The Pharmacy Specialist provides high-quality, cost-effective pharmaceutical care to specific patient populations pertinent to the assigned scope of practice. Comprehensive Medication Management (CMM) Only: This Pharmacist provides comprehensive medication management (CMM) for patients referred by INTEGRIS Medical Group primary care physicians and employees and their dependents referred from INTEGRIS Health Partners care coordinators.
Requirements
- Provides concise, applicable, and timely responses to requests for drug information from healthcare professionals affiliated with INTEGRIS Health
- Identifies drug use issues requiring policy development
- Coordinates the concurrent drug use evaluation program involving the staff pharmacists
- Assists in the assessing, managing, preventing, and reporting of adverse drug events
- Tracks and trends ADRs for potential educational opportunities/drug policy issues involving medication use
- Prepares and presents drug and therapeutic class monographs for formulary review by the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Subcommittee
- Provides in-service education to the healthcare professionals of INTEGRIS Health; develops and distributes a drug use management-oriented newsletter
- Oversee the formulary approved medications and provide for the availability of these formulary agents to the respective institution
- Elicits appropriate medication history from patient and reconciles medication list.
- Assesses medication regimen for efficacy, safety, clinically relevant drug interactions, medication adherence, and costs of therapy.
- Recognizes effects of socioeconomic, behavioral, psychological, and environmental factors of patient adherence and counsels patients regarding their influence on the patients individual medication regimen.
- Addresses medication-related problems through patient education, medication changes per CMM scope of practice and protocols, or recommendations to primary care physician or specialist as situation warrants
- Provides patient-centered care that takes into account the patient preferences and insurance formulary in selecting drug therapy.
- Identifies and triages medical problems by referring patients to appropriate health care provider.
- Communicates clearly and appropriately with patients, physicians, care coordinators, and other health care team members.
- Effectively educates patients and caregivers on medications
- Documents all CMM visits in the electronic health record in a timely manner.
Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Paid Time Off
- Retirement Plan
- Life Insurance
