Job Description

Job Summary:

In addition to the responsibilities listed below, this position is responsible for leveraging an understanding of evidence-based literature, drug initiative information and standard protocols, policies, and procedures to guide the completion of work; occasionally working with stakeholders from MOB (i.e., Medical Office Building) and hospital leadership to ensure continued relationship; leveraging educational materials, in parallel with formulary and clinical practice objectives; creating inventory analyses for the development of stocking optimization models and internal inventory processes; conducting inventory turns, service levels, and inventory levels; learning the de-escalation of specific drug therapy and interacting with patient populations; completing work to ensure pharmacy strategic initiatives are met; executing pharmacy services/activities/functions, including drug distribution, pharmacist clinical activities and regulatory compliance; ensuring streamline of systems, processes, and methods designed to enhance quality, improve service, and enhance cost effectiveness; completing tasks to support Business Strategy & Finance leaders on departmental budget; ensuring completion of work to meet financial performance targets in pharmacy are met; and being accountable for risks management and mitigation, meeting compliance and regulatory standards.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Pursues effective relationships with others by proactively providing resources, information, advice, and expertise with coworkers and members. Listens to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback; provides mentoring to team members. Pursues self-development; creates plans and takes action to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; influences others through technical explanations and examples. Adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback; demonstrates flexibility in approaches to work; helps others adapt to new tasks and processes. Supports and responds to the needs of others to support a business outcome.


• Completes work assignments autonomously by applying up-to-date expertise in subject area to generate creative solutions; ensures all procedures and policies are followed; leverages an understanding of data and resources to support projects or initiatives. Collaborates cross-functionally to solve business problems; escalates issues or risks as appropriate; communicates progress and information. Supports, identifies, and monitors priorities, deadlines, and expectations. Identifies, speaks up, and implements ways to address improvement opportunities for team.


• Supports drug education and training efforts by coordinating interrelated trainings to continue drug education and staff development in-services for pharmacists, physicians, and other health care professionals, and students.


• Supports pharmaceutical patient care and drug therapy by: developing and sustaining productive relationships with care providers and members; providing standard and nonstandard case-specific drug information (e.g., drug therapy, adverse effects, compliance, appropriate use, and handling) to health care providers and members, with regular review; following designated drug therapy needs of patients and/or monitoring progress of therapy through interviews, physical assessment, patient education and clinical laboratory monitoring, with limited guidance; collecting, analyzing, and presenting standard and nonstandard therapeutic outcomes to health care providers to help identify possible drug plan improvements, independently; implementing, tracking, evaluating and reporting utilization, as appropriate, of targeted medications and medication classes to evaluate impact of initiative work to assure safe, rational and cost-effective prescribing; developing, implementing, and analyzing clinicians decisions, support, and feedback using tools, effectively engaging support for the drug use management process; and independently coordinating standard and nonstandard pharmaceutical care and optimal utilization of resources to and from acute and ambulatory patient-care settings.


• Leverages, maintains, and complies with all internal and external quality, safety, emergency, and accreditation policy and procedures by: adhering to all regulatory rules and regulations (e.g., Drug Enforcement Administration [DEA], State Board of Pharmacy, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act [HIPAA]) and relevant internal regional and national policies; ensuring patient safety in the preparation and provisioning of care (e.g., medications, procedures, infection prevention), regularly sharing work with team and manager, including consistent use of two patient identifiers and procedural time outs; reporting safety hazards, accidents and incidents, and unsafe working conditions; and collaborating with physicians, other medical professionals, and health plan personnel to provide information about and assure quality and process outcome measures.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Doctorate of Pharmacy or equivalent Degree (e.g., Bachelor's of Pharmacy from a School of Pharmacy) AND Minimum one (1) year of experience in pharmacy or a directly related field AND Post-Graduate Year 1 (PGY1) residency OR Doctorate of Pharmacy or equivalent Degree (e.g., Bachelor's of Pharmacy from a School of Pharmacy) AND Minimum three (3) years of experience in pharmacy or a directly related field.

• Pharmacist License (Washington) required at hire.

• National Provider Identifier within 6 months of hire.

Additional Requirements:

• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs): Cost Optimization; Confidentiality; Direct Care - Medication Therapy.

NOTE:  (JC 69537) Pharmacy Care Delivery Specialist III, Outpatient Pharmacy

Primary Location: Washington,Spokane,South Hill Medical Center Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Shift: Variable Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Working Hours Start: 08:00 AM Working Hours End: 06:00 PM Job Schedule: Full-time Job Type: Standard Worker Location: Onsite Employee Status: Regular Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-WA-04|NUE|Non Union Employee Job Level: Individual Contributor Specialty: Pharmacy Care Delivery Department: South Regal Medical Center - O/P Pharmacy 1st Floor-A/Main - 1130 Pay Range: $178000 - $205700 / year Kaiser Permanente strives to offer a market competitive total rewards package and is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted pay range is based on possible base salaries for the role and does not reflect the full value of our total rewards package. Actual base pay determined at offer will be based on labor market data and a candidate's years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills, and geographic location. Travel: No On-site: Work location is on-site (KP designated office, medical office building or hospital). Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy. At Kaiser Permanente, equity, inclusion and diversity are inextricably linked to our mission, and we aim to make it a part of everything we do. We know that having a diverse and inclusive workforce makes Kaiser Permanente a better place to receive health care, a more supportive partner in our communities we serve, and a more fulfilling place to work. Working at Kaiser Permanente means that you agree to and abide by our commitment to equity and our expectation that we all work together to create an inclusive work environment focused on a sense of belonging and wellbeing.

Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status. Submit Interest

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