and reported to the primary provider.
• Identifying any drug-induced problem that may be affecting the patient or contributing to the need for hospitalization, including adverse effects, allergic reactions, toxicities, improper dosage regimen design, noncompliance, etc.

Skills on Resume: 

• Pharmacotherapy Expertise (Hard Skills)
• Critical Evaluation of Drug Literature (Hard Skills)
• Clinical Communication (Soft Skills)
• Therapeutic Regimen Design (Hard Skills)
• Drug Selection and Dosage Adjustment (Hard Skills)
• Consultation and Follow-Up (Soft Skills)
• Laboratory and Diagnostic Monitoring (Hard Skills)
• Medication Reconciliation and Problem Identification (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Provide service or care appropriate to the age of the geriatric participants enrolled in the program.
• Establish effective working relationships with ElderPlace teams and staff for the provision of high-quality pharmaceutical care to frail elders
• Identify and implement drug therapy management opportunities for participants with high-risk or high-cost drug regimens.
• Non-steroid anti-inflammatory (NSAID) drugs.
• Provide drug therapy counseling for participants and/or caregivers with multiple or complicated disease states.
• Pharmacokinetic drug dosing and monitoring.
• Assist with participant medication histories and consults on prescribing at initial enrollment and care plan revision.
• Act as a drug information resource for health care providers, participants and caregivers.
• Provide provider and staff education on drug therapy issues
• Precepting pharmacy students and residents.
• Assist primary care providers in lowering their drug cost experience and maximizing drug therapy outcomes
• Participating in formulary management through participation in the non-formulary drug consult service.

Skills on Resume: 

• Geriatric Pharmaceutical Care (Hard Skills)
• Collaboration with Healthcare Teams (Soft Skills)
• Drug Therapy Management (Hard Skills)
• NSAID Management (Hard Skills)
• Drug Therapy Counseling (Hard Skills)
• Pharmacokinetics (Hard Skills)
• Medication History and Consultation (Hard Skills)
• Education and Precepting (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Serves as the primary Pharmacy Department liaison for issues related to Infectious Diseases including committee involvement
• Collaborate with other Pharmacy Department staff on these issues.
• Partners with the Chair(s) of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program to develop annual priorities and metrics with accountability to those metrics shared by the dyad.
• Coordinates the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (ASP).
• Collaborates regularly with Antimicrobial Stewardship Program leads for other Trinity Health sites within the region, state, and system"
• Provides pharmaceutical care to patients with Infectious Diseases and in other assigned areas
• Assumes responsibility for facilitating the entire medication use process (prescribing, dispensing, administering, and monitoring) for patients with Infectious Diseases
• Participates in multidisciplinary rounds and monitors anti-infective use in target patient populations.
• Provides mentorship to other pharmacists in the areas of Clinical Pharmacy and Infectious Diseases.
• Prepares and presents formulary reviews for anti-infective agents.
• Identifies, implements, and monitors quality and financial indicators in the management of Infectious Diseases.

Skills on Resume: 

• Pharmacy Liaison Expertise (Soft Skills)
• Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Coordination (Hard Skills)
• Collaboration Skills (Soft Skills)
• Pharmaceutical Care for Infectious Diseases (Hard Skills)
• Clinical Rounds Participation (Hard Skills)
• Mentorship and Leadership (Soft Skills)
• Formulary Review and Presentation (Hard Skills)
• Quality and Financial Indicator Management (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Maintains files of contemporary literature on medication use related to Infectious Diseases and serves as a clinical resource to the pharmacy professional staff.
• Serves as clinical pharmacy liaison with Infectious Diseases physicians
• Periodically provides clinical pharmacy support on Infectious Diseases rounds.
• Collaborates with the medical and nursing staff to identify patients who require intensive pharmacy intervention (e.g., medication histories, drug therapy recommendations, patient education)
• Facilitates the communication of pharmaceutical care plans to other pharmacists.
• Collaborates in the development, implementation, and ongoing assessment of treatment guidelines related to the management of Infectious Diseases.
• Develops and implements medication use evaluation programs for anti-infective agents
• Presents results and recommendations to appropriate committees.
• Participates in scholarly and professional activities related to areas of Infectious Diseases, including involvement in local, state, and national pharmacy associations or committees
• Participates in related clinical and pharmacoeconomic research projects
• Presents at local, state, and national meetings and authors articles in appropriate journals.

Skills on Resume: 

• Clinical Pharmacy Expertise in Infectious Diseases (Hard Skills)
• Interdisciplinary Collaboration (Soft Skills)
• Pharmaceutical Care Plan Communication (Soft Skills)
• Medication Use Evaluation and Program Development (Hard Skills)
• Presentation and Reporting Skills (Hard Skills)
• Scholarly and Professional Involvement (Soft Skills)
• Clinical and Pharmacoeconomic Research (Hard Skills)
• Educational and Training Abilities (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Directly support the Clinical R&D team in their development of knowledge-based content
• Pharmacological best practices and relevant accreditation standards
• Relevant leading clinical knowledge sources e.g. CCS guidelines
• Medication safety standards e.g. ISMP, CPSI, Choosing Wisely
• Research pharmacy-specific queries to ensure clear, safe language is used in all clinical products generated
• Perform safety checks on all content containing medication information, and provide high-value recommendations on medication safety
• Providing verbal and written medication information to patients or families on request and appropriate discharge counseling
• Participates in the coordination and development of research programs, especially those related to Infectious Diseases.
• Serves as the primary drug information resource for Infectious Diseases questions and areas of practice.
• Investigate adverse drug events/medication incidents reported in areas of practice and provide follow-up.
• Publishes guidelines and maintains references on the Antimicrobial Stewardship Intranet site.

Skills on Resume: 

• Clinical Content Development (Hard Skills)
• Pharmacological Best Practices (Hard Skills)
• Knowledge of Clinical Guidelines (Hard Skills)
• Medication Safety Standards (Hard Skills)
• Research and Communication (Hard Skills)
• Safety Check and Recommendations (Hard Skills)
• Patient and Family Education (Soft Skills)
• Adverse Drug Event Investigation (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Work autonomously and collaboratively providing direct patient care, using the approved scope of practice, in an ambulatory care setting.
• Perform basic physical assessments to obtain objective information needed to assess the safety and efficacy of the Veteran's medications along with their disease state.
• Order laboratory testing based on clinical assessment and recommended medication therapy safety and efficacy monitoring parameters.
• Design, implement, modify, and document patient-specific pharmaceutical care plans based on information obtained.
• Initiate, modify, and discontinue medications as appropriate to achieve patient-specific therapeutic outcomes.
• Communicate the pharmaceutical care plan to the Veteran, their family and/or caregiver.
• Communicate significant findings with other healthcare providers to ensure continuity of care.
• Perform an in-depth, patient-specific medication reconciliation to maximize safe and effective treatment, reduce polypharmacy, and improve patient outcomes.
• Educate Veterans on changes made to their medications and provide Veterans with an updated medication list.
• Participate in the Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) reporting program and report medication errors to promote Veteran safety.
• Provide timely and in-depth reviews of non-formulary drug requests.
• Work with providers and pharmacy staff to enhance and maintain adherence to the formulary.
• Communicate, adjudicate, and complete formulary changes, drug safety alerts, drug shortages, and drug conversion plans made by the VHA Pharmacy Benefits Management, Pharmacy Nutrition, Therapeutics Committee, Pharmacy Clinical Service Line, and the VAPS Formulary manager.

Skills on Resume: 

• Patient Assessment and Care Planning (Hard Skills)
• Medication Management (Hard Skills)
• Communication Skills (Soft Skills)
• Patient Education (Soft Skills)
• Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) Reporting (Hard Skills)
• Formulary Management (Hard Skills)
• Interdisciplinary Collaboration (Soft Skills)
• Clinical Documentation (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Provide dosing recommendations including pharmacokinetic dosing based on age, renal or hepatic dosing, usual recommended starting doses, titrations, and maximum dosing and equianalgesic narcotic dosing.
• Work collaboratively with all VA staff to optimize patient-specific therapeutic outcomes.
• Work directly with patients, families, and caregivers to provide the education necessary to achieve the desired outcomes.
• Conduct comprehensive medication reviews, counseling, and education for Veterans and their family members.
• Verify the Veteran and their family members or caregivers understand medication-related information provided during clinical encounters by utilizing open-ended questions.
• Specifically, the incumbent will ensure that the Veteran understands the indication for use, proper administration, expected outcomes, and how to properly request medication refills and/or renewals.
• Provide drug information to health professionals and pharmacy staff regarding changes in practice, formulary management, and new therapy modalities within their area of practice.
• Act as a clinical preceptor and mentor for VA Puget Sound PGY1 and PGY2 pharmacy residents and Doctor of Pharmacy students.
• Coach and mentor other clinical pharmacists.
• Promote membership and participation in professional pharmacy organizations.
• Contribute to the profession through publications and/or presentations at professional meetings.
• Promote Pharmacy Clinical Service's philosophy of multidisciplinary teamwork and customer service.

Skills on Resume: 

• Pharmacokinetic Dosing Expertise (Hard Skills)
• Collaborative Teamwork (Soft Skills)
• Patient Education and Counseling (Soft Skills)
• Effective Communication (Soft Skills)
• Drug Information Provision (Hard Skills)
• Clinical Preceptorship and Mentoring (Soft Skills)
• Professional Development (Soft Skills)
• Philosophy of Multidisciplinary Teamwork (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Encourage pharmacy activities that support the Pharmacy's mission.
• Collaborate with pharmacy supervisors, leadership, and staff to develop processes for more efficient prescription processing and formulary management within pharmacy services and specialty areas of practice.
• Attend, participate, and contribute as an active member of various Health Care System committees, pharmaceutical care teams, work groups, task forces, and primary or specialty team meetings.
• Participate in various continuous quality improvement and assurance (CQI) initiatives including medication use evaluation (MUE) and the collection and analysis of clinical outcomes data.
• Assist medical staff in developing, conducting, and presenting the results of medication use evaluations and outcomes data.
• Foster and assist with the development and implementation of pharmacy-based, Veteran-centric research studies.
• Participate as a preceptor for pharmacy resident projects.
• Provide investigational drug information to medical, nursing, and other professional staff and investigational drug counseling to Veteran patients
• Participates in the identification, development, and implementation of continuous quality improvement programs related to Infectious Diseases.
• Collaborates with those involved in investigational drugs/research protocols related to anti-infectives.
• Manage communications for members, clients, prescribers, pharmacies, and internal stakeholders regarding programs and services.

Skills on Resume: 

• Pharmacy Operations Management (Hard Skills)
• Collaborative Teamwork (Soft Skills)
• Committees and Team Participation (Soft Skills)
• Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) (Hard Skills)
• Research and Data Analysis (Hard Skills)
• Pharmacy-Based Research (Hard Skills)
• Preceptorship and Education (Soft Skills)
• Investigational Drug Information (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Develops and implements initiatives across all lines of business to support quality and cost-effective initiatives and programs
• Provide trend insights and identify areas for improvement and management of individual medications and/or medication classes
• Interface with and collaborate with internal departments on opportunity or clinical program development
• Skilled in dashboard development and maintenance that supports ongoing assessment and communicates the value of programs and services within the pharmacy division.
• Effectively communicate verbally and/or in writing regular communication of clinical pharmacy functions to multidisciplinary team members and other health care professionals including physicians, pharmacists, nurses and others who may be participating in a patient's care.
• Participates in educational activities and programs for health plan professional staff using effective and appropriate teaching methods.
• Performs drug utilization management functions and initiatives including medical drug policy generation, review, and application including prior authorization, general DUR, and population and group-level initiatives and educational programs 
• Improve safety and quality in the provision of drug therapy.
• Serves as a resource person to physicians and nurses requesting clinical pharmacy services support.
• Participates in meetings of the MTM team, pharmacy department, QMM department, PHP all-staff, and other groups and committees
• Coordinates ongoing quality assurance evaluations of clinical pharmacy services activities and implements necessary action as appropriate.
• Skilled in Microsoft applications and SQL, with the ability to analyze and manipulate complex datasets and make recommendations

Skills on Resume: 

• Quality Improvement and Cost Management (Hard Skills)
• Data Analysis and Dashboard Development (Hard Skills)
• Clinical Program Development (Hard Skills)
• Effective Communication (Soft Skills)
• Educational Program Delivery (Soft Skills)
• Drug Utilization Management (Hard Skills)
• Safety and Quality Improvement (Hard Skills)
• Cross-functional Collaboration (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Actively managing medication therapy, completing medication reviews, collaborating with providers to optimize medication therapy, improve adherence, promote wellness, prevent disease and complications from disease, and improve outcomes.
• Documenting all activities and interventions accurately and appropriately in patient medical records and communicating with other healthcare providers regarding the patient’s care.
• Collaborating with providers, patients, and caregivers to provide coordinated, comprehensive, high-quality care to patients, including but not limited to disease state management, preventive care, and transition care management.
• Providing patient education, promoting self-management skills, and encouraging patient engagement in their care.
• Involved in the maintenance and expansion of a pediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship Program at DCMCCT, and will provide support to other Seton facilities caring for children.
• Develops and maintains a collaborative relationship with the pediatric infectious diseases physicians, microbiology department, and infection prevention at DCMCCT.
• Leads and/or supports the DCMC Pediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) Subcommittee, the Austin Texas Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee (ATASC) and the Ascension Health Antimicrobial Stewardship (AHAS) Pediatric AMS Committee.
• Develops and monitors metrics for AMS program performance including antimicrobial utilization and participates in and maintains restricted antimicrobial approval
• Works collaboratively with other clinicians to implement and maintain innovative disease management programs and clinical pharmacy services to optimize patient outcomes.
• Executes such improvements via direct patient care, active committee participation and education of pharmacy staff.
• Applies principles of Pharmaceutical Care to practice including assurance of the correct drug, dose, and route of administration
• Recognition of unaddressed patient needs, recognition and resolution of pharmacotherapeutic problems.

Skills on Resume: 

• Medication Therapy Management (Hard Skills)
• Interdisciplinary Collaboration (Soft Skills)
• Patient Education and Engagement (Soft Skills)
• Antimicrobial Stewardship (Hard Skills)
• Documentation and Communication (Hard Skills)
• Disease Management and Preventive Care (Hard Skills)
• Pharmaceutical Care Principles (Hard Skills)
• Committee Leadership and Participation (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Participates in the professional development and competency of all pharmacist staff including maintenance and progressive development of a clinical pharmacokinetics service at DCMCCT concerning antimicrobials.
• Provides drug information and training to all healthcare personnel, including physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians.
• Executes safe and appropriate pharmaceutical care for patients by developing and utilizing evidence-based and best-practice protocols.
• Develops and implements policies and procedures as it relates to specialty
• Promotes and supports safe medication management.
• Supports the residency programs and serves as a preceptor for the pharmacy residents (PGY1 and PGY2), pediatric medical residents (PGY2 and PGY3), and PharmD students.
• Conducting scholarly and research activities and interdisciplinary teaching
• Performs antimicrobial pharmacokinetics consults and serves as an expert resource for pharmacy staff for pharmacokinetic assessments
• Documents all clinical interventions and other information by law and departmental policies and procedures.
• Provides drug information and education to medical staff and patients.
• Documents interventions and their outcomes for use in drug therapy quality improvement efforts.
• Attends meetings related to area of specialty.

Skills on Resume: 

• Clinical Pharmacokinetics Expertise (Hard Skills)
• Pharmacotherapy Knowledge (Hard Skills)
• Training and Education (Soft Skills)
• Policy and Procedure Development (Hard Skills)
• Research and Scholarly Activities (Hard Skills)
• Documentation and Quality Improvement (Hard Skills)
• Interdisciplinary Collaboration (Soft Skills)
• Patient-Centered Care (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Optimizes drug therapy for patients through the design, implementation, monitoring, and modification of individualized medications, order sets, and processes in collaboration with the multidisciplinary healthcare team.
• Collects and assesses comprehensive patient information (e.g., medication history, medical condition, and other information necessary for the delivery of medications and pharmaceutical care.
• Reviews medication therapy for patients in Women and Infant’s Cente
• Provide clinical and dispensing coverage for additional patient populations based on need and workload.
• Establishes therapeutic goals in collaboration with the patient, caregivers, and the multidisciplinary healthcare team.
• Designs, modifies, and coordinates the development of standardized order sets and protocols related to Women and Infant care along with other members of the interdisciplinary team.
• Assesses outcomes (e.g., effectiveness, toxicities) and other treatment-related issues (e.g., adherence, financial impact) relative to patients in the Women and Infant Center.
• Identifies and prevents/responds to potential treatment or disease-related problems that may arise during treatment.
• Establishes short-term post-therapy goals (e.g., vaccinations, infection prevention) and develops management strategies in collaboration with the patient and caregiver(s), and the multidisciplinary healthcare team.
• Maintains knowledge of research and literature in NICU/ pediatrics and women’s health, and evaluates and utilizes research findings.
• Promotes the incorporation of research findings into general pharmacy practice.
• Utilizes research in the development, implementation and evaluation of standards of care and practice.

Skills on Resume: 

• Individualized Medication Management (Hard Skills)
• Comprehensive Patient Assessment (Hard Skills)
• Clinical and Dispensing Coverage (Hard Skills)
• Therapeutic Goal Setting (Soft Skills)
• Order Set and Protocol Development (Hard Skills)
• Outcome Assessment and Problem Resolution (Hard Skills)
• Research Utilization and Integration (Hard Skills)
• Standards of Care Development (Hard Skills)