Oncology Clinical Pharmacist - Dallas, Tx

Texas Oncology is looking for a Oncology Clinical Pharmacist to join our team! This position will support our Texas Oncology Corporate location in Dallas, Texas.

Texas Oncology is the largest community oncology provider in the country and has approximately 600+ providers in 280+ sites across Texas and southeastern Oklahoma. Our founders pioneered community-based cancer care because they believed in making the best available cancer care accessible to all communities, allowing people to fight cancer at home with the critical support of family and friends nearby. Our mission is still the same today-at Texas Oncology, we use leading-edge technology and research to deliver high-quality, high-touch, evidence-based cancer care to help our patients achieve "More breakthroughs. More victories." in their fight against cancer. Today, Texas Oncology treats half of all Texans diagnosed with cancer on an annual basis.

Why work for us?

One reason to join our team is because we offer our employees a competitive benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-term and Long-term disability coverage, a 401-k plan that comes with a company match, a Wellness program that rewards you just for tracking your steps, and lots of other great perks such as Tuition Reimbursement, an Employee Assistance program and discounts on some of your favorite retailers.

What does the Clinical Pharmacist do?

Provides medication education and counseling to patients prior to starting oncolytic regimens. Reviews all new medication regimens for appropriateness, completeness and adherence to TxO policies. Supports and adheres to the US Oncology Compliance Program, to include the Code of Ethics and Business Standards.

The essential duties and responsibilities:

• Provides medication education and counseling to patients and their families
• Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care for patients
• Initiates and documents appropriate interventions; evaluates and records patient/family response and recommends therapies as indicated
• Assess patient/family needs and provides education
• Promotes wellness and recommends community resources to meet patient and family needs
• Consistently incorporates evidence-based research into clinical practice
• In-depth knowledge of reimbursement procedures and documentation requirements
• As a subject matter expert, promotes/provides staff education
• Check all orders for completeness of information.
• Verify pathway status and document status in the EMR. If regimen is off pathway, ensure a pathway exception has been approved by the regional medical director prior to treatment.
• Verify compendia compliance and requests off compendia forms as applicable.
• Notify business office of regimens that are a reimbursement risk.
• Verify appropriate dosing and schedule of all medications.
• Round dosing per TxO policy.
• Verify appropriate premedications are ordered. Add additional premedications as directed by TxO policy.
• Adjust antiemetics per the antiemetic protocol and notify physician of any changes warranted.
• Review most current labs and notify appropriate site personnel if needed labs are missing or dose adjustments are needed.
• Verify a treatment plan is documented in the EMR and notify the ordering physician if the treatment plan is missing.
• Notify business office personnel that the medication or regimen has been reviewed by pharmacy.
• Review regimens for drug interactions with current list of medications-if found alert prescriber/pharmacist/or APP.
• Make recommendations for alterative medication as needed or dosing modifications.
• Check that an oral chemotherapy prescription has been sent to pharmacy with appropriate instructions.
• Verify medications adhere to the therapeutic interchange policy. Contact the physician for needed interchanges. If the interchange is denied, the reasoning is to be documented in the pharmacy note.
• Follow TxO No Mix policy and other guidelines as directed by pharmacy administration.
• Verify the appropriate primary diagnosis code is used for regimen entry. Also verify secondary and tertiary codes when appropriate.
• Implement quality initiatives are directed by pharmacy administration.
• Research drug information or other clinical needs as requested by physicians.
• Prepares reports and monitoring activities as directed.
• Document all activities and pending issues in the pharmacy note in the EMR.
• Other duties as assigned

The ideal candidate for this position will have the following background and experience:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited school of pharmacy and state licensure.
• Minimum three (3) years experience as a registered pharmacist.
• Oncology background and/or board certification in oncology (BCOP) strongly preferred.
• Current license as Pharmacist in the state of Texas

PHYSICIAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Physical demands of this job typically require full range of body motion including manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination and the ability to read and note appropriate measurements. Requires sitting/standing for extensive periods of time. Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee will function within an office environment utilizing appropriate technology. It is necessary for the employee to effectively communicate with appropriate staff. The employee is responsible for completing all essential duties and responsibilities with little to no supervision and should communicate any issues encountered along with possible solutions to the physician, site pharmacist, pharmacy administration or other appropriate supervisor.