Job Summary:

Develops, implements, and evaluates clinical pharmacy programs for patients, providers, and pharmacists. Maintains a clinical pharmacy practice to impact patients at risk for drug-related problems in area of expertise. Educates providers, pharmacists and other health care professionals. Makes members/patients and their needs a primary focus of ones actions; develops and sustains productive member/patient relationships. Maintains knowledge of and assures departmental compliance with Kaiser Permanentes Principles of Responsibility and policies and procedures, and applicable regulatory requirements and accreditation standards.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Develops and maintains a clinical pharmacy practice that includes: Drug therapy consultations for members and healthcare providers; Participation in drug use initiatives and strategies to promote achieving targeted disease state goals and cost-effective prescribing; Provides continuing education and staff development in-services for pharmacists, physicians, and other health care providers; Provides drug information to health care providers and members; Critically reviews medical literature to provide updates on drug therapy; Documents all clinical interventions and drug information requests using appropriate providers; Demonstrated continued competency in specialty areas of pharmacy practice.

  Basic Qualifications:

  Experience

• Completion of one (1) year residency related to practice area, or three years of clinical practice experience required.

  Education

• Doctor of Pharmacy Degree (PharmD) required.

  License, Certification, Registration

• Pharmacist License (District of Columbia) within 4 months of hire

• Pharmacist License (Virginia) within 4 months of hire

• Pharmacist License (Maryland)

• Board Certified Pharmacy Specialist Certificate within 36 months of hire

  Additional Requirements:

• N/A

  Preferred Qualifications:

• Minimum one (1) year of experience in a hospital-based setting preferred.

COMPANY: KAISER

TITLE: Specialist, Clinical Pharmacy

LOCATION: Lutherville-Timonium, Maryland

REQNUMBER: 1281571

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, state and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran, or disability status.