Job Summary
- Job Title –Ambulatory Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
- Location – KENT
- Number of Openings –2
- Shift Details – Monday-Friday 8-430pm or 8:30-5pm No Holiday No Weekends
- Pay Range (min-max) – 136,406.40 - 200,000.00 YEARLY
- Sign On Bonus- None at this time
- Relocation Bonus –n/a
- Must Have: (BPS) Certified in a specialty; Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) Certified in Pharmacotherapy, Ambulatory Care, Cardiology, or Geriatrics.
- The Ambulatory Clinical Pharmacy Specialist provides ambulatory clinical pharmacy services. his role functions as a credentialed, privileged member of the healthcare team, practicing under collaborative practice agreements (CPAs) to optimize therapeutic outcomes, enhance medication access, and reduce the overall cost of care.
- The Specialist collaborates with prescribers, nurses, and multidisciplinary team members to design, implement, monitor, and document therapeutic plans that reflect safe, effective, and evidence-based medication use. These activities are recognized nationally as Comprehensive Medication Management (CMM) and serve as the foundation of the facility’s ambulatory pharmacy model. The Specialist serves as a clinical resource for providers, staff, and patients while supporting CMM, chronic disease management, and specialty medication care coordination.
Key Responsibilities
Required Education, Credential(s) and Experience
- Provide ambulatory clinical pharmacy services under pharmacy CPA as credentialed and privileged by the facility’s Medical Executive Committee (MEC), including assessment, monitoring, and documentation of therapeutic plans.
- Conduct patient visits for medication management, including, but not limited to, medication reconciliation, laboratory monitoring, patient counseling, and disease state management.
- Collaborate with the facility providers and care teams to implement evidence-based medication interventions that support quality, safety, and cost reduction goals.
- Address referrals received from the facility providers, ensuring closed-loop communication with referring clinicians.
- Support patient access and affordability through coordination of prior authorizations, financial assistance programs, and benefit investigations.
- Provide clinical oversight for patients on specialty medications, ensuring safe initiation, monitoring, and continuity of specialty medication therapy.
- Provide drug information and education to patients, families, and healthcare team members.
- Precept pharmacy students, interns, and/or residents as assigned.
- Develop new and/or improve systems and/or services to enhance the level of care provided to patients.
- Participate in research/publications related to applicable ambulatory and specialty pharmacy practice areas.
- Participate in committee workgroups, policy development, and quality improvement initiatives that advance the facility’s ambulatory pharmacy services.
- Document all interventions in the the facility electronic health record and report outcomes consistent with the facility and national standards for ambulatory pharmacy practice.
- All other duties as assigned within the scope and range of job responsibilities.
- Education: Bachelor Degree Pharmacy
- Credential(s): Licensed Pharmacist, Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) Certified in a specialty; Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) Certified in Pharmacotherapy, Ambulatory Care, Cardiology, or Geriatrics.
- Experience: Required: One year of clinical pharmacy experience, including residency experience.
Position Specifications
Job IDCS-10713
Job typePermanent
LocationDover, DE
Start dateAs soon as possible
Duration1 week
ShiftDays, Monday-Friday, Full Time
Openings2