Clinical Pharmacist-Population HealthAmbulatory Care Full-time Days

The Clinical Pharmacist reflects the mission vision and values of NM adheres to the organizations Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program and complies with all relevant policies procedures guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards.

The Clinical Pharmacist is responsible for identifying preventing and/or resolving medication related problems; for providing authoritative information to other health care professionals patients and the public; and for assuring that the informational clinical and drug distribution components of pharmacy services function as an integrated system to provide patient centered care to the patients and staff of Northwestern Medicine.

The mission of the Department of Pharmacy is to deliver the safest highest quality most effective and efficient patient care while developing the best people advancing research and integrating pharmacy services to successfully coordinate care across the Northwestern Medicine enterprise.

The vision of the Department of Pharmacy is to be a recognized as a national leader in advancing the pharmacy enterprise through excellence innovation education and research.

Scheduling:

• This opportunity has the flexibility to work at either the Central region NM campus (located in Chicago IL) OR the West region NM campus (located in Winfield IL).

Responsibilities:

• Works under collaborative practice agreements with physicians advanced practice nurses and physician assistants to manage patient therapeutic needs related to hypertension hyperlipidemia diabetes and other chronic conditions as needed.
• Collaborates with physicians advanced practice nurses physician assistants medical assistants dieticians care coordinators and others to address patient treatment needs related to hypertension hyperlipidemia diabetes and other chronic conditions.
• Meets with patients individually to provide medication support and monitoring either by 1 managing directly or 2 in partnership with physicians advanced practice nurses physician assistants dieticians medical assistants care coordinators and other members of the Ambulatory Care Clinic team. 
• Adjusts therapy as indicated by patient condition and laboratory results.
• Educates patients and their families about medications.
• Communicates professional knowledge effectively in both oral and written forms to patients and other health professionals.
• Maintains a comprehensive EPIC patient profile.  The profile will include pertinent information which may influence medication therapy decisions.
• Maintains a current medication list in EPIC by performing medication reconciliation at each patient visit.
• Bills for clinical services provided where appropriate.
• Develop communication materials to support clinical initiatives as needed.
• Presents clinical information to patient groups as needed.  
• Participates in Medical Resident Pharmacy Resident and Pharmacy Student Training
• Participates in quality improvement and medication use review activities of the center.
• Organizes prioritizes and plans workload within given time constraints.  Works cooperatively with other members of the team to assure established center objectives are accomplished.
• Maintains proficiency and expertise in area(s) of practice through continuous professional development.
• Prepares and presents information at various committees as needed.
• Develop and implement strategies to improve health outcomes across targeted populations focusing on quality performance metrics.
• Analyze clinical and claims data to identify care gaps stratify risk and support datadriven decisionmaking.
• Collaborate with prescribers and care teams to coordinate patient outreach and close quality care gaps.
• Monitor and report on key performance metrics tied to valuebased care initiatives and payer contracts.
• Design and optimize workflows that support medication adherence care transitions and patient engagement across diverse populations.
• Educate healthcare teams on evidencebased guidelines coding practices and population health goals to drive systemwide improvement.
• Leverage health IT systems to track interventions measure impact and support continuous quality improvement efforts.
• Conduct targeted digital or telephonic outreach to patients identified with medication adherence gaps focusing on chronic conditions like diabetes hypertension and hyperlipidemia.
• Educate patients on the importance of medication adherence addressing barriers such as side effects cost or misunderstandings about therapy.
• Document outreach efforts and patientreported reasons for nonadherence to inform followup care and workflow improvement.
• Collaborate with pharmacy teams providers and case managers to resolve medicationrelated issues and support transitions of care.
• Track and report adherence outreach outcomes to evaluate impact and guide future interventions and resource allocation.
• Use payer tools and EMRbased patient lists to prioritize highrisk patients and ensure timely outreach and followup

Qualifications :

Required:

• Current license to practice pharmacy in the State of Illinois
• Bachelors Degree in Pharmacy or a Doctor of Pharmacy Degree

Preferred:

• Training and knowledge of specialty areas (neonatology critical care oncology etc.
• Completion of a pharmacy residency program or equivalent hospital pharmacy experience

Additional Information :

Northwestern Medicine is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age sex race color religion national origin gender identity veteran status disability sexual orientation or any other protected status.

If we offer you a job we will perform a background check that includes a review of any criminal convictions. A conviction does not disqualify you from employment at Northwestern Medicine. We consider this on a casebycase basis and follow all state and federal guidelines.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits that provide employees with tools and resources to improve their physical emotional and financial wellbeing while providing protection for unexpected life events. Please visit our Benefits section to learn more.