Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner (Patient-Aligned Care Team)

Quick Facts

• Role: Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner (CPP)

• Work schedule: Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.; no weekends or holidays

• Core focus: Advanced, independent medication therapy management and intensive drug therapy consultation

Description

The Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner (CPP) functions at an advanced level of clinical practice and works independently for more than 25% of the time under an advanced scope of practice. The CPP initiates, modifies, or discontinues medication therapy, and consults for intensive medication therapy management services. Responsibilities include designing, implementing, assessing, monitoring, and documenting therapeutic plans using effective, least toxic, and most economical medication treatments.

Responsibilities

• Create and execute therapeutic plans; assess, monitor, and document medication therapy outcomes

• Use the most effective, least toxic, and most economical medication treatments

• Provide direct and indirect patient-centric support with patients, providers, and interdisciplinary teams

• Perform patient assessments

• Order laboratory and other tests to evaluate efficacy and toxicity

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship

• Proficiency in written and spoken English

• Full, current, unrestricted pharmacist license in a U.S. state/territory/DC (and maintain registration if required)

• Education from an ACPE-accredited College/School of Pharmacy (BS Pharmacy and/or Pharm.D.) with transcripts required; foreign degree acceptable with required certification/exams (FPGEC/FPGEE and TOEFL iBT)

• Pass pre-employment physical evaluation; complete onboarding and pre-employment requirements

• Subject to background/security investigation

• Comply with urinalysis drug screening if selected for testing-designated position

• Selective Service registration required for eligible males (born after 12/31/1959)

• Complete required seasonal influenza vaccination program participation