Clinical Pharmacist

About the Role

The Clinical Pharmacist is a licensed professional responsible for providing safe and appropriate pharmacy services to Option Care patients in accordance with policies, professional standards, and regulatory entities. This is an entry-level position into clinical pharmacy practice in an alternate setting.

Key Responsibilities

• Determines patient suitability for home care by collecting and organizing patient-specific information.
• Assesses patients' suitability for home care based on medical condition, prescribed medication therapy, and prognosis with clearly defined outcome goals.
• Designs, monitors, and evaluates patient-specific pharmacy care plans.
• Makes recommendations for modifications in prescribed medication therapy or monitoring parameters.
• Completes nutritional assessments and makes appropriate recommendations.
• Modifies pharmacy care plans based on evaluation of monitoring data.
• Provides medication-use education to staff, other professionals, home care patients, and caregivers.
• Ensures continuity of pharmaceutical care between home and other patient-care settings.
• Prepares and dispenses medications following Option Care policies and procedures.
• Calibrates equipment accurately.
• Prepares medications to be appropriately concentrated, without incompatibilities, stable, and appropriately stored.
• Adheres to appropriate safety and quality assurance practices.
• Prepares labels that conform to organizational policies and procedures.
• Inspects final medication before dispensing and assures authorization to dispense.
• Complies with state/federal laws and USP standards, including DEA controlled substance regulations.
• Complies with policies regarding perpetual inventory systems for schedule II narcotics and other medications subject to diversion.
• Manages the use, maintenance, and troubleshooting of medication administration equipment.
• Accurately programs, maintains, and advises others on the use and maintenance of medication administration equipment.
• Participates in assessing, managing, and reporting medication-related incidents and equipment errors.
• Accurately completes QAR documents.
• Monitors and reports discrepancies in perpetual inventory systems.
• Provides concise, applicable, and timely responses to drug information requests.
• Formulates responses to drug information requests based on literature analysis.
• Attends educational seminars and participates in CEU opportunities to promote professional competency.
• Manages the use of investigational drug products according to regulations and Option Care policies.
• Utilizes pharmacy support personnel effectively.
• Prioritizes workload and organizes workflow, considering available resources.
• Ensures the accuracy of the work of pharmacy support personnel.
• Complies with accreditation, legal, regulatory, and safety requirements.
• Maintains confidentiality of patient and proprietary information.
• Observes legal and ethical guidelines for safeguarding confidentiality.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Graduate of an accredited School of Pharmacy.
• Current, active Pharmacy license as granted by the State Board of Pharmacy.
• One of the following:
• At least one 1 year of experience in sterile IV admixture procedures.
• Knowledge of non-sterile compounding, immunizations, and medication therapy management (MTM).
• Completion of an ASHP accredited Pharmacy Residency Program.
• Completion of an Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience associated with an accredited school of pharmacy.
• Equivalent experience as approved by the Vice President (VP) of Pharmacy and/or Sr. Vice President (SVP) of Clinical Services.
• Experience providing customer service to internal and external customers.
• Basic level skill in Microsoft Word.
• Basic level skill in Microsoft Excel.
• Basic skill level in Microsoft PowerPoint.
• Willing to travel up to 5% of the time for business purposes (within state).
• At least 1 year of experience in indirect management of team members.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited School of Pharmacy.
• Current, active Pharmacy license as granted by the State Board of Pharmacy.
• Experience providing customer service.
• Basic level skill in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Experience in indirect management of team members.

Preferred Qualifications & Interests

• Completion of an ASHP accredited Pharmacy Residency Program or an Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience associated with an accredited school of pharmacy.
• Experience in home care, hospital, or other clean room setting.