Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Primary Care at Positive Impact Health Centers INC

Description

Are you seeking a career with a growing company, a place where you can make an impact in the community? Then Positive Impact Health Centers is the company for you.

What makes us different? We offer our employees the following:

· 1 Health Wellness day per quarter

· Parental Leave

· Free parking at our locations/bus line accessibility

· Competitive Salary & Benefits

· Automatic 3% Safe Harbor & 2% Profit Sharing (Retirement Program)

· 100% allotted for benefit elections for employees, 50% allotted for benefit elections for employees' spouse/dependents

· Credit Union

Positive Impact Health Centers (PIHC) is a community leader in providing HIV prevention, care and  treatment services. The PIHC model of care assures that persons with HIV have access to medical,  pharmacy, dental, behavioral health and social services, providing the best opportunity for patients to  achieve high-quality health outcomes. 

 JOB SUMMARY:  Individual will collaborate with pharmacy department and clinic site leaders to support the prioritization  and implementation of clinical ambulatory and specialty pharmacy programs focused on evidence-based  practice to improve outcomes and support strategic growth initiatives. They will interface regularly with  providers and clinical staff at assigned practice site(s) to build, develop, maintain, and measure  performance of all client level clinical programs; develop collaborative drug therapy management  programs, clinical protocols, outcomes analysis, program execution and support training of clinical staff  across sites. This role will also ensure that all collaborative drug therapy management programs and  associated development of, and maintenance of inter-and- intradepartmental clinical protocols, are  compliant with state and national requirements. This role will be highly visible and a trusted resource for  clinical recommendations to support optimal patient care. This position description should not be interpreted as all inclusive. It is intended to identify the major  responsibilities and requirements of this position. The incumbents may be requested to perform job-related  responsibilities and tasks other than those stated in this position description 

Requirements

 Duties and Responsibilities 

• Support advancement of quality pharmacotherapy care by actively assuring the provision of  safe, efficacious and cost-effective drug therapy for all agency patients to meet patients’ needs with focus on primary care disease states in patients also living with HIV or at risk of HIV  acquisition 
• Provides face-to-face and one-on-one phone-based disease management pharmacotherapy  appointment with patients in need of therapy monitoring or optimization; address all barriers to care to include access, medication adherence, education 
• Utilize integrated and routine communication with all health care professionals and patients  concerning therapeutic regimens with an emphasis placed on the monitoring and  documentation of specific pharmacotherapy outcomes 
• Responsible for the review and completion of prior authorization requests for medications  requested under the pharmacy or medical benefit as needed, with support from pharmacy  technicians 
• Provide leadership and mentorship for clinical pharmacy resources executing program  framework across sites, with direct role in designing and developing collaborative drug therapy  management programs (CDTM)  
• Develop, track and report on clinical metrics for all CDTM and clinical pharmacy services and  programs appropriate to each client site and practice; ability to work independently and  autonomously to build and develop programs 
• Participate in key committees responsible for quality and performance improvement activities  related to patient safety, quality and medication use
• Develops client facing and publication quality clinical outcomes studies on specialty pharmacy  program work, leveraging programs across all client sites to produce outcomes data and  represent agency in local and national conferences or meetings
•  Assist in the planning, monitoring, and managing of budget in clinical pharmacy services in  partnership with pharmacy department leadership 
• Support account management, departmental directors, and all other resources support of fiscal and business aims 
•  Maintains AAHIVP certification through completion and passing the standardized exam and  maintaining required continuation education hours  
• Maintains pharmacy license in Georgia by completing required continuing education hours and  registering every 2 years with the board to prevent lapse in license 

 This position description should not be interpreted as all inclusive. It is intended to identify the major  responsibilities and requirements of this position. The incumbents may be requested to perform job-related  responsibilities and tasks other than those stated in this position description 

 Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Possesses and demonstrates expertise in the fundamentals of evidence- based 

pharmacotherapy for primary care disease states, which include but are not limited to,

diabetes mellitus, hypertension, dyslipidemia, HIV and PrEP care and services

• Knowledge of billing practices for ambulatory care clinical pharmacy services and specialty 

pharmaceuticals 

• Ability to manage processes, exhibit strong technical and clinical skills, maintain constant 

focus on legal compliance, while being highly productive with a focus on quality and 

details

• Exemplary interpersonal and customer service skills

• Must be a team player

• Excellent communication skills, able to lead and organize presentations or meetings

• Effective organization skills

• Ability to be flexible with hours

• Works effectively with a high level of autonomy and integrity

• Demonstrates effective leadership ability

• Recognizes when and how to effectively navigate between working independently to

working collaboratively as necessitated by task(s) or project(s) while continuously 

supporting strategic goals and aims of the Department of Pharmacy and organization as a 

strong team member and advocate for pharmacy services

• Possesses excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Possesses problem solving and decision-making abilities

• Demonstrates good organization and time management skills

• Proficient in word processing, spreadsheet database and presentation software

Minimum Qualifications

• BS Pharmacy Degree or PharmD from an accredited school of pharmacy

• Completion of ASHP Accredited PGY1 and PGY 2 Pharmacy Residency with focus on primary care 

disease states

• Currently a licensed Georgia Pharmacist

• 4+ years’ experience as a clinical pharmacist specialist engaging in direct patient care in an 

ambulatory clinic setting

• Ability to get AAHIVP Certification within 2-years of employment 

• Ability to obtain Specialty Board Certification in BCPS, BCADP, CDES 

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Preferred Qualifications or Experience:

• Specialty Board Certification in BCPS, BCADP, CDES 

• Experience working with HIV, LGBTQ+ patient populations

• Willingness to be self-driven in becoming an HIV specialist

• AAHIVP or other HIV expert certification (or willingness to obtain during tenure)

• Experience working in a 340B Pharmacy or 340B Contract Pharmacy

License/Licensure:

• Active Georgia Pharmacist Licensure in good standing

Travel:

• Local travel between Positive Impact Health Centers, Inc. sites and to and from community 

agencies will be required at times. 

• Occasional travel to events for training as needed. Occasional evening and weekend work are 

required, and working greater than 40 hours per week may be required.