Clinical Pharmacist - Transitions of Care - Kingman Regional Medical Center

Join our dynamic team at Kingman Regional Medical Center as a Pharmacist Care Transitions specialist. Here, we embrace a multidisciplinary healthcare approach, placing high value on collaboration. As a Pharmacist, you'll play a pivotal role in delivering efficient, safe, and timely medication therapy. You'll be at the forefront of our Transitions of Care and Meds2Beds Program, where clinical and distributive services seamlessly merge within the KRMC Community Pharmacy. Elevate your career with us today!

Kingman Regional Medical Center (KRMC) is located in beautiful northwest Arizona. Experience the magic of Kingman's stunning Arizona sunsets and thrive in an outdoor enthusiast's dream destination with picturesque mountain ranges, nearby lakes, vibrant parks, and plenty of outdoor activity.  Kingman is an incredible community to live, work, and play! 

Position Purpose: Provides pharmaceutical care for hospitalized patients. Collaborates with medical staff to develop patient specific medication treatment plans resulting in safe and effective use of medications, conducts and documents patient medication use history specifically for patient transition of care activities from emergency services, inpatient admission to discharge and the next healthcare provider

The pharmacist will also be provided with opportunities that include:

• serving as a preceptor for APPE students and PGY1 residents (ambulatory care focused program)
• completing a teaching certificate or other identified learning opportunities
• leading various group education classes such as DSMES
• contributing to interdisciplinary education and collaboration
• actively participating in community outreach at KRMC annual health fairs and events
• presenting to the community through KRMC’s multiple platforms (e.g. radio program, local newspaper articles, and medclip videos)

The Department: Kingman Regional Medical Center (KRMC) is the sole community hospital. Our department encompasses over 60 employees to serve our population’s health. These are exciting, busy times in our Pharmacy as we provide a full suite of pharmacy care services from acute care and transitions into emergency services, ambulatory, home, and telehealth care areas. A solid infrastructure to support our pharmacy services is in place, with our current focus to optimize and integrate our services. These service focus areas include: Inpatient, Emergency Department pharmacist direct patient care, Care Transitions – medication reconciliation/meds to beds before hospital discharge, outpatient and specialty pharmacy drug distribution, 340B Program and financial integrity expansion, oncology clinical model expansion including oral chemotherapy and pharmacogenomics, PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency Program, Stewardship-Antimicrobial and Opioid, and expansion of our pharmacist collaborative practice model Disease Management Clinic. All our endeavors strive to provide the best possible pharmaceutical care to meet the needs of our community and organization. Here’s a link to a few documents for your review regarding our department and services: https://linktr.ee/krmcpharmacy

Benefits: We offer you an excellent total compensation package, including a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and growth opportunities. We invest in you!

• Relocation Assistance Available
• Exceptional Colleagues
  • Join us and you'll be a part of a culture where we support each other and celebrate what makes each of us a special person as we work together with integrity, compassion, teamwork, respect, and accountability 
  • Our leaders demonstrate their commitment by gathering feedback, supporting, and empowering team members to do their best work through regular leadership rounding
• Health and Well-Being
  • Medical, Dental, Vision, Employer Paid HSA for HDHP participants, Robust Wellness and Employee Assistance Program, Employer Paid Group Life, Short & Long-Term Disability
  • Generous Paid Leave Accruals and Cash Out Opportunities
  • 403b Retirement Plan with Employer Contributions
  • Employee Recognition Programs, Employee Discounts, and Employee Referral Bonus Program
  • Employee Identity Theft Protection
  • On-site daycare exclusive to our employees’ children of all ages
  • Employer Paid Employee Wellness Center Membership with fitness classes, personal training, indoor pool, racquetball, and basketball courts
• Career Growth and Development
  • Paid Continuing Education Conferences/Meetings
  • Tuition Reimbursement/Scholarships for full-time employees
  • We are a designated HSPA area. Pharmacists who join our team may qualify for the AZ State Loan Repayment Program which can pay off a majority or all of your qualifying student loan debt. 
  • As a not-for-profit organization, our employees who have qualified student loans may be eligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program
• So much more!

Hours/Shift: Full Time/Rotating

Key Responsibilities: Serve as pharmacy resource for providing timely and accurate drug information patients, medical staff, nursing staff and ancillary department personnel. • Coordinate and participate in pharmacy services including procuring, storing, preparation, dispensing, administration, and monitoring drugs along with other pharmaceutical supplies. • Develops evidence based and cost-efficient medication treatment plans in collaboration with physician. • Provides timely and accurate pharmacy education to patients, and Medical staff including students and residents. • Ensures adherence to Department of Pharmacy regulatory and fiscal requirements. • Coordinates medication management activities related to patient transitions of care from hospital admission to discharge with Pharmacy, Emergency Department and other hospital staff. • Performs or supervises pharmacy staff performing tasks to obtain accurate medication history. • Assists in generating quantitative data on the effectiveness of medication reconciliation process for analysis of regulatory compliance, clinical and economic outcomes. • Coordinate activities to provide discharge medication prior to patient discharge from the hospital. • Participates and assists in clinical pharmacy activities, including but not limited to Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, parenteral nutrition management and medical oncology. • Serves as pharmacy mentor/leader to pharmacists, pharmacy residents, pharmacy students, and technicians. • Assists in quality improvement process, and continued evaluation and improvement of our patient transition of care activities. • Participate and/or coordinate the preparation, labeling and dispensing of drugs and other pharmaceutical supplies; ensure regulatory compliance. • Compound, package and label ointments, solutions and bulk pharmaceutical supplies according to standard formulas; mix prescribed drugs with intravenous solutions as required. 

Qualifications:

• Education: Graduate of an ACPE-accredited School of Pharmacy with PharmD or equivalent training
• Licensure: Currently licensed in the State of Arizona preferred, will consider candidate eligible for AZ Licensure
• Other: ASHP accredited Pharmacy Residence Program or Board of Pharmacy Specialties Certification (BPS)

Work Requirements: Must be able to distinguish color, stand and walk 50% of time and carry/lift to 10 pounds; Duties do not have potential routine, potential for exposure to blood, body fluids or tissues. May have exposure to chemicals, biological, and radioactive substances.

About Us: Kingman Regional Medical Center (KRMC) is the largest healthcare provider and the only remaining not-for-profit hospital in Mohave County, Arizona. As a 235-bed multi-campus healthcare system, our medical center includes more than 1,900 employees, 270 physicians/allied health professionals, and 150 volunteers. KRMC is recognized as an innovator in rural healthcare and a teaching hospital. We provide a full continuum of highly technical and specialized medical services to meet the healthcare needs of our community. Year after year the Leapfrog Group has awarded KRMC an "A" Grade for Patient Safety. We strive to provide a culture of safety, integrity, teamwork, accountability, respect and appreciation through recognition, career growth, and employee celebrations throughout the year for all of our staff. Kingman Regional Medical Center is a great place to work, come join our team!