Clinical Pharmacist

Committed to bringing healthcare into communities and communities into healthcare since 1978, NEW Health is rural Northeast Washington’s leading non-profit primary care provider. We treat all patients with the respect they deserve while providing high-quality, integrated medical, dental, behavioral health, and pharmacy services. 

NEW Health has been named one of the best places to work in the Inland Northwest! We set the standard to advance employees within our organization and hold ourselves accountable by tracking employee advancement as one of our key performance indicators. Our workforce development program, NEW Health University, is nationally recognized for developing local career pathway training. We provide all of our staff with paid, on-the-job training to ensure you are confident and successful in your position. 

Our workforce development program, NEW Health University, is nationally recognized for developing local career pathway training with a goal to retain rural youth. For providers, this means you will be surrounded by a well-trained support team so you can focus on treating your patients. 

Loan Repayment Opportunities 

NEW Health is a non-profit federally qualified health center (FQHC). NEW Health is a member of the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) scholarships and loan repayment program. We are an NHSC approved site with a Primary Care HPSA Score of 17, a Dental HPSA Score of 20, and a Mental Health HPSA Score of 20. Additionally, NEW Health licensed health professionals are eligible to apply for the Washington State Health Professional Loan Repayment Program.  

Benefits with You and Your Family in Mind 

• Four weeks of paid time off plus nine paid holidays 
• Medical and Vision insurance for you and your family is 100% paid for by NEW Health  
• Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account options 
• Free Life Flight membership for your family 
• 401(k) plan with matching contribution 
• Continuing Professional Education, license, and tuition reimbursement opportunities  

The above list is not inclusive of all full-time employee benefits and is dependent upon eligibility criteria. 

Purpose of Job:

The purpose of this position is to provide comprehensive Clinical Pharmacy Services to patients. To work collaboratively with healthcare providers to ensure the safe and effective management of medication therapy. Effectively communicate with clinic staff to share knowledge, skill and drug expertise. The Clinical Pharmacist participates in all aspects of the medication-use system to provide individualized pharmaceutical care and to help ensure quality outcomes for patients.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Review clinical data to identify patients and patient populations in need of medication therapy management or clinical pharmacy services
• Review patient EMR data to assess and evaluate prescribed medications
• Create and maintain positive and effective communication with providers and healthcare teams to ensure quality care for individual patients
• Participate in patient consultations to discuss medication history, effectiveness, appropriateness, side effects, and compliance
• Perform individualized consultation for specific patients as referred by primary care providers
• Provide chart notes from patient consultation to the primary care team including but not limited to overview, detailed medication utilization plan and appropriate evidence-based recommendations.
• Participate in patient monitoring and follow-up, review patients progress to identify, prevent or mitigate drug related problems
• Assure pharmacy is an integral part of the health-care delivery system and facilitate enhancement of clinical pharmacy services and programs
• Actively identifies practice related issues which require evaluation and facilitate clinical projects or quality improvement initiatives
• Develop and present medication education to providers and other healthcare personnel as needed to advance practice
• Perform medication therapy management reviews in Outcomes
• In the absence of other pharmacists, participate in pharmacy operations, medication dispensing and counseling in the pharmacy setting.
• Perform other duties as assigned
• Travel may be required. 

Qualifications:

Education/Experience: Rph or PharmD from accredited school of pharmacy. Current valid licensure in the state of Washington is required. Completion of ASHP accredited PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency preferred, Clinical Pharmacy experience preferred, Prior 340B and non-profit experience preferred.

Skills: Excellent oral and written communications skills required. Computer skills required. EMR experience and patient chart review is preferred. Leadership skills and experience preferred, Outcomes trained preferred

Physical Demands:

Pharmacists must be able to move around the facility between 1/3rd and 2/3rds of the day, while sitting at a workstation occurs over 2/3rds of the day. Using hands and reaching with arms occurs under 1/3rd of the day. Communicating is also required over 2/3rds of the day, while climbing, stooping or crawling is minimal. Lifting up to 10 lbs. occurs occasionally, while 25-50 lbs. occurs infrequently.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions