Clinical Pharmacist

We are seeking a highly skilled Clinical Pharmacist to join our team at Uphams Corner Health Center. As a Clinical Pharmacist, you will play a critical role in providing direct patient care and supporting population health initiatives.

• Collaborate with clinical and administrative staff to design, implement, and monitor pharmacotherapy guidelines and protocols for chronic diseases.
• Effectively use population health platforms to acquire and analyze data, and train end-users on available tools and management options.
• Facilitate the monitoring of clinical outcomes related to pharmacotherapy and identify patients for therapeutic modification.
• Educate clinicians on care guidelines, protocols, and best practices for medication selection.
• Identify potential or actual adverse events resulting from drug therapy and recommend or initiate necessary treatments.
• Work with designees to mitigate barriers to medication initiation and adherence, and improve access and/or modify therapies on an individual and population-health basis.
• Continually review and analyze population and patient data to evaluate performance, reveal trends, and identify opportunities.
• Evaluate population health programs and initiatives, and work with designees to identify evaluation metrics and develop reporting dashboards.
• Prepare reports to present findings and highlight successes and opportunities for improvement or intervention.
• Develop and implement programs to ensure complete and accurate data aggregation, measurement, and analysis for internal quality improvement and external reporting.
• Develop and maintain strong partnerships with stakeholders to address improvements in health and well-being of the community.
• Participate on committees/working groups as assigned by supervisor and/or management.

• Doctorate of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree from a college of pharmacy accredited by the American Council of Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE).
• A current, valid, unrestricted license to practice pharmacy in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
• Current BLS (Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers) Certification.
• Two years of clinical pharmacy experience with direct patient care.
• Knowledge of chronic disease states and therapies, including primary care, rheumatoid arthritis, cardiology, pulmonology, diabetes, etc.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience with EPIC/OCHIN EMR preferred.
• Board Certification for Diabetes Care and Education.

The Clinical Pharmacist will function independently within the scope of pharmacy practice and health center policies and procedures. Supervisory responsibilities will be determined when functioning as Staff Pharmacist.

The Clinical Pharmacist will have access to full health information, with Level 4 authorization, and will only access necessary information for each treatment encounter/circumstance.