Job Description

PHARMACIST

HEART FAILURE PROGRAM

At Saint Alphonsus Health System, we are looking for people who are living out their calling. We want you to be passionate about coming to work, and challenged to achieve your potential. Living by these virtues, we pride ourselves on exceptional service and the highest quality of care.

SUMMARY:

Responsible for providing comprehensive medication management services for patients cared for by the Heart Institute, specifically, the Heart Failure Program.

Works collaboratively with physicians, advanced practice providers, staff and other health care professionals to provide medication management, education, and care coordination across the health care continuum.

Focuses on supporting patients upon discharge from an acute care and post- acute care setting and providing chronic disease state management of high and rising risk patients associated with assigned Saint Alphonsus Medical Group Clinics, through collaborative practice agreements, and with patients of practices in the Saint Alphonsus Health Alliance under the supervision of the Executive Medical Director Value Care.

Is an integral member of the health care team who works to ensure that excellent patient experience, patient safety, best practices and high-quality standards of care are maintained across the continuum of care.

The focus will be on patients that have heart disease or heart failure medical needs, are prescribed extensive medication regimens, endorse barriers to adherence and medication access, require additional educational needs and would benefit from clinical pharmacist follow up between primary care of specialty provider visits.

Supports the overall efforts of care coordination and cardiac care's health management teams across the healthcare system.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Currently licensed in good standing with the Board of Pharmacy in Idaho required; licensed in Oregon required within 6 months of hire.
• PharmD required.
• Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy and 3 years of experience may be considered in lieu of PharmD.
• Minimum of 1 year of practice experience at patient care level required or equivalent.
• Residency training: Post Graduate Year 1 preferred.
• Board Certification in Pharmacotherapy or Ambulatory Care preferred.
• Previous experience in both acute care and community or long-term care pharmacy preferred.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Critical thinking skills and ability to analyze complex data sets. Ability to implement evidence-based interventions and protocols for chronic conditions. Ability to affect change, work as a productive and effective team member, and adapt to changing needs/priorities.
• Demonstrated leadership qualities including time management, verbal and written communication skills, listening skills, problem solving, critical thinking, analysis skills and decision-making, priority setting, work delegation, and work organization.
• Communication: Monitors therapy for appropriateness, dosage, effectiveness, interactions, and adverse drug reactions. Works with health care team to optimize pharmacotherapy opportunities, formulary adherence, reduction in poly pharmacy and associated drug cost.
• Demonstrates knowledge of clinical pathways for heart failure patients. Reviews and acts upon automated surveillance and clinical decision support tools. Documents suspected adverse drug events, interventions, QAR’s, and initiates other organizational and/or departmental required documentation. Assists with medication utilization evaluations.
• Compliance: Supports department and system-wide requirements for compliance with Saint Alphonsus Health System policies, regulatory and accreditation-related programs, and quality/performance improvement efforts within the organization.
• Provides the highest and most remarkable quality of service by actively supporting, demonstrating, or participating in community health education opportunities Provides guidance and direction for patient education and medication safety.
• Patient Assessment: Identifies high risk patients as defined by the evidence-based literature or from internal databases including patients with complex medication history, multiple chronic conditions, and or identified as having suffered complications of an adverse drug event. Review identified patients’ medications and clinical conditions for complication-prone regimens, redundant medications, overt contraindicated medications and allergies, or complicating substances such as herbal products and supplements and make recommendations.
• Patient Education: Educates identified patients on the management of their disease states and appropriate medication use with emphasis on adherence and identifying/resolving medication related problems.
• Enhances communication between acute and ambulatory care providers and between specialty care providers when multiple providers may be involved in a patient’s care.
• Provides guidance and direction related to professional practice.
• Continuous Improvement: Supports the development and implementation of policies and procedures across the system consistent with practice and regulatory requirements.
• Serves as a resource and consultant for improvement efforts. Supports and facilitates process improvement in the organization and across the system.
• Professionalism: Promotes collaborative professional relationships with the medical staff and other healthcare professionals. Participates in community/professional organizations as appropriate. Models professional behavior and supports all members of the care team in creating the environment for professional practice.

Colleagues of Saint Alphonsus Health System enjoy competitive compensation with a full benefits package and opportunity for growth throughout SAHS and Trinity Health.

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Saint Alphonsus and Trinity Health are committed to promoting diversity in its workforce and to providing an inclusive work environment where everyone is treated with fairness, dignity and respect. We are committed to recruit and retain a diverse staff reflective of the communities we serve. Saint Alphonsus and Trinity Health are equal opportunity employers and prohibit discrimination against any individual with regard to race, color, religion, gender, marital status, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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