Pharmacist - Clinical AMS

Overview

The AMS pharmacist provides direct patient care including management, monitoring, and instruction related to anticoagulation management. The pharmacist will provide high quality patient care through a collaborative practice agreement for anticoagulation management of patients referred by any Carle Provider to AMS. They will be responsible for implementation, monitoring, and overall management of anticoagulation therapy regimens. They will provide extensive patient education on warfarin therapy. They will work to ensure appropriate and optimized anticoagulant therapy and bridging, and provide education to patients as well as other healthcare professionals. They will provide direct supervision and instruction to AMS pharmacy technicians.

Qualifications

Certifications: Licensed Pharmacist - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR), Education: Bachelor's Degree: Pharmacy, Work Experience:

Responsibilities

Work in collaboration with other healthcare professionals to provide safe, effective anticoagulation management.

Implement, monitor, and adjust anticoagulation and peri-procedural bridging therapies for warfarin and direct oral anticoagulants.

Directly supervise AMS staff, (i.e. technicians) in AMS support functions

Assist in the development of clinical guidelines and order sets as related to appropriate drug therapy.

Provide direct patient care by intervening as appropriate to improve prescribing, administration, and monitoring practices.

Represent the pharmacy on committees or work groups as assigned.

Screen medications for potential interactions with other medications, diet, disease state, or stated allergies.

Make dosing and therapy recommendations based on patient-specific factors, including age, weight, renal function, and clinical status.

Assist in the training and orientation of new employees as assigned.

Provide Medication Therapy Management services as defined in the Illinois Pharmacy Practice Act

Maintains current knowledge of and ensures compliance with government and commercial regulations.

Other duties as assigned.

Review all AMS INRs and assign calls per protocol (alert, today, 24 hours, 24-48 hours). Call and triage patients with abnormal INR lab results, assess clinical status, and determine appropriate next steps. Manage patient's warfarin per protocol or collaborative practice agreement. Provide patient education related to anticoagulation therapy, INR results, dosing instructions, and safety considerations. Provide pre and post procedure guidance; assist in transitions of care, including coordination of hospital discharges with the inpatient pharmacy team. Manage excellent patient communications including telephone messages/patient encounters for questions, triage, and education.

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Compensation and Benefits

The compensation range for this position is $52.06per hour - $89.54per hour. This represents a good faith minimum and maximum range for the role at the time of posting by Carle Health. The actual compensation offered a candidate will be dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s experience, qualifications, location, training, licenses, shifts worked and compensation model.

Carle Health offers a comprehensive benefits package for team members and providers. To learn more visit careers.carlehealth.org/benefits.