Job Description: Oregon Health & Science University
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Clinical Pharmacist - Pediatric Dermatology
US-OR-Portland
Job ID: 2024-31644 Type: Regular Full-Time # of Openings: 1 Category: Pharmacy Portland, OR (Marquam Hill)
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 or Medical Affairs Credentialing & Priviledging. 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.
Responsibilities
A current Pharmacist’s license issued by the Oregon State Board of Pharmacy.
OHSU may require training or experience in a specialized area at time of recruitment.
Pediatric and ambulatory pharmacy practice experience.
Demonstrates the ability to:
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 management
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 excellent knowledge of third party payors and insurance billing guidelines of
Specialty Medications Possesses computer skills including use of MS-Word, Excel and Access databases.
Completes initial and continued competencies as required for maintenance of standard of practice, legal regulatory compliance and OHSU policies.
Qualifications
Advanced Pharmacy Practice Residency OR 5 years of equivalent experience
Additional Certification (BCPPS)
Experience in clinical program development.
Direct patient care or medication therapy management experience.
