Registered Nurse (RN) - Clinic
North Mississippi Health Services
West Point, MS

**Clinical**:

* Assists in coordinating and providing care to patients across continuum of care, in conjunction with other health care professionals
* Serves as a resource person to support pharmacy personnel and other healthcare professionals in designated area
* Assists in designing and coordinating clinical pharmacy services
* Assists in training pharmacy staff
* Monitors and manages drug therapy in designated patient population
* Develops care plans/guidelines to include drug, devices and delivery modalities

**Education:**

* Provides pharmacotherapy education
* Assists in programs to meet the needs of the pharmacy and other healthcare professionals
* Develops objectives for and facilitate student/resident training
* Provides medication use education to patients, family members, community, etc.
* Participates and assists in educational programs that focus on disease prevention and wellness promotion
* Participates in departmental performance improvement programs
* Maintains CE (Continuous Education) hours as required

**Operations:**               

* Assists in prevention, detection, and resolution of medicine abuse
* Working knowledge of pharmacy and medical claims systems
* Understanding of retail and hospital outpatient operations
* Working knowledge of billing and reimbursement procedures (ICD-9/HCPC/CPT Coding , OPPS reimbursement, Medicare, etc)
* Verifies patient health insurance benefits and precertification’s for Third Party Payors

 **Financial/Budget:**

* Compares, evaluates, and assesses drug therapy treatments regimes and drug delivery in designated practice areas
* Assists in compliance of departmental budget
* Participates in on-going revision of system-wide formulary

**Reporting/Recordkeeping**:

* Maintains service activities and outcomes reports for designated practice area(s)
* Provides reports in an accurate and efficient manner

**Research**:

* Coordinates, conducts, and participates in pharmacology research/development in cooperation with other healthcare professionals

**Regulatory:**

* Ensures departmental compliance with accreditation, legal, regulatory, and safety requirements
* Adheres to NMHS/NMMC Policies, Procedures/Guidelines

**Requirements:**

* Doctorate of Pharmacy Degree required
* Graduate of an accredited school of Pharmacy; required
* Licensed as a Pharmacist in the State of Mississippi by the State Board of Pharmacy; required
* Excellent written and verbal communication required
* Minimum of 3 years experience in comparable health system pharmacy; required
* American Society of Health Systems Pharmacy Residency (ASHP) or 3 years clinical practice experience (clinical)
* American Society of Health Systems Pharmacy Residency (ASHP) or 3 years operational experience  (operational)
* Demonstrated proficiency in multiple clinical  or operational areas; required
* Previous patient care or equivalent previous experience with demonstrated proficiency in clinical areas needed to enhance pharmaceutical care; required
* Knowledge and skill across broad populations or specialized populations; required
* Interaction with a patient population of all ages ranging from infants to geriatrics, required