Job Description​

The Pharmacy Drug Use Policy Coordinator will collaborate with medical, nursing, pharmacy, and healthcare team members on the development, maintenance, and implementation of drug use policies, protocols, and initiatives, and activities of the Saint Luke’s Health System Pharmacy &Therapeutics (P&T) Committee.

Other responsibilities include, but are not limited to, strategic planning for biologics and therapeutic advances, collaborating with medical staff and Saint Luke’s Care in development of evidence-based guidelines for therapeutics, evaluating new drugs for the formulary, facilitation of System P&T Committee meetings and development of content for those meetings, serving as resource to staff on complex therapeutic and formulary management issues.

• Collaborate with medical staff, other healthcare providers (i.e. local subject matter experts) and health system leadership to  critically evaluate new drug therapies and develop formulary recommendations

• Assist the System P&T committee by ensuring medications requested for addition to formulary are evaluated for their efficacy, safety and value

• Maintain the formulary and formulary system

• Support change management with local sites related to formulary and drug policy changes including communication plans, education, and implementation support

• Identify and develop cost containment strategies through: Evaluation and implementation of biosimilar therapies, Conducting medication utilization evaluation (MUE) activities, and participation in group purchasing organization (e.g.. MSS, Vizient) activities

• Optimize strategies for stewardship of high-cost medication therapies

• Collaborate with revenue integrity on payment strategies (e.g. NTAP)

• Assist with budget forecasting and management

• Assist with identifying therapeutic alternatives for pharmaceutical drug shortages Assist with training of pharmacy residents and pharmacy students and with continuing education activities for pharmacy staff, and when appropriate, medical staff

• Pharm.D. or equivalent degree from an accredited school of pharmacy in the U.S.

• Pharm.D., post-graduate residency training preferred or equivalent experience

• Board certification in Pharmacotherapy preferred

Job Requirements

Applicable Experience:

3-5 years

Basic Life Support - American Heart Association or Red Cross, Licensed Pharmacist (KS) - Kansas Board of Pharmacy, Licensed Pharmacist (MO) - Missouri Division of Professional Registration

Job Details

Part Time

Day (United States of America)

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Effective November 1st, 2021, full COVID-19 vaccination is a condition of employment for all Saint Luke’s Health System employees unless a medical or religious exemption is approved.