Ambulatory Care Pharmacist

**Job Summary:** Under indirect supervision, provides ambulatory pharmaceutical care services using approved protocols in collaboration with other health professional, including managing patient drug therapy, providing patient education, and preparing and/or overseeing the preparation and dispensing of medications. Promotes high quality, evidence\-based, cost\-effective pharmaceutical care. Performs these duties in the clinical areas assigned. **Essential Responsibilities:** * Under the direction of the Department manager or designee, promotes rational and cost\-effective Inpatient and Outpatient drug therapy through close participation in the drug therapy decision\-making process with assigned physicians and other medical personnel. * Provides direction to Pharmacist Residents, Pharmacist Interns, Pharmacy Technicians, and other non\-licensed personnel. * Conducts patient medication history inquiries upon referral from physicians and other medical personnel. * Given a diagnosis, synthesize a treatment plan, which may include drug therapy and lifestyle modifications, and transition within the continuum of care settings. * Identifies, resolves, and prevents potential and actual medication\-related problems including: untreated indications, improper drug selection, subtherapeutic dosage, overdose, failure to receive medication, adverse drug reactions, drug interactions, and medication without indication. * Under protocol, initiates, adjusts, monitors, and recommends changes in drug therapy based on information obtained through patient interviews, objective monitoring parameters, review of drug profiles and the patient medical record. * Coordinates and interprets laboratory monitoring of drug therapy, including serum drug levels, electrolytes, and other approved drug\-related laboratory testing. * Provides patient monitoring for the purpose of evaluating and optimizing patient outcomes, drug utilization and patient compliance, dete