Job Description
Job Purpose: Provide integrated support to patients and physicians by providing a hands-on approach to improve the quality of patient care. This is accomplished by developing personalized relationships with patients and prescribers of assigned clinics to improve medication adherence and promote evidence-based care expanding into various disease states therapy management. Job Duties: The Ambulatory Clinical Pharmacist (ACP) will help advance quality pharmacotherapy care by actively assuring the provision of safe, efficacious, and cost-effective drug therapy. The ACP collaborates closely with the hybrid ACP team to maximize full suite of therapy management (TM) clinical services within supported clinics. The pharmacist performs in-person and/or virtual/phone assessments on disease state management and drug therapy education stratified based on medication risk level and approved clinic protocol. ACP role will focus to identify, resolve, and prevent medication-related problems. Additional services will also be offered to overcome identified barriers to medication compliance and any other obstacle related to adherence. SUMMARY: Provide medication management for individuals, including medication reconciliation, dose modification and/or optimization, ordering laboratory tests and medication adherence counseling within the stated parameters of the approved protocol/CPA/CDTM. Collaborate with the interdisciplinary care team to develop individualized care plans that align with evidence-based guidelines and best practices for therapy management. Monitor and evaluate medication regimens to ensure clinical criteria are met, including therapeutic goals, adverse effects, and drug interactions. Identify opportunities for drug therapy optimization and provide recommendations for medication cost savings initiatives when applicable. Participate in quality improvement initiatives by actively participating in clinical outcome studies, REMs compliance/reporting, and ACP-related process i