Pharmacist, Oral Anticancer Education

About the position

The Oral Anticancer Education Pharmacist II is responsible for providing education to patients starting oral anticancer agents and other specialty medications in a home setting. This role involves collaborating with other healthcare disciplines to optimize pharmaceutical care, ensuring patients receive follow-up monitoring for adherence and toxicity. The position also includes training new staff and pharmacy residents, with a work location that is primarily remote but requires occasional on-campus presence in Boston.

Responsibilities
?? Provide comprehensive education to patients and caregivers receiving oral anticancer therapies and specialty medications.
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?? Ensure medication orders and prescriptions are appropriate, accurate, and complete based on patient-specific parameters and clinical data.
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?? Provide clinical consultation and evidence-based recommendations for treatment plans, supportive care, dose adjustments, and monitoring plans.
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?? Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team through workflow and patient care-related meetings.
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?? Document clinical care activities in the specialty management system and EHR, communicating recommendations and changes in care plans to involved staff.
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?? Participate in clinical administrative duties such as formulary addition/change requests, patient record auditing, and metrics reporting.
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?? Engage in scholarly and educational activities, including quality/process improvement and continuing education presentations.
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?? Develop workflow design, teaching documents, education, and monitoring tools to improve and expand the program.

Requirements
?? Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy or Doctor of Pharmacy degree from an accredited college of Pharmacy.
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?? 3 years of hospital pharmacy experience with at least one year in oncology or patient education, or three years of outpatient/specialty pharmacy experience with at least one year in specialty pharmacy patient education.
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?? Experience in oral anticancer education preferred or completion of a PGY1 residency.
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?? Must be licensed to practice pharmacy in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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?? Ability to effectively communicate both orally and in writing with others inside and outside the department.
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?? Ability to work within a collaborative team-focused environment.
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?? Ability to use all technology required to perform primary job functions.
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?? Ability to prioritize and adapt to changes in the work setting.
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?? Ability to accurately assess drug therapeutic appropriateness based on patient-specific parameters and clinical data.
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?? Demonstrated critical thinking skills and ability to resolve common problems.

Nice-to-haves
?? Experience in oral anticancer education preferred.
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?? Completion of a PGY1 residency.

Benefits
?? Remote work flexibility with occasional on-campus requirements.
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?? Opportunities for professional development and training.

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