Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist

Company: University Health San Antonio
Location: San Antonio
Posted on: November 23, 2020

Job Description:

General Description: The Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacist will be responsible for providing direct patient care within the scope of a collaborative practice agreement with outpatient physicians in a University Health (UH) outpatient clinic. Additionally, this position will provide support for developing best practices, safety and quality initiatives, therapeutic drug monitoring, clinical pathways, and formulary management. This position will follow clinic hours which are typically M-F (8-5pm). Expectations of this position are as follows: Provision of comprehensive clinical pharmacy services for outpatients to improve health outcomes, to optimize safe, effective and cost-effective drug therapy, and to increase care quality for patients throughout the continuum of care through:

• Pharmacotherapy management of chronic disease states in the primary care clinical setting under a collaborative practice agreement
• Development of best practice guidelines, safety and quality initiatives and policy related to outpatient pharmacotherapy
• Improvement of Ambulatory Care services through active participation in quality, safety and cost-savings initiatives, Clinical Management Team meetings, and Pharmacy & Therapeutics/Subcommittee meetings
• Patient, provider, and clinical staff education
• Active participation in Pharmacist Intern and Pharmacy Resident experiential learning experiences including development of an Ambulatory Care learning experience
• Advancing Ambulatory Care pharmacy services through research, education of healthcare professionals, and professional organizational involvement

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