Clinical Pharmacist, Cardiology – Transitions of Care
UMass Memorial Health
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Worcester • Massachusetts • United States
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Salary
💰 $96,220 - $173,180 per year
About the role
- Provides comprehensive medication management services that integrate clinical services, order management, patient/staff education and research.
- Responsible for improving the patient’s experience, safety, and achieving positive clinical and financial outcomes.
- Review patient medication history, educate patients on drug therapy, establish desired outcomes, develop/modify therapeutic plans, determine alternatives for achieving outcomes, develop drug monitoring plans, monitor patient outcomes, document medication related issues in electronic health record, interpret laboratory data, review patient medication profiles, monitor pharmacokinetics of drug therapy, monitoring for potential adverse drug – drug, drug-lab, drug-disease state, and drug - food interactions.
- Maintains and updates a patient profile with demographics (e.g. height and weight), diagnosis, allergies, and current medications.
- Monitors drug therapy to evaluate appropriateness of use, dose, dosage form, regimen, route, therapeutic duplication, and drug interaction.
- Provides drug information to health care professionals and to patients.
- Documents clinical interventions.
- Counsels patients on discharge medications as appropriate.
- Performs clinical review and verification of medication orders.
- Performs medication order entry when needed.
- Discusses medication order clarifications with the prescriber, documents interventions, and communicates medication order changes as needed.
- Facilitates medication discharge planning and smooth transition to alternate sites of care and access to an ambulatory pharmacy.
- Ensures the timely and accurate dispensing of medications from the pharmacy area.
- Cross-covers in a variety of practice areas within the pharmacy as requested by supervisor.
Requirements
- Required: Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D) degree; OR Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy (BSPharm) degree with 3 years hospital experience.
- Licensure with the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy.
- Preferred: ASHP Accredited Residency in Pharmacy Practice (PGY1) is recommended.
- Pharm.D. degree with minimum of 1 year of hospital experience.
- Unless certification, licensure or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.
Benefits
- This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
medication managementclinical servicesorder managementdrug therapy educationtherapeutic plans developmentdrug monitoringpharmacokinetics monitoringclinical interventions documentationmedication order entrydischarge medication counseling
Soft Skills
patient educationcommunicationcollaborationproblem-solvingattention to detailorganizational skillspatient safety focusinterpersonal skillsadaptabilityleadership
Certifications
Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D)Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy (BSPharm)Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy licensureASHP Accredited Residency in Pharmacy Practice (PGY1)