Ambulatory Clinic Pharmacist - Preventative Cardiology/Cardiology/Specialty - Military veterans preferred

Oregon Health & Science University

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Ambulatory Clinic Pharmacist - Preventative Cardiology/Cardiology/Specialty

US-OR-Portland

Job ID: 2025-34236
Type: Regular Full-Time
# of Openings: 1
Category: Pharmacy
Portland, OR (Waterfront)

Overview

• Interprets and evaluates provider's order and prescriptions for accuracy, completeness and appropriateness. Performs medication reconciliation and recognizes therapeutic problems including drug interactions, contraindications, improper dosing, and precautions of therapy for a highly specialized patient population. Recognizes actual or potential problems and provides therapeutic recommendations for their resolution.

• Monitors medication therapy for response and adverse reactions. Collaborates with providers to ensure safe and appropriate therapy through the use of a Collaborative Drug Therapy Management (CDTM) agreement. Appropriately reports all adverse drug reactions, drug defects, and medication errors. Conducts prospective and retrospective drug utilization reviews to ensure optimal therapy.

• Counsels and trains patients regarding the appropriate use of their medications (i.e., purpose, actions, dosage, side effects, storage, precautions etc.).

• Participates in drug product selection, counsels providers regarding the selection of non-formulary drugs while offering therapeutic, cost effective alternatives.

• Maintains appropriate records as required by law and/or policy. Assists in the development and implementation of the specialty pharmacy services program. 

• Researches and evaluates professional literature in response to questions and requests and provides drug information to clinic staff.

• Assists with devising, developing and operationalizing programs to ensure proper use of medications and continuous quality improvement.

• Participates in professional developmental programs to ensure progressive pharmacy practice and actively demonstrates service excellence.

• A current Pharmacist’s license issued by the Oregon State Board of Pharmacy.
• PGY1 residency completion OR 5 years of equivalent experience in a clinic setting
• Ambulatory clinic pharmacy practice experience.

Job Related Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (Competencies): 

• Enforce pharmaceutical care principles safely and accurately
• Make age-related modification of drug therapy
• Make disease-related modification of drug therapy
• Evaluate medical literature Work independently without minimal direct supervision
• Handle multiple tasks and frequent interruptions
• Communicate effectively both formally and informally, including presentations Project manage
• Work with a team professionally and collaboratively
• Set priorities to respond quickly to emergent situations/requests
• Work cooperatively with health-system and pharmacy staff
• Communicate effectively and professionally (orally and in writing)
• Perform work accurately with attention to detail
• Exercise sound professional judgement
• Perform systematic problem solving
• Enforce practice guidelines, standards, and medication related policies
• Make critical decisions Perform key computer related skills including use of the EMR, common word processing, spreadsheet, medical literature and medication databases Possesses
• knowledge of third party payors and insurance billing guidelines of Specialty Medications Possesses
• computer skills including use of MS-Word, Excel and Access databases. C
• ompletes initial and continued competencies as required for maintenance of standard of practice, legal regulatory compliance and OHSU policies.

• State of Oregon Preceptor License. Additional Certification (BCPS, BCCP, BCACP, etc.)
• PGY2 residency completion PGY1 residency completion with 3 years of experience in a clinic setting Additional Certification (BCPS, BCCP, BCACP, etc.)
• Experience in clinical program development.
• Direct patient care or medication therapy management experience.

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