Details
Posted: 22-Jun-22
Location: Indianapolis , Indiana
Type: Full Time
Preferred Education: PharmD
Salary: Reviewed at the time of offer
Categories:
Clinical Pharmacist
Pharmacy
Job Setting:
Hospital/Institutional
Requirements:
Residency Required
Specialty Practice Areas:
Ambulatory Care
Join our community
Community Health Network has an excellent opportunity available within our Pharmacy team. If you are looking for challenging work and meaningful advancement, then you should consider a career with Community.
Where you fit in
As part of a very progressive Ambulatory Care pharmacy team at Community Health Network, you will participate in team-based care under collaborative drug therapy agreements where as a pharmacist you may make medication changes, as appropriate. As a cardiology clinical pharmacy specialist, you will manage hypertension, dyslipidemia, antiarrhythmic monitoring, tobacco cessation, anticoagulation service, as well as transitional care management for cardiology discharge patients.
Other aspects of this position include providing staff education, guideline/policy development and implementation, and participation in performance improvement initiatives. You will have opportunities to mentor and teach pharmacy students and pharmacy residents along with serving as a clinical resource for the pharmacy staff. Your expertise in your field will allow you to advance the level of patient care to achieve the best possible outcomes. This position will provide patient care in General Cardiology Clinic, Ambulatory Home Blood Pressure Monitoring Program, Electrophysiology Clinic, and Anticoagulation Clinics
A representative and diverse workforce
At Community Health Network, we build teams that deliver exceptional care through empathy, communication and collaboration. Caregivers play a vital role in our mission as they fulfill our PRIIDE values: Patients First. Relationships. Integrity. Inclusion. Diversity. Excellence.
Community is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, ensuring caregivers feel welcomed, comfortable and respected in our environment at all times. We value different perspectives by actively seeking a diverse workforce that is inclusive and equitable to all.
Your exceptional skills
- You have strong communication skills and a collaborative approach to patient care
- You are able to work closely with physicians and health care teams, while providing direct patient care
- Ability to practice within a collaborative drug therapy agreement, the Pharmacist will meet with patients individually to provide extensive drug and disease state education with a particular focus on patients at high risk for hospitalization or poor health outcome. Disease states include, but are not limited to: heart failure, coronary artery disease, hypertension, dyslipidemia, arrhythmias, venous thromboembolism, LVAD, smoking cessation
- You are able work closely with patients to overcome medication adherence issues
- With the assistance of medication assistance coordinators, you are able to assist patients in obtaining cost effective medications
- Ability to serve as a drug information resource for the other providers and office staff, answering medication therapy questions
- Ability to monitor for drug-therapy-related adverse events by performing/ordering the appropriate clinical or laboratory tests
- You are able to engage in population health projects to impact the lives of patients we serve
- You have a clear understanding of quality improvement principles
- You have the ability to precept pharmacy students and residents
Your exceptional qualifications
- Graduate of an accredited college of pharmacy, Bachelor or PharmD; Doctorate degree
- Indiana Pharmacist license
- Successful completion of a PGY1 Pharmacy Residency and PGY2 residency with Cardiology or Ambulatory Care focus is strongly encouraged or a minimum of three (3) years working under a drug therapy agreement in a clinical setting
- Board certification as a Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist, Board Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacist, Board Certified Cardiology Pharmacist is encouraged and required within 2 years of accepting the position
For questions, please contact Kelly Cochran, Director of Ambulatory Care Pharmacy. phone: 317-621-1805 or kcochran@ecommunity.com.
