Integrative Medicine Pharmacist
Integrative Medicine Pharmacist
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Job Description
Overview
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is an independent nonprofit organization providing adult cancer treatment and groundbreaking research focused on cancer and infectious diseases. Based in Seattle Fred Hutch is the only National Cancer Institutedesignated cancer center in Washington.
With a track record of global leadership in bone marrow transplantation HIV/AIDS prevention immunotherapy and COVID19 vaccines Fred Hutch has earned a reputation as one of the worlds leading cancer infectious disease and biomedical research centers. Fred Hutch operates eight clinical care sites that provide medical oncology infusion radiation proton therapy and related services and network affiliations with hospitals in five states. Together our fully integrated research and clinical care teams seek to discover new cures to the worlds deadliest diseases and make life beyond cancer a reality.
At Fred Hutch we value collaboration compassion determination excellence innovation integrity and respect. Our mission is directly tied to the humanity dignity and inherent value of each employee patient community member and supporter. Our commitment to learning across our differences and similarities make us stronger. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems.
Performs clinical pharmacy services to assigned clinic patients. The pharmacist acts as an integral member of Fred Hutch patient care services providing pharmacotherapeutic recommendations to providers nursing research staff and other members of the health care team to optimize patient care. Responsibilities include but are not limited to direct patient care drug dispensing research & education and practice management as it pertains to the care of the assigned patient population. The pharmacist will work with the specialty pharmacy team to ensure patients have access to needed medications and will provide clinical support and documentation when required.
This is a part time 50 FTE) position.
Responsibilities
Clinical:
- Collaborate with providers to individualize drug therapies promoting safe effective and economical patient care.
- Perform comprehensive medication therapy review and other activities as necessary to ensure safe transitions of care.
- Assume responsibility for monitoring and modifying the drug regimen when referred to include the ordering and interpretation of laboratory testing.
- Provide refill authorization in conjunction with assessment of adherence disease states drug interactions efficacy and safety.
- Act as a drug information resource to providers nursing staff research staff and patients.
- Ensure patient access to specialty medications by assisting with providing required clinical information to insurers when needed.
- Identify patients with indications for drug therapy who are undertreated and optimize drug therapy.
- Identify barriers to adherence to medication regimen incorporating patient characteristics i.e. language culture/religious practices physical cognitive emotional pain/discomfort socioeconomic status.
- Utilize tools in educating the patient on selfmanagement of disease and drug therapy.
- Review clinic prescribing patterns with clinic staff to design targeted education to promote consistency with UWP guidelines (or other nationally recognized guidelines when needed)
- The pharmacist may manage anticoagulation therapy infectious disease therapy complementary and alternative therapy or pain/palliative care for clinic patients under a collaborative drug therapy agreement. Patient care activities include management of all aspects of therapy including initiation patient education short term and long term monitoring and management care transitions and consults.
Education
- Provide primary preceptorship of pharmacy residents and student pharmacists
- Provide education to medical/surgical residents nursing staff and medical students
- Present at educational conferences to multidisciplinary staff as requested
- Develop and provide nursing inservices
- Provide didactic teaching to student pharmacists at the University of Washington School of Pharmacy as requested
Research
- Participate in collaborative research projects with healthcare professionals pharmacy residents and student pharmacists.
- Submit unique work for publication in professional journals
- May assist in the preparation review and implementation of drug study protocols
- Collaborating with investigators in support of investigational drug studies
Practice Management:
- Implement and maintain departmental policies and procedures related to the safe and effective use of medications
- Routinely evaluate current updates in service specific literature
- Develop and maintain drug therapy monitoring systems for patients
- Establish and maintain efficient lines of communication between pharmacists physicians nurses and other members of the health care team.
- Participate in pharmacy and hospital committees as requested
- Participate in the development and implementation of quality assurance programs for pharmacy services including but not limited to prevention of medication errors
- Perform drug utilization evaluation and cost containment analyses as needed
Dispensing:
- Perform duties of a dispensing pharmacist (oral chemo clinic infusion pharmacy and/or retail pharmacy) as required
Qualifications
Required:
- PGY1 or 3 years of experience
- State of Washington Pharmacist License
- One year of experience in hospital pharmacy practice
Preferred:
- PGY2 Oncology
PreEmployment Drug Screening:
As a condition of employment Fred Hutch conducts preemployment drug testing for this pharmacy role. All offers of employment in the pharmacy department are conditional on the applicant successfully completing and passing a drug test in accordance with the Fred Hutch policy.
The hourly pay range for this position is from $70.40 to $117.33 and pay offered will be based on experience and qualifications.
Relocation assistance may be available for this position.
Additional Information
Employment Type
Part-Time
