Pharmacist - Advanced Heart Failure Clinic

Location:HealthPark Medical Center -9981 So HealthPark CircleFort Myers FL 33908

Department: Pharmacy

Work Type: Full Time

Shift: Monday - Friday 8:00:00 AM to 4:30:00 PM

Minimum to Midpoint Pay Rate:$51.54 - $67.01 / hour

**$7,500 Relocation Incentive for eligible candidates!**

This pharmacist will work as part of the multidisciplinary care team to ensure optimal medication therapy management for patients with advanced heart failure.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Collaborative Practice Agreement (CPA)based medication management, including initiation, titration, and monitoring of therapy
• Heart failure guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) optimization
• Medication reconciliation and transitions-of-care support
• Patient education and counseling on medications, adherence, and side-effect management
• Monitoring labs, vitals, and clinical response to therapy
• Participation in clinic visits, care coordination, and documentation within the medical record
• Comprehensive medication therapy management (MTM)
• Direct collaboration with specialty pharmacy services to streamline management of high-cost regimens to ensure therapy continuity
• Prior authorization management and medication access support

Professional Requirements:

• Must obtain and maintain an active Consultant Pharmacist license within 3-6 months of hire.
• In alignment with the health systems commitment to cardiovascular excellence, the pharmacist on this role must pursue and obtain the HFSA Heart Failure Certification (HF-Cert) within 3 years of hire.

Requirements

Education: PharmD required or BS Pharmacy degree with equivalent and acceptable experience from a College of Pharmacy accredited by American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP).

Experience: Five years of professionally responsible pharmacist experience required for Bachelors degree holders. One year of recent inpatient hospital experience as staff pharmacist or pharmacy intern in a general medical/surgical hospital preferred for PharmD candidates.

Certification:BLS (American Heart Association/Basic Life Support) required (must be obtained within first 90 days of hire). ACLS (AHA) and/or PALS (AHA), depending on practice site.

License: State of Florida Department of Professional Regulation, Registered Pharmacist Licensure.

Other: Strong communication and interpersonal skills, data entry skills, analytical and basic math skills required.

US:FL:Fort Myers