Outpatient Pharmacist

As an Outpatient Pharmacist with Kaiser Permanente, you will play a vital role in providing patient care, clinical activities, and patient consultations within the scope of pharmacy practice. You will optimize medication therapy and promote health, wellness, and disease prevention. You will also provide direction to Pharmacist Residents, Pharmacist Interns, Pharmacy Technicians, and non-licensed personnel. Your responsibilities will include dispensing compounds, procuring, storing, furnishing, ordering, administering, and distributing pharmacy products and drug tests. You will perform drug conversions and participate in the evaluation and management of diseases and health conditions in collaboration with other healthcare providers. You will be accountable for knowledge of updated clinical skills, knowledge of regulatory changes, and assurance of a safe and healthy working environment. You will provide medical personnel and patients with medication and information and product identification. You will perform other duties as required.

• Uphold Kaiser Permanente's Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities, and applicable state, federal, and local laws.
• Complete knowledge and skills-based training assessments and competencies.
• Interview patients to obtain information regarding drug use, drug allergies, and sensitivities and document the information to appropriate records of the pharmacy information system; advise patients verbally and with written materials on significant precautions, proper drug therapy, and administration, the use of related devices, and the coordination of drug therapy with diet, according to established policies and procedures.
• Review and interpret prescription orders and verify accuracy and completeness of patient labeling and input into pharmacy information system.
• Dispense, compound, procure, store, furnish, order, administer, and distribute pharmaceuticals and pharmacy products and drug-related tests, including antineoplastics and/or other sterile products as required, according to legal requirements, established policies and procedures, under protocol, and accepted professional standards of practice.
• Evaluate and resolve real or potential drug therapy problems related to interpretation of prescriptions, drug furnishing irregularities, service complaints, and issues such as drug procurement or equipment problems, according to established policies and procedures.
• Confer with medical personnel concerning care and treatment of patients, related critical diagnoses, drug dosage, interactions, dosage forms, and other factors which might influence the course of treatment and the activity medications; suggest changes in drug therapy and/or use, as appropriate to assure optimum therapeutic results and cost-effective prescribing.
• Participate in cost-effective prescribing programs and assist in promoting adherence to formulary by providing immediate feedback to prescriber, educational or in-service presentations, publication of newsletter, and compilation of prescribing and drug usage data as coordinated by the Drug Education Coordinator (DEC) and/or pharmacy management.
• Make recommendations to management regarding systems or operational improvements.
• Ability to interact effectively with co-workers and contribute as a team player.
• Maintain work area and equipment in an organized and clean condition; maintain a safe and efficient work environment.
• Support a collaborative Labor-Management Partnership environment.
• Outpatient Pharmacist Additional Requirements: Advanced Practice Outpatient Specialist Additional requirements for Outpatient Pharmacists working under Advanced Practice specialty.
• Current APh licensure from the California State Board of Pharmacy.
• Ability to mentor 1 to 2 APh Candidate Pharmacists.
• Advanced Practice Continuing Education requirement must be in relevant subjects or topics.

• Must have 1 year of recent (within 3 years) experience as a pharmacist, pharmacy intern, or completion of residency.
• See functions for additional specialty-related requirements.

• Must be able to meet physical demands of the job including frequent standing, walking, bending, reaching, pushing, pulling, lifting of material up to 30 pounds.
• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Knowledge of Federal and State laws, regulations, and standards regarding the provision of pharmaceutical services.
• Comprehensive knowledge of current pharmacological/biopharmaceutical principles, medical terminology, pathologies, disease state, age-appropriate therapy, and other information as it pertains to medical or pharmaceutical care.
• Demonstrated ability to extract pertinent information from the patient or other sources and relate it to the patient's medical management plan.
• Experience operating pharmacy computer systems and other equipment.

• Experience in a high-volume pharmacy preferred.
• Doctorate of Pharmacy, Pharm.D.