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Hackensack Meridian Health Ambulatory Care Pharmacist - Full Time in Brick, New Jersey
Overview
Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.
The Ambulatory Care Pharmacist will work as a part of a multidisciplinary team in order to deliver comprehensive, safe, appropriate and cost-effective drug therapy for ambulatory patients with chronic medical conditions. Medication reconciliation, medication management and medication education will be paramount in ensuring optimal pharmacotherapy. Therapeutic areas of focus include CHF, COPD, AMI, stroke, hypertension, tobacco cessation, asthma, diabetes mellitus, anticoagulation and general medicine/pharmacotherapy.
Responsibilities
A day in the life of a Ambulatory Care Pharmacist at Hackensack Meridian Health includes:
Review medication profiles of patient seen in the ambulatory clinical setting (in person or virtually) and formulate patient specific medication-related treatment and monitoring plans
Perform medication reconciliation to determine appropriateness of medication orders and to assess patient adherence
Collaborate with physicians and APPs to optimize drug regimens by identifying, resolving, and preventing potential and actual medication-related problems
Deliver understandable and comprehensive disease specific and/or patient specific drug information to patients, caregivers, and health care providers involved in the care of the patient
Identify barriers to medication adherence and implement measures to facilitate access to medications, whenever necessary
Recommend appropriate lifestyle modifications in accordance with chronic disease state management
Develop trusting long-term relationships with patients
Provide education programs for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, patients, pharmacy students, and pharmacy residents
Precept pharmacy students and pharmacy residents
Represent the Pharmacy Department in committee meetings and hospital medication safety initiatives
Assisting in pharmacy and hospital initiatives (including readmissions reduction) to provide safe and efficacious evidence-based care
Perform research and utilize findings to optimize patient care and outcomes
Connect with the larger community by participating in wellness activities across the region
Other duties and/or projects as assigned.
Adheres to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.
Qualifications
Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:
Doctorate of Pharmacy (PharmD) from an accredited College of Pharmacy
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Proficient computer skills that may include but are not limited to Microsoft Office and/or Google Suite platforms.
Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Preferred:
- Completion of PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, PGY2 preferred
Licenses and Certifications Required:
- New Jersey State Pharmacist Licensure.
If you feel the above description speaks directly to your strengths and capabilities, then please apply today!
Job ID 2024-146580
Department O-ADMIN
Site Ocean University Medical Cntr
Job Location US-NJ-Brick
Position Type Full Time with Benefits
Standard Hours Per Week 40
Shift Day
Shift Hours Days
Weekend Work No Weekends Required
On Call Work No On-Call Required
Holiday Work No Holidays Required