Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Ambulatory Care Specialty

Overview

Join Our Team at the University of Iowa Health Care! This pharmacist will provide clinical services for patients on specialty medications as well as project coordination for medications under the medical benefit (clinic administered, infusions, etc.). In conjunction with Ambulatory pharmacy leadership, the Clinical Specialist will provide leadership, project, and operational support for gene therapies and high-cost agents across the ambulatory enterprise.

This pharmacist will routinely partner with a range of multidisciplinary healthcare team members and participate in routine coordination with payer relations, billing support, inpatient services, home care services, and prior authorization team members. The pharmacist will work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary healthcare team to provide care for patients in specialty clinics. They will answer clinical questions about medications, provide education on new therapies and medication devices, coordinate dispensing, as well as medication monitoring and management for patients receiving specialty medications through UI Health Care Specialty Pharmacy Services.

The pharmacist also serves as a role-model/practitioner-educator for Doctor of Pharmacy students and pharmacy residents and carries out clinical practice responsibilities for the Department of Pharmaceutical Care.

• Patient Care - Participate in the provision of pharmaceutical care in select clinics:
• Be present in clinics when patients are scheduled to see the clinical pharmacist and when clinical pharmacy services are required.
• Complete a comprehensive patient assessment including medication history, pertinent physical assessment, and assessment of relevant laboratory values, patient interview, and an evaluation of past medical history for appropriate patients.
• Collaborate with physicians, nurses, pharmacists, other health care providers, and patients as a member of the inter-professional team to achieve positive outcomes through optimal medication use and management.
• Provide disease state management and medication therapy management services through the use of collaborative practice agreements and protocols.
• Provide in-depth patient medication assessment and education.
• Provide follow-up of therapeutic recommendations through telephone calls and return clinic appointments as appropriate.
• Identify, evaluate and prevent adverse drug events through appropriate interventions.
• Communicate therapeutic recommendations to the health care providers verbally and/or through electronic health record documentation.
• Document relevant clinical information in electronic medical record.
• Coordinate medication-planning activities including facilitation of prescription writing, patient education, coordination with family members or home health care providers, etc.
• Collaboratively address financial issues to ensure receipt of needed medications.
• Provide drug information and education to health care professionals.
• Serve as liaison for ambulatory pharmacy staff regarding patient medication therapy.
• Complete patient follow-up calls to address side-effects/adherence.
• Provide 24-hour, 7 days a week on-call coverage on a rotation schedule for Ambulatory Care Specialty Pharmacy Services.
• Evaluate patient-specific medication regimens to ensure the appropriateness of the following: indication, correct dose, route of administration, drug interactions, efficacy, adherence, dose adjustments for organ dysfunction, adverse drug reactions, potential drug misuse or abuse, cost-effectiveness, and availability of medications at UI Health Care (if applicable).
• Residency Training and Student Teaching Programs: develop goals and objectives for pharmacy residency programs and Doctor of Pharmacy advanced pharmacy practice and introductory pharmacy practice experiences; prepare and administer student/resident performance evaluations; participate in experiential training and didactic teaching; participate in recruiting activities for pharmacy residency programs.
• Provide daily communication and follow-up to other clinical pharmacists, pharmacy areas, and other health care professionals as needed; provide in-service education to pharmacists and health care team members as needed.
• Assist physicians, nurses, and patients with medication questions, medication access and continuity of care issues.
• Documentation of patient care activities in accreditation compliant manners, including clinical services in the EHR, patient assessment and therapeutic plan recommendations, reporting of medication errors/adverse drug reactions, and collection of patient allergies and height/weight information as needed.
• Medication counseling provided to patients; interventions with prescribers and other health care providers; clinic and follow-up telephone encounters; others as required.
• Develop and provide new department clinical service initiatives including feasibility assessments for high-cost agents and therapies and onboarding of high-cost and gene therapies;…