JOB DESCRIPTION

Position Title: Pharmacist

Department: Patient Care Medical Group

Reports to: Medical Director

Position Summary:

• Opportunity: Provide appropriate, patient-centered care to high-risk, medically vulnerable patients, often suffering from multiple chronic conditions, when and where they need it. This patient-centric, continuous care model delivers clinical, economic, and human benefits.
• Mission: Patient Care Medical Group seeks to understand a patient’s physical, emotional, and social conditions to provide patient specific care with the goal of achieving an optimal level of success.
• Solution: Facilitation of timely interventions when chronic conditions worsen and preempting avoidable emergency department visits and hospitalizations, alleviating social stressors that contribute to poor health, and comforting patients by giving them loving care and letting them know they are not alone.
• Care Settings: Post-Acute Care (PAC), Skilled Nursing facilities, Community/Home Care Patients, Assisted Living

Essential Functions:

• Assesses the health and pharmaceutical needs of patients.
• Consults with patients and/or medical practitioners on drug indications/contraindications, dosage, drug interactions, and side effects; provides other drug and pharmaceutical information as appropriate.
• Provides education, guidance and training to patients, students, pharmacy interns, and or trainees during course of work and monitors performance.
• Monitor and evaluate the effects of pharmaceutical practices and plans, and adjusting if necessary.
• May take patient's histories as required; makes initial clinical assessments and refers patients to appropriate clinicians.
• Develop/provide educational trainings and materials to promote healthy lifestyle choices and healthy medication habits.
• Follow the latest research in geriatric pharmaceuticals, and participating in it.
• Performs routine quality control testing of equipment, environment and record keeping as required by federal, state and local regulations.
• Assist the patient in their counseling needs and maintaining their morale.
• Follows established departmental policies, procedures, and objectives, continuous quality improvement objectives, and safety, environmental, and/or infection control standards.
• Work with interdisciplinary team to provide appropriate pharmaceutical education, management, and referrals.
• Enter patient information into the appropriate database.
• Offering patients pharmaceutical education to improve their health
• Presenting facts on pharmaceuticals and management at community events and speaking opportunities.
• Engaging in pharmacy counseling to help patients develop and implement medication management plans Job
• Talking to patient’s primary care physician or other health care professionals about the pharmaceutical needs of the patient
• Guiding patients and their families regarding medication management.
• Creating research reports and other publications that document and communicate research results.
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy or Pharm.D.; at least 6 months of experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified. Completed degree(s) from an accredited institution that are above the minimum education requirement may be substituted for experience on a year for year basis. Additional certifications and state licenses may be required. At least 1 year of geriatric experience.