Outpatient Pharmacist

Position Summary

This position will rotate between our Main campus in Kansas City, KS, and our Southlake campus in Lenexa, KS, with a rotating shift schedule and every 6th weekend commitment. The Clinical Pharmacist provides comprehensive pharmaceutical care for patients, ensuring drug therapy that results in safe, effective, and cost‑conscious use of pharmaceuticals. Excellent interdisciplinary communication and strong educational and precepting abilities are required.

• Actively participates in organizational and departmental performance improvement efforts to strengthen existing systems, processes, policies and procedures by introducing new ideas that lead to improved pharmaceutical care in clinical areas and in the pharmacy department as a whole.
• Consistently attends patient care rounds and provides patient‑focused pharmaceutical care by assessing and monitoring drug therapy to ensure safe and cost‑conscious treatment regimens.
• Supports department staffing needs by flexing to other areas or alternative scheduling in order to assist in coverage of supplemental shifts when the primary team is in need.
• Assures timely medication order processing by participating in order entry, order verification and reviewing medication orders for timely resolution of problem orders.
• Completes patient‑specific medication profile reviews resulting in execution of protocol‑based drug therapy, including pharmacokinetic dosing and IV to PO conversions with appropriate documentation; adjusts doses as appropriate for patient‑specific parameters such as renal or hepatic dysfunction.
• Reports medication incidents and adverse drug reactions in Patient Safety Net (PSN) and participates in medication incident review, peer review, or other activities to establish safe medication systems.
• Participates in medication reconciliation at admission, transfer, and/or discharge and provides patient education when appropriate.
• Shares pharmaceutical expertise by coordinating and providing educational presentations or in‑services for pharmacy and non‑pharmacy staff.
• Supports pharmacy residency programs, clerkship students, and interns by precepting organized rotations, providing timely and constructive feedback, participating in training and orientation, providing mentorship, and collaborating on presentations and projects.
• Performs the professional, clinical, and technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
• Other duties may be assigned as required.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy from an accredited college or university.

• Completion of an accredited pharmacy postgraduate training program (PGY‑1 and/or PGY‑2 residency program).

• Licensed Pharmacist – State Board of Pharmacy in state of primary practice site.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) – American Heart Association (AHA) certification as necessary.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) and/or Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification as necessary.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS or BCLS) – American Heart Association (AHA).

• Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties certification in chosen area of specialty.

We are an equal employment opportunity employer without regard to a person’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age (40 or older), disability, veteran status or genetic information.