Clinical Staff Pharmacist Keck Medicine of USC Specialty Pharmacy
Share
Job Location:
Alhambra, AZ - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 80 - 92
Posted on:
16 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
The University of Southern California (USC) Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences invites applications for a Clinical Staff Pharmacist within the Specialty Pharmacy Division based at Keck Hospital of USC.
In collaboration with other pharmacists and pharmacy technicians the Clinical Staff Pharmacist serves as a clinical resource and provides evidence-based drug information and therapeutic recommendations to patients caregivers pharmacists nurses physicians medical students undergraduate and graduate pharmacy students and other hospital personnel. The Clinical Staff Pharmacist coordinates and manages all aspects of a patients specialty pharmaceutical care including medication order review approval and verification and oversight of specialty pharmacy dispensing workflows to ensure safe accurate and timely medication delivery. Responsibilities include ensuring appropriate dose route frequency duration of therapy and adherence to current clinical guidelines as well as comprehensive medication management for complex disease states lab monitoring medication reconciliation and ongoing therapy optimization. The pharmacist performs detailed patient medication profile reviews to identify and resolve drugdrug interactions therapeutic duplication drugallergy interactions and appropriateness of therapy while coordinating pharmaceutical care with physicians nurses and interdisciplinary healthcare teams.
The Clinical Staff Pharmacist provides clinical management of patients receiving specialty medications across a wide range of disease states including but not limited to Oncology Rheumatology Dermatology Gastroenterology Multiple Sclerosis Cystic Fibrosis Hepatitis C Hepatitis B Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) Autoimmune Disorders Crohns Disease in addition to maintaining ongoing competency in newly approved therapies and emerging specialty disease states. Duties also include submission follow-up and management of prior authorizations and appeals ensuring timely payer responses and continuity of care as well as specialty prescription clinical review order verification adherence monitoring and clinical documentation in alignment with major national accreditation agency standards. The Clinical Staff Pharmacist also provides patient education counseling and patient assistance follow-ups to support access to therapy and long-term treatment success.
The patient population served includes adolescent adult and geriatric patients with complex specialty disorders and pharmaceutical needs. The Clinical Staff Pharmacist must demonstrate the ability to assess medication dosing and identify pharmaceutical needs relative to disease processes age and clinical condition.
This position is also responsible for supervising Pharm.D. students pharmacy technicians and undergraduate and graduate learners as well as contributing to educational programs for hospital staff including physicians nurses and pharmacy personnel. The Clinical Staff Pharmacist participates in appropriate hospital and departmental committees relevant to the specialty pharmacy practice area and supports the academic clinical and patient care missions of Keck Hospital of USC and the Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Required Credentials and Experience:
Applicants must have a PharmD degree and licensure or eligibility for licensure in California; completion of PGY1 residency Board Certification (BPS) or equivalent practice experience preferred.
Recommended Credentials:
Advanced Practice Pharmacist via the CA State Board of Pharmacy
The hourly rate range for this position is $80.00 - $92.00. When extending an offer of employment the University of Southern California considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position the candidates work experience education/training key skills internal peer equity federal state and local laws contractual stipulations grant funding as well as external market and organizational considerations.
Minimum Education: Bachelors degreeMinimum Experience: 1 year
Minimum Field of Expertise: Degree from accredited (ACPE) school of pharmacy. Registered pharmacist in state of California. Hospital pharmacy experience. Familiarity with unit dose IV admixtures and clinical pharmacy practice.
USC is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin protected veteran status disability or any other characteristic protected by law or USC policy. USC observes affirmative action obligations consistent with state and federal law. USC will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal records in a manner consistent with applicable laws and regulations including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for employers and the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance and with due consideration for patient and student safety. Please refer to theBackground Screening Policy Appendix Dfor specific employment screen implications for the position for which you are applying.
We provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants with questions about access or requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact USC Human Resources by phone at or by email at. Inquiries will be treated as confidential to the extent permitted by law.
- Notice of Non-discrimination
- Employment Equity
- Read USCs Clery Act Annual Security Report
- USC is a smoke-free environment
- Digital Accessibility
If you are a current USC employee please apply to thisUSC job posting in Workday by copying and pasting this link into your browser:
Experience:Staff IC
Key Skills
- Compliance Management
- Customer Retention
- Quality Assurance
- Customer Service
- Extensive Knowledge
- Account Management
- Front Office
- Telephone Calls
- Needs Analysis
- Cold calls
- Business Relationships
- Customer Complaints
- Sales Goals
- Sales Process
- New Clients
