Clinical Pharmacy Specialist

(Job Id W337014)
Posted on 3/3/2010
Location:

Aurora, CO


Job Type:

Full Time


Salary: Not specified
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Job Description
Description

INTERNAL POSTING PERIOD: 01/11/2010-01/13/2010

IF YOU ARE A COLORADO INTERNAL EMPLOYEE, YOU MUST PLACE YOUR BID ON THE BID LINE 303-614-1510, NOT ONLINE. POSITION SUMMARY: Develops, implements, and evaluates regional clinical pharmacy programs for patients, providers, and pharmacists. Maintains a clinical pharmacy practice to impact patients at high risk for drug-related problems in area of expertise. Educates providers, pharmacists and other health care professionals. Accountability for creating a culture of compliance, ethics and integrity. Responsible for ensuring ongoing compliance for area(s) of assigned responsibility. Maintains knowledge of policies and procedures and performs in accordance with Kaiser Permanente's Principles of Responsibility and applicable regulatory requirements and accreditation standards as they relate to the assigned department. Responds appropriately to observed fraud or abuse.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS: Pharm.D. Degree with a specialty residency and/or fellowship in the appropriate area of practice. Prefer licensure as a registered pharmacist in the state of Colorado and experience in drug education or clinical pharmacy. As a condition of employment, required to become a Board Certified Pharmacotherapy (Psychiatry, Oncology) Specialist within three years of hire. Demonstrated ability to design, coordinate and implement a drug education program in the Colorado region, to include research studies in addition to educational programs. Knowledge of research design and methodologies, statistical techniques, and applications of drug utilization reviews. Effective verbal, written and presentation skills are required in communicating with physicians, pharmacists, and health plan personnel. Must authorize a D.E.A. drug screening. National Provider Identifier (NPI) and Taxonomy code required at time of hire.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES Coordinates clinical pharmacy programs, evaluates drug utilization appropriateness, and develops drug education plans and strategies to promote cost-effective prescribing in area of expertise. Develops and maintains a clinical pharmacy practice in the appropriate specialty environment. Provides drug information to all health care providers as well as members. Provides continuing education and staff development in-services for pharmacists, physicians, and other health care providers. Critically reviews the literature to provide updates on drug therapy. Supervises, directs, and assists regional clinical pharmacists. Participates in School of Pharmacy activities. Develops and participates in research activities.

For Essential Responsibilities
In addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors and principles defined by the Kaiser Permanente Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives. Also accountable for consistently demonstrating the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to purchasers, contracted providers and vendors.

Functional and Environmental Factors available upon request.

Additional Information
RegionColorado
Bargaining UnitNon-Union, Non-Exempt
FacilityAurora
ShiftVariable
BenefitedY
Employee ReferralN
Area of InterestPharmacy - Outpatient Pharmacist
State/CityCO, Aurora

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