Lead Ambulatory Care Clinical

The position of Lead Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacist assumes the same role and responsibilities of the clinical pharmacist with greater emphasis on providing leadership and clinical pharmacist services in ambulatory care settings. This individual will lead and supervise workflow daily, regularly attend designated committee meetings, collaborate with the pharmacy leadership on clinical initiatives, policies, and protocols, and serve as a liaison between pharmacy leadership and clinical pharmacists.

The Lead Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacist will assist with operationalizing and implementation of clinical policies, as well as assisting with quality improvement and medication safety processes and initiatives.

The Lead Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacist is expected to work collaboratively with pharmacy personnel, as well as all other medical personnel to ensure that the department is delivering high quality pharmaceutical services to hospital patients in a fiscally responsible manner. The Lead Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacist position will split between staffing days and on campus project days.

Pharm D from an accredited college or university or BS in Pharmacy from an accredited pharmacy school, with completion of ASHP accredited residency program. If residency is not completed, must have a minimum of three to five years of hospital pharmacy experience.

Current Maryland State Pharmacist License, eligibility

Current driver's license and car insurance

• Clinical Pharmacy Residency preferred, ideally with a concentration in Ambulatory Care
• Ambulatory Care Specialty Residency, BCPS or other specialty certification preferred
• If residency is not completed, must have a minimum of three to five years of hospital pharmacy experience in specialty area

• Thorough knowledge of current theory and practice of proper pharmacy services.
• Ability to access and recommend therapeutic regimens for complex and chronically ill ambulatory care patients.
• Demonstrated ability to achieve desired therapeutic outcomes while taking into account safety, quality, cost and evidence-based practices.
• Ability to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary clinicians and care teams to provide safe and effective care.
• Strong communication skills in order to effectively counsel patients, provide drug information and answer questions.
• Knowledge of clinical pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, adverse drug reactions and drug interactions and ability to interpret clinical laboratory data.
• Skill in preparing intravenous admixture solutions such as parenteral nutrition formulations and chemotherapeutic agents.
• Skill in data analysis and interpretation.
• Understanding of potential ambulatory care clinical pharmacy issues related to operations, billing systems and other non-clinical topics.
• Skill in proactively identifying and anticipating issues; ability to elevate issues when necessary.
• Ability to organize and prioritize the day to day activities to be most efficient when assigned to specific patient care units.
• Skill in problem assessment and resolution.
• Ability to coordinate the work of others when tasked.
• Knowledge of personnel practices such as monitoring attendance, evaluating & improving performance, and handling employee complaints.
• Skill in managing teams and mentoring pharmacists, students and residents.
• Skill in oral and written communication.
• Good critical thinking skills.

Direct patient care responsibilities, including, but not limited to the following:

• Leads the provision of safe, efficient, equitable, and patient-centered ambulatory clinical pharmacy services.
• Assesses, recommends and makes modifications to therapeutic regimens for complex and chronically ill ambulatory care patients so as to achieve desired therapeutic outcomes, taking into account safety, quality, cost, and evidence-based practices.
• Collaborates with multidisciplinary clinicians and care teams to provide safe and effective care.
• Evaluates appropriate laboratory tests and utilizes physical assessment skills in support of medication therapy.
• Provide drug information to patients and health care team members
• Demonstrates knowledge and communication skills to effectively counsel patients and answer questions.
• Provides and documents clinical consults and encounters appropriately, and in a manner, that supports the measurement of pharmacist outcomes.
• Provides medication education in the ambulatory care setting as requested by nursing, providers or other personnel as related to direct patient care.
• Acts as a well-integrated member of the patient-centered multidisciplinary care teams. Actively participates in advancing the concepts of patient-centered care in the inpatient and ambulatory care settings.

Project Day Responsibilities:

• Participates in strategic development and growth of pharmacy programs, including ambulatory patient care services.
• Collaborates with Clinical Pharmacy Manager to develop and maintain policies and…