Our Ambulatory Clinical Pharmacist team comprises of over 35 motivated team members dedicated to providing exemplary and high-impact patient care across both Specialty and Referral-Based clinic settings. Our pharmacists are integral members of the interdisciplinary care team and practice at the top of their licenses.
All our Ambulatory Clinical Pharmacists are embedded within our clinics and provide direct patient care alongside the patient’s care team. Our pharmacists help support a triple-accredited Specialty Pharmacy program in addition to referral-based care in some clinic settings.
Provide comprehensive pharmaceutical care to ambulatory patients including but not limited to evaluation of drug interactions, contraindications, dosage, renal/hepatic dysfunction, duration of therapy, appropriateness of therapy and need for therapeutic drug monitoring.
Evaluate and address medication access and adherence needs for ambulatory patients.
Educate ambulatory patients and/or caregivers to improve patient understanding, adherence and outcomes.
Participates in medication reconciliation for clinic patients as appropriate
Continually reports medication incidents and adverse drug reactions in the health system's event reporting system and participates in medication incident review, peer review, or other activities to establish safe medication systems.
Shares pharmaceutical expertise by coordinating and providing educational presentations or in-services for pharmacy and non-pharmacy staff.
Supports pharmacy residency programs, clerkship students and interns by precepting organized rotations, providing timely and constructive feedback, participating in training and orientation, providing mentorship, and collaborating on presentations and projects.
Actively participates in organizational and departmental performance improvement efforts to strengthen existing systems, processes, policies and procedures by introducing new ideas that lead to improved pharmaceutical care in clinical areas and in the pharmacy department as a whole.
*Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
*Note: These statements are intended to describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Skills and duties may vary dependent upon your department or unit. Other duties may be assigned as required.
NOTE: this position will not be interviewing in person at PPS, virtual screens will be scheduled at the best interest of the candidate and leadership team outside of PPS.
The University of Kansas Health System is the region's premier academic medical center, providing a full range of care. The health system is affiliated with the University of Kansas Schools of Medicine, Nursing and Health Professions, and their various leading-edge research projects. Many health care organizations talk about a multidisciplinary approach to patient care. Only at an academic medical center like The University of Kansas Health System will you find the necessary level of knowledge and scientific inquiry to support that level of care, where specialists in different medical fields work together to make the right decisions for each patient.
Nationally ranked in nine adult medical and surgical specialties according to U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospital Rankings, placing the hospital within the top 1% of the country. U.S. News also recognized The University of Kansas Hospital as the “Best Hospital in Kansas City” for the ninth consecutive year and “Best Hospital in Kansas” for the seventh consecutive year.
The University of Kansas Hospital now comprises six campuses, including over 800 beds at our 39th & Rainbow campus, two behavioral health facilities and a surgi...cal center. Additionally, the Health System has grown to include an additional four acute care campuses. The Cancer Center at The University of Kansas is currently constructing a new building that will support increased patient care directly alongside research facilities, scheduled to open on the 39th & Rainbow campus in 2027.