Consults with pharmacy leadership, physicians and interdisciplinary team members on the development, implementation and utilization of approved protocols to provide pharmaceutical care.  Manages the development and/or implementation of regional drug initiatives or other formulary management activities. Serves as a primary preceptor for the pharmacy student and residency program. Provides pharmaceutical care by performing various patient-focused clinical, educational, informative, and distributive functions in ambulatory care as an interdisciplinary team member in support of patients, practitioners, and ancillary staff. Ensures appropriate, cost-effective drug utilization while maintaining and enhancing patient care.

• Provides pharmaceutical care services for defined high risk patient populations. Ensures continuity of pharmaceutical care and optimal utilization of resources to and from acute and ambulatory patient-care settings. Collaborates with inpatient/outpatient pharmacist or established Regional disease management program(s) for follow-up with high-risk discharges.  Analyzes requestors drug information need; employs systematic, efficient, and thorough procedure for retrieving drug information or enlists available resources; formulates response; follows up consistently on drug information recommendations and assesses effectiveness.  Performs drug regimen reviews for members as warranted; assesses patients where necessary and communicates information to physician.  Researches and organizes patient-specific information; documents patient medication histories; recommends or reviews laboratory tests to assess patient response to drug therapy; identifies medication therapy problems as appropriate. Provides oversight for functions and activities of support personnel to assure responsibilities are performed in accordance with scope of practice and applicable procedures.  Adapts effective strategies for communicating with non-English speaking patients or those who are otherwise impaired (e.g., blind, deaf, cognitively impaired, illiterate).


• Recommends pharmacotherapeutic regimens and corresponding monitoring plans to prescribers in way that is systematic, logical, and secures consensus from prescriber and patient; utilizes patient interview/assessment skills, current literature-supported evidence and practices, drug initiative information, and established protocols.  Designs appropriate pharmacotherapeutic regimens; integrates patient-specific disease and drug information, current practice standards, ethical issues, and quality-of-life issues, and pharmacoeconomic principles.  Monitors data and modifies pharmacotherapeutic plans as necessary. Documents pharmaceutical care activities in patients medical records or clinical information system.


• Designs effective medication-use education for patients and caregivers; provides one-on-one counseling to patients and caregivers, including information on drug therapy, adverse effects, compliance, appropriate use, and handling.  Provides patient-specific verbal or written consultations, including pharmacotherapy and pharmacokinetic, to healthcare practitioners.  May perform limited physical examinations,for the purpose of providing medication management services. Participates in designing, reviewing, monitoring, or researching clinical drug trials as needed.


• Takes leadership role in development, implementation, and coordination of regional, ambulatory, or hospital-based drug initiatives or other formulary management activities.  Participates, as appropriate, in development and/or implementation of regional drug initiatives or other formulary management activities.  Participates in establishing disease state management protocols in coordination with HPMG physicians,  Pharmacy and Therapeutics committee.


• Participates in monitoring and improving relevant outcome measures and/or quality improvement indicators; defines quality improvement processes; develops measures to monitor, assures safety and appropriateness. Leads regional medication management and formulary education programs to promote appropriate, cost-effective prescribing. Participates in task forces, lecture programs and skills certification for patients, providers, pharmacy staff, and support staff at departmental, market, enterprise, national and international levels as warranted. Establishes relationships with physicians and facility leaders to successfully partner on drug therapy issues; balances cost and quality issues. Participates in didactic or clerkship education of pharmacy students, and/or serves as preceptor of residents as warranted. Supports a collaborative Labor-Management Partnership environment.


• Performs other duties as required.