CHA Career Center
Posted: 07-Jan-23
Location: Denver, Colorado
Salary: Open
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Internal Number: 18606
You.
You bring your body, mind, heart and spirit to your work as a Clinical Ambulatory Pharmacist.
You know how to move fast. You know how to stay organized. You know how to have fun.
Youâ™re great at what you do, but you want to be part of something even greater. Because you believe that while individuals can be strong, the right team is invincible.
Us.
Saint Joseph Hospital is part of SCL Health, a faith-based, nonprofit healthcare organization that focuses on person-centered care. Our 365-bed facility is one of the top-ranked hospitals in Denver, and has been awarded the highest national recognition possible for nursing excellence â“ Magnet designation â“ by the ANCC. We are proud to extend the mission of SCL Health by providing care for the poor, the vulnerable, our communities and each other. Our deep community roots date back to 1873, making us one of the oldest hospitals in Colorado.
Benefits are one of the ways we encourage health for you and your family. Our generous package includes medical, dental and vision coverage. But health is more than a well-working body: it encompasses body, mind and social well-being. To that end, weâ™ve launched a Healthy Living program to address your holistic health. Healthy Living includes financial incentives, digital tools, tobacco cessation, classes, counseling and paid time off. We also offer financial wellness tools and retirement planning.
We
Together weâ™ll align mission and careers, values and workplace. Weâ™ll encourage joy and take pride in our integrity.
Weâ™ll laugh at each otherâ™s jokes (even the bad ones). Weâ™ll hello and high five. Weâ™ll celebrate milestones and acknowledge the value of spirituality in healing.
Weâ™re proud of what we know, which includes how much there is to learn.
Your day.
As a Clinical Ambulatory Pharmacist, you will need to know how to:
- Operates from a strategic perspective and assumes overall accountability and authority for respective areas that enhances the overall performance of SCL Health Pharmacy Services and the organization. Facilitates operational improvements, workflow optimization and organizational change through collaborative work relationships to enhance performance across the pharmacy team. Facilitates collaboration to share and implement best practices.
- Responsible for the implementation of SCL Health Pharmacy Services and SCL Health Medical Group programs and services.
- Develops clinical pharmacy programs according to relevant policies and regulations.
- Reviews records of patients to determine the appropriateness of medication therapy, and to identify patients for program outreach. Evaluates patientâ™s conditions and any barriers to medication compliance to ensure all issues are being treated. Identifies untreated health problems and refer patients to appropriate physicians or other clinical staff. Develops effective medication plans that minimize the risk of adverse side-effects.
- Provides medical staff with appropriate medication information for new and existing drug therapies to support safe prescribing practices. Assess the results of pharmaceutical treatments. Collaborates with healthcare professionals to ensure optimal patient care.
- Advises on the correct procurement, storage, and administration of drugs in the clinic setting. Prescribe and discontinue medications, adjust medication doses, and order labs in accordance with any governing collaborative practice agreements with authorization from the patientâ™s physician.
- Keep accurate documentation of medication plans and patient progress to meet requirements for efficient patient care and to support billing practices.
- Support efforts to continuously improve the quality of the services being provided through participation in the collection and analysis of pertinent data, and through the development of program modifications that are driven by the analysis.
Your experience.
We hire people, not resumes. But we also expect excellence, which is why we require:
- PharmD Degree, required
- Pharmacist license in good standing with the Board of Pharmacy in the state of practice, required
- Two (2) years of work experience in a pharmacy retail or ambulatory work setting, required
- Five (5) years of work experience in a pharmacy retail or ambulatory work setting, preferred
- Two (2) years of experience providing medication therapy management in a clinic setting., preferred
- Proficiency or familiarity with Epic, preferred
- BCPS in Ambulatory Care, preferred
- Completed a residency in an ambulatory care setting, preferred
Your next move.
Now that you know more about being a Clinical Ambulatory Pharmacist on our team we hope youâ™ll join us. At SCL Health, youâ™ll reaffirm every day how much you love this work, and why you were called to it in the first place.
