Clinical Pharmacist

Job Description:

Job Title: Clinical Pharmacist
Location: Columbia, Missouri
Employment Type: Full-Time

Job Summary:
As a Clinical Pharmacist, you'll lead assigned patient service lines, clinical areas, and therapeutic programs while delivering direct patient care and clinical practice. Your main responsibilities will include designing and implementing stewardship activities, developing and overseeing policies and procedures for drug purchasing, usage, distribution, and control, and participating in pharmacy operations and medication dispensing. Additionally, you'll maintain proficiency in hospital computer systems and medication ordering systems, and provide accurate, safe, timely, and appropriate medication therapy based on patient age and needs.

Columbia, Missouri offers a vibrant community filled with history, art, music, sports, and nature. With its affordable cost of living, world-class universities, and progressive employers, Columbia boasts many amenities typically found in much larger cities. Join us in delivering outstanding pharmaceutical care and advancing your career in healthcare!

Position Perks & Benefits:

• Employee benefits package - health, dental, vision, retirement, life, & more**
• Mileage reimbursement - company paid for work functions requiring travel
• Top-notch training - initial, ongoing, comprehensive, and supportive
• Career mobility - advancement opportunities/promoting from within
• Welcoming, warm, supportive - a work culture & environment that promotes your well-being, values you as human being, and encourages your health and happiness

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead assigned patient service lines, clinical areas, and therapeutic programs
• Facilitate pharmaceutical care services, direct patient care programs, and medication utilization systems
• Design and implement stewardship activities and restriction/surveillance programs
• Track and evaluate assigned pharmacy programs for operational, quality, and financial efficiency
• Identify practice-related issues and facilitate clinical research, quality improvement, or provider education
• Develop and oversee policies and procedures for drug purchasing, usage, distribution, and control
• Assure pharmacy is an integral part of the healthcare delivery system and facilitate enhancement of services
• Deliver direct patient care and clinical practice, including ambulatory-care and service-based programs
• Work as an active member of multidisciplinary teams and collaborate to provide patient-centered care
• Identify high-risk patients and implement interventions to improve quality and safety
• Make appropriate evidence-based, patient-centered medication recommendations
• Participate in the management of medical emergencies
• Provide discharge medication review, reconciliation, and counseling
• Provide pharmaceutical services throughout the medical center
• Complete critical patient monitoring and medication therapy reviews
• Communicate effectively with healthcare providers and assure continuity of pharmaceutical care
• Actively participate in stewardship activities and restricted medication programs
• Participate in pharmacy operations and medication dispensing
• Oversee pharmacy operations and technician practice/activities
• Facilitate specialty medication procurement, ordering, and dispensing
• Maintain proficiency and actively engage in education/mentorship
• Develop staff training experiences/competencies and create new teaching opportunities
• Identify, design, and implement improvements in the medication-use system

Education and/or Experience Qualifications:

• Graduate of an ACPE accredited College of Pharmacy
• Doctor of Pharmacy or other advanced degree, preferred
• Completion of ASHP accredited PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency, preferred
• Completion of PGY-2 Specialty Pharmacy Residency, preferred
• Clinical pharmacy experience (2-4 years) preferred (required if no PGY-2 or PGY-1 residency)

Additional Qualifications:

• Knowledge of contemporary hospital/clinical practice and service
• Significant knowledge and expertise in advanced pharmacy practice, specialty medication therapy management, and specialty evidence-based medicine
• Able to communicate effectively with patients
• Detail oriented
• Leadership experience preferred

Brightli is on a Mission:

A mission to improve client care, reduce the financial burden of community mental health centers by sharing resources, a mission to have a larger voice in advocacy to increase access to mental health and substance use care in our communities, and a mission to evolve the behavioral health industry to better meet the needs of our clients.

As a behavioral and community mental health provider, we value diversity, equity, and inclusion in our workforce and encourage applications from individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences. If you are passionate about empowering your local communities and promoting health equity, we invite you to join our mission-driven organization that is committed to building a diverse, equitable, inclusive and authentic workplace.

We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and encourage applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, disability or veteran status, or to other non-work related factors.

Preferred Family Healthcare is a Smoke and Tobacco Free Workplace.