Summary
The Clinic Specialty Pharmacist acts as an extension of ambulatory clinic teams to support patient access to high touch, complex medication therapies. This position is based in a specialty medical clinic setting. The Clinic Specialty Pharmacist functions in a multi-skilled environment, which requires the application of teamwork, leadership, and flexibility. This position is responsible for general supervision of Specialty Pharmacy Care Coordinators and for the operation and services provided in the specialty pharmacy clinic. Provides clinical consultation, medication education, chronic disease state management, medication reconciliation, and adherence counseling for specialty patients. Plays an integral role with interdisciplinary teams including pharmacists, nurses, medical assistants, and providers to facilitate patient care. Furthers the development, implementation, and maintenance of programs that promote optimal patient outcomes.Job Description:
Serves as a primary point of contact with patients related to specialty medication needs and demonstrates empathy and compassion to patients and caregivers.
Enrolls specialty pharmacy patients into medication management programs by assisting with recruitment of patients in clinic.
Provides initial clinical medication counseling and regular patient reassessments via in person, telephonic, or video encounters to ensure appropriateness of specialty therapy and ongoing therapy management.
Performs medication therapy management, which may include coordinating medication adjustments to optimize patient medication regimens and improve clinical outcomes.
Refers appropriate patients to financial counseling for copay assistance through manufacturer or charity programs.
Communicates with patients and families about the benefits of filling their prescriptions with Baptist Health.
Communicates with physicians and other clinicians as necessary to facilitate exemplary service for new and existing Baptist Health specialty pharmacy patients.
Provides limited/indirect supervision for Specialty Pharmacy Care Coordinators and timely response to clinical escalations.
Maintain pharmacy onsite clinic services, operational policies and procedures, clinical pharmacy workflows and practice expectations.
Participates in ongoing trainings related to role, including but not limited to disease state overviews, clinical guidelines, pharmacology, REMS programs, etc.
Minimum Requirements
Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy or Doctorate of Pharmacy required.
Kentucky Board of Pharmacy license is required.
1-3 years related work experience or completion of ASHP accredited pharmacy residency program preferred.
Experience in ambulatory clinical pharmacy practice preferred.
Specialty disease state experience preferred.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy or Doctorate of Pharmacy (PharmD)
- Kentucky Board of Pharmacy license
- 1-3 years related work experience or completion of ASHP accredited pharmacy residency program
- Experience in ambulatory clinical pharmacy practice
- Specialty disease state experience (oncology preferred)
What We Do
Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of nine hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 400 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky in a joint venture with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana. Baptist Health employs more than 23,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has nearly 1,500 providers, including more than 750 physicians and more than 740 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians. Learn more at BaptistHealth.com.
