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Position Responsibilities
Serves as the clinical expert in the area of ambulatory care pharmacy services providing pharmacotherapy recommendations and direct patient care services.
Provides both consultative and direct patient care services with prescriptive authority for referred patients via collaborative practice agreements in the ambulatory care setting.
Orders and interprets pertinent labs and patient assessments for the purposes of monitoring and managing pharmacotherapy regimens of patients to assess efficacy, safety, and toxicity.
Provides in-person and telephonic Medication Therapy Management (MTM) services.
Ongoing participation in multidisciplinary patient care rounds.
Provides timely and effective communication with referring providers and allied health staff regarding patient care activities according to district policy.
Participates in the development and implementation of proactive population management programs for high-risk patient populations.
Documents clinical interventions on an ongoing basis.
Serves as preceptor for pharmacy residents and students.
Serves as faculty for the Family Medicine Residency GME.
Provides didactic lectures and facilitates patient case discussions related to pharmacotherapy to family medicine residents and faculty.
With 581 beds, 300 physicians and 5,000 employees – Kaweah Delta Health Care District provides the people living and working in California’s bustling Central Valley with access to high-quality health care just minutes from home. We are extremely proud of our selection as a HealthGrades Top 250 Hospital. We offer general, specialty and sub-specialty care in a full-range of medical fields (heart, lung, vascular, spine, neurosurgery, childbirth, cancer, etc.) We offer six accredited Graduate Medical Education Programs training physicians of tomorrow. Our award winning Cardiovascular programs have recently affiliated with Cleveland Clinic. We offer an expansive rural health clinic system serving residents countywide.
The awarding winning inpatient Pharmacy Department at Kaweah Delta Health Care District provides progressive pharmacy services across three campuses and includes a staff of 100+ with over 45 clinical pharmacists.
The Inpatient Pharmacy operates 24/7 pharmacy services. A full array of technology is available to assist with distribution of medications to our patients including automated inventory management, automated dispensing cabinets, bar code technology, aut...omated TPN and workflow management systems.
Clinical Inpatient Pharmacy services utilize an integrated decentralized staffing model. Pharmacists practice on nursing units participating in order verification, provision of drug information, and clinical services. Clinical services include pharmacokinetics, anticoagulation management, and automatic intravenous to oral switches, automatic renal dose adjustments and automatic therapeutic interchanges. Specialty pharmacy services include Anemia Management, Anticoagulation, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Infectious Disease, Oncology, Pain Management, and Pediatrics.
The City of Visalia, with a population over 135,000, is centrally located between Los Angeles and San Francisco, only an hour's drive from national parks, and within easy reach of coastal beaches. Visalia offers the unique combination of affordable housing, a friendly community, easy commute to work, and economic opportunity. The cost of living may be small town, but the cultural amenities are big city! Our premier facility in Visalia, California offers an environment unlike any other.
