Pharmacist Clinical, Ambulatory (H)

It's more than a career, it's a calling MO-SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Worker Type: Regular Job Highlights: Anticoagulation Clinical Pharmacist Responsible for managing anticoagulation therapy to optimize patient outcomes while ensuring safe, effective, and evidence-based care. Key responsibilities include: + Develop individualized, evidence-based dosing and monitoring plans for patients on warfarin and direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs). + Work under collaborative practice agreement to independently implement patient care plans. + Assess INR values and other relevant laboratory results, identifying and resolving drug-related issues such as interactions, changes in health status, and adherence challenges. + Provide safe perioperative anticoagulation recommendations for patients undergoing procedures, collaborating closely with providers, surgeons, and patients to minimize risk. + Communicate effectively with interdisciplinary healthcare teams and maintain accurate, timely documentation within the electronic medical record. Job Summary: Assumes an active role to provide patient care through comprehensive medication reviews and/or targeted disease-specific interventions. Job Responsibilities and Requirements: PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES + Gathers necessary data to promote patient safety by ensuring that each relevant medication is indicated, effective, safe, and that the patient is adherent to therapy. + Improves patient-specific drug therapy and therapeutic problems by evaluating the appropriateness of drug therapy, assessing effectiveness, and identifying potential interactions or adverse effects. + Assesses relevant patient-specific medical problems, prioritizes medical problems based on urgency and severity, and identifies preventive and health maintenance issues as needed. May design a drug therapy plan for patient-specific problems and persuasively justifies recommendations. + Provides enhanced patient care through detailed counseling on medications and disease states, adherence assessment, medication cost analysis, review of immunization status, and communication with patients, providers, and pharmacy. + Provides consultation to other health care professionals if requested. + For Specialty Pharmacy Only: Conducts patient counseling and monitoring as required by the patient management program. + For Specialty Pharmacy Only: Participates in the quality management program to facilitate continuous process improvement initiatives and quality improvement projects. + Precept pharmacy students and residents, as applicable. + Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner. + Performs other duties as assigned. EDUCATION + Pharmacy degree (Pharm.D; Bachelor of Pharmacy) from an accredited school of pharmacy EXPERIENCE + No experience required PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS + Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs. + Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements. + Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors. + Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc. + Frequent keyboard use/data entry. + Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping. + Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs. + Rare climbing. REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS Resuscitation Certification Requirement: Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider (BLS HCP) required within 90 day of employment. Other resuscitation certifications may be required dependent on department. State of Work Location: Illinois + Pharmacist, Registered - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) State of Work Location: Missouri + Pharmacist - Missouri Division of Professional Registration State of Work Location: Oklahoma + Pharmacist - Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy State of Work Location: Wisconsin + Pharmacist - Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services Work Shift: Day Shift (United States of America) Job Type: Employee Department: 3903000100 Anticoagulation Clinic Scheduled Weekly Hours: 20 Benefits: SSM Health values our exceptional employees by offering a comprehensive benefits package to fit their needs. + Paid Parental Leave : we offer eligible team members one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE). + Flexible Payment Options: our voluntary benefit offered through DailyPay offers eligible hourly team members instant access to their earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday. + Upfront Tuition Coverage : we provide upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members. 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Created: 2025-12-05