Summary:

The Clinical Pharmacist ensures the safe, effective, cost-conscious use of medications by providing expertise in the therapeutic benefits, drug interactions, adverse reactions, and disease-specific evidence-based treatment protocols common to primary care and specialty medicine. The Clinical Pharmacist will interact with patients, clinicians, nurses, and other health care providers to provide management, information, and education about the use of drugs.

Principal Responsibilities:

1. Will participate and maintain a culture within The Corvallis Clinic that is consistent with the content outlined in the Service and Behavioral Standards document. To this end, employee will be expected to read, have familiarity, and embrace the principles contained within.
2. Work providing direct patient care. Obtain and evaluate patient medication regimens, allergies, and past/current medical history. Design, recommend and monitor patient specific therapeutic regimens with evidence-based medicine. Use collaborative drug therapy management protocols for disease state management. Examples include diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and pain management.
3. Participate and support guideline, pathway, and other disease management efforts. Participate in providing drug use feedback to providers using available data.
4. Collaborates with nurse care managers to provide expert advice on prescribing practices for selected patients with complex and unstable disease to improve their health and prevent unnecessary hospital and emergency care costs.
5. Conduct target drug programs or other interventional efforts designed to optimize the use of pharmaceuticals.
6. Professional Practice: Remains current in pharmaceutical regulations and applicable laws and advises The Corvallis Clinic to ensure compliance.
7. Perform other duties as assigned.

Education, Licensure and Experience:

1. Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy RPh or a PharmD degree from an accredited college or university required.
2. Oregon Pharmacy licensure required.
3. Pharmacy practice residency or a minimum of three (3) years practice experience in direct patient care required.
4. Experience in an ambulatory care clinic or inpatient setting preferred.

Knowledge and Skills:

1. Ability to communicate well in an interdisciplinary team setting.
2. Lead and train where necessary and accurately represent the standards of pharmaceutical practice.
3. Flexibility and vision to try new collaborative approaches to clinical problems and the willingness to persevere through the challenges of creating positive change in a medical clinic setting.
4. Ability to read, analyze and interpret professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
5. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form. Demonstrates ability to set goals, plan, organize, and take tasks to completion.
6. Exercises independent judgement within the limits of authority.
7. Thorough knowledge of Electronic Medical Record, Spreadsheet and Word Processing software.