Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System seeks a licensed Clinical Pharmacist Specialist (Infectious Diseases), Pharm. D., with expertise in infectious diseases and antimicrobial medication management. The role delivers comprehensive medication management, focusing on outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy and serving as lead pharmacist for the GLA HIV program. Additional duties include HCV patient management, consultative pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic support, and antimicrobial stewardship.
Duties include but are not limited to: Provides an extensive range of services to patient in Infectious Diseases. Works as a member of assigned ambulatory care clinics. Designs, implements, assesses, monitors, and documents therapeutic plans using the most effective, least toxic and most economical medications. Offers additional interventions to maximize patient care outcomes, taking into consideration choice of therapy, safety, efficacy, and cost. Orders and assesses laboratory results, making the necessary recommendations and adjustments to the patient's therapy. Works as an active member of the inter-professional team and provides expert professional, technical, and procedural information to the primary team, including the clinical pharmacist, and/or the primary care provider. Performs activities such as physical assessment, ordering appropriate tests/consults, making referrals, etc., to achieve desired outcomes. Identifies and documents drug errors, adverse drug reactions, allergies, and patient compliance issues per facility procedures. Takes specific corrective action per protocol or as permitted by approved scope of practice. Documents and ensures timely completion of alerts, encounters, notes, clinical interventions, consults, etc. inpatient record and/or other data collection tools per local policy. Identifies areas in which improvements in clinical services can be made and completes at least one project a year (e.g., quality/performance improvement, implementation of new service, enhancement of existing service, etc.). Monitors patients' medication therapy through telephone consultations or clinic visits at intervals determined by the pharmacist. At each follow-up encounter, reviews lab results and evaluates patients for any changes related to their medication therapy. As needed, makes dose changes or other changes to patients' medication therapy. Documents any medication changes and therapeutic plan in electronic medical records. Management of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) program and antimicrobial stewardship program. Consultative liaison with infectious diseases consultation service on pharmacokinetics-pharmacodynamics issues. Provides consultation regarding drug-drug interactions, incompatibility, adverse effects and dosing to other providers. Assists in the development of institutional policies and standard operating procedures relevant to infectious diseases pharmacy and therapeutics. Works with Infectious Diseases Program Manager and physician staff in continually evaluation infectious diseases program policies to best meet the needs of veterans receiving antimicrobial therapy. Develops, plans, and implements innovative inpatient and ambulatory care programs to meet the goals of the VA Antimicrobial Stewardship Taskforce. Effectively organized workload, plans short and long-range objectives, solves problems, and achieves goals within budget and staffing constraints. Responsible for establishing and reviewing pharmacy policies with the concerning ambulatory care, acute care, and Infectious Disease. Participates in various medical center councils, committees, performance improvement teams. Provides sound arguments that influence clinical and management decision. Attends and/or participates in Pharmacy Service and sections meetings. Ensures timely completion of assigned administrative projects and reports. Effectively instructs patients and family members in the appropriate use of medications and medical devices and documents comprehension. Able to adjust communication and tracking methods based on age and developmental considerations. Refers patients to educational programs provided at the medical center by multidisciplinary teams as applicable. Trains pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and other relevant staff. Participates in all aspects of training such as conducting on-the-job training and monitoring performance. Assists in new employee orientation and training, as assigned. Precepts and evaluates pharmacy students, pharmacy residents, and other relevant trainees, which may include projects, rotations, presentations, etc. Designs and completes research studies involving clinical pharmacist functions, quality assurance , drug use evaluations, pharmacotherapy, etc. Develops and conducts patient education classes. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday from 8:00am-4:30pm; tour may be adjusted to meet patient and medical center needs. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 000000 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not Authorized
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Sharlene.Harrigan@va.gov
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