Clinical Pharmacy Specialist Oncology I
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii
Description: Kaiser Permanente is in need of Clinical Pharmacy Specialist Oncology I right now, this job will be designated in Hawaii. Detailed specification about this job opportunity kindly read the description below.
- Ensures appropriate, cost effective drug utilization and pharmaceutical care while maintaining and enhancing patient care as an interdisciplinary team member in support of patients, providers, and ancillary staff. Provides members wit h continuous medication treatment where appropriate per authorization or utilizing authorized protocols supplied by software vendors built in the electronic medical record.
- Assists with providing pharmaceutical care services for defined high risk patient populations. Ensures continuity of pharmaceutical care and optimal utilization of resources to and from acute and ambulatory patient-care settings. Recommends and/or reviews laboratory tests to assess patient response to drug therapy. Identifies medication therapy problems as appropriate. Assists with analyzing requestor's drug information need. Employs systematic, efficient, and thorough procedure for retrieving drug information. Follows up consistently on drug information recommendations and assesses effectiveness. Performs drug regimen reviews for members as warranted. Assesses patients where necessary and communicates information to physician. Performs drug regimen reviews for members as warranted. Assesses patients where necessary and communicates information to physician. Provides direct oversight for functions and activities of support personnel to assure responsibilities are performed in accordance with scope of practice and applicable procedures. Adapts effective strategies for communicating with non-English speaking patients or those who are otherwise impaired (e.g., blind, deaf, cognitively impaired, illiterate).
- Assists with the design and recommendation of pharmacotherapeutic regimens and corresponding monitoring plans to prescribers in way that is systematic, logical, and secures consensus from prescriber and patient. Monitors data and modifies pharmacotherapeutic plans as necessary. Documents pharmaceutical care activities in patients' medical records or clinical information system.
- Participates, as appropriate, in development and/or implementation of regional drug initiatives or other formulary management act ivities. Participates in establishing disease state management protocols in coordination with HPMG physicians, Clinic Nursing, and the Pharmacy and Therapeutics committee. Collaborates with inpatient/outpatient pharmacist or established Regional disease management program(s) for follow-up with high-risk discharges.
- Designs effective medication-use education for patients and caregivers. Provides one-on-one counseling to patients and caregivers, including information on drug therapy, adverse effects, compliance, appropriate use, and handling. Provides patient-specific verbal or written consultations, including pharmacotherapy and pharmacokinetic, to healthcare practitioners. May perform limited physical examinations, such as blood pressure and glucose measurement, for the purpose of providing medication management services.
- Participates in monitoring and improving relevant outcome measures and/or quality improvement (QI) indicators. Defines QI process es. Develops measures to monitor, assures safety and appropriateness. Participates in Regional medication management and formulary education programs to promote appropriate, cost-effective prescribing. Participates in task forces, lecture programs and skills certification for patients, providers, pharmacy staff, and support staff at departmental, Regional, national, and international levels as warranted. Establishes relationships with physicians and facility leaders to successfully partner on drug therapy issues. Balances cost and quality issues.
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This job will be started on: Sun, 13 May 2018 15:08:49 GMT