Nebraska Medicine

Ambulatory Care Pharmacist - Oncology

Nebraska Medicine$110K — $130K *
Omaha, NE 68104In-Person
Healthcare
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Pharmacy degree or equivalent experience (10 years)
  • Completion of ASHP-accredited residency or 4 years relevant pharmacist experience
  • Proven excellence in clinical practice
  • Strong leadership and maturity skills
  • Nebraska licensure or external jurisdiction licensure upon start
  • Basic Life Support certification from AHA
  • Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties certification preferred

Responsibilities

  • Participate in multidisciplinary rounds for inpatient medical oncology
  • Optimize chemotherapy and supportive care medications
  • Provide real-time clinical support to care teams
  • Manage patient care in oncology clinics, including therapy management
  • Educate patients on complex oncology regimens
  • Facilitate transitions of care between services
  • Lead quality improvement initiatives and precept pharmacy students

Benefits

  • Full-time position with weekday hours
  • Intermittent weekend accountability
  • Opportunities for research and program development
  • Involvement in teaching and academic missions
  • Collaborative work environment
Full Job Description
Shift:
First Shift (United States of America)

Ambulatory Care Pharmacist - Oncology - Full-time

Position Highlights:

Nebraska Medicine is seeking a highly motivated Ambulatory Care Pharmacist - Medical Oncology to join our nationally recognized program at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center. This position supports patients across the continuum of care, with a focus on solid tumor malignancies.

The Ambulatory Care Pharmacist serves as an integral member of the Medical Oncology team, providing comprehensive pharmaceutical care across both inpatient and outpatient settings. This role promotes continuity of care, supporting complex oncology patients.

In this role, the pharmacist serves as a clinical partner within a multidisciplinary care team, helping optimize complex medication regimens, monitor treatment response and toxicity, and support safe transitions between inpatient and outpatient care. The work is highly collaborative and focused on patient education, adherence, and evidence-based decision-making in a high-acuity setting.

This opportunity is well suited for a pharmacist who thrives in complex clinical environments, values collaboration, and is interested in practicing at the top of their license while contributing to high-quality, patient-centered care.

Key Responsibilities / Inpatient / Acute Care Contributions
  • Participate in multidisciplinary rounding on Medical Oncology inpatient services
  • Optimize chemotherapy and supportive care medication therapy
  • Provide real-time clinical decision support to providers and care teams Support safe medication use and contribute to protocol development and implementation.


Ambulatory / Clinic-Based Contributions
  • Support Medical Oncology clinics through direct patient care, therapy management, and longitudinal follow-up
  • Manage in-basket messages, treatment plans, and therapy coordination
  • Provide patient education and counseling for complex oncology regimens
  • Facilitate transitions of care between care settings


Shared Responsibilities
  • Collaborate with physicians, APPs, nursing, and interdisciplinary teams.
  • Lead and participate in quality improvement, research, and program development initiatives
  • Precept pharmacy students, PGY1, and PGY2 residents
  • Contribute to the academic mission through teaching and scholarship


Shift Details:
  • Full-Time (40 hours/week), (Monday through Friday 8AM-4:30PM or 8:30AM-5PM) with intermittent weekend accountability
  • First shift position / Benefits Eligible
  • Location: Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center - Nebraska Medical Center


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Medical Oncology

Ambulatory Care Pharmacist - Oncology - Duties:

Lead provision of patient-oriented pharmaceutical care services including creation and maintenance of pharmaceutical care plan, cost-effective therapeutic drug monitoring, drug utilization, guideline development, and drug use evaluation in assigned clinical teams. Provide training and educational support for development of clinical skills in professional staff. Responsible for dissemination of new knowledge, utilization trends and outcomes information related to medication use/pharmaceutical care programs at the organization. Lead efforts to educate other disciplines regarding appropriate use of drug therapy.

Required Qualifications:
  • Graduate of an Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) accredited Doctor of Pharmacy degree program OR possess a Bachelor or Master of pharmacy degree with 10 years of experience required.
  • Graduate of an American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) accredited postgraduate year one residency or an ASHP accredited postgraduate year two residency relevant to practice area OR have 4 years of pharmacist experience in the relevant area of practice OR have pharmacist experience within a Nebraska Medicine ambulatory care clinic required.
  • Demonstrate excellence in clinical areas as displayed by ability to consistently and completely meet and contribute to updating standards of practice required.
  • Maturity and leadership skills required.
  • Licensed in the state of Nebraska or jurisdiction in which pharmacy practice is conducted upon start or transfer required.
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification as deemed appropriate and relevant to practice required, must be from an American Heart Association (AHA) endorsed program (effective for new hires starting January 1, 2023 or later).


Preferred Qualifications:
  • Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties (BPS) certification as deemed appropriate and relevant to practice preferred.

About Nebraska Medicine

Nebraska Medicine is a healthcare system that includes two hospitals, more than 40 specialty and primary care clinics, and a network of more than 1,000 physicians. The system is affiliated with the University of Nebraska Medical Center and is the primary teaching hospital for the university's medical students. Nebraska Medicine provides a wide range of services, including cancer care, heart and vascular care, neurology, orthopedics, and transplant services. The system is committed to providing high-quality, patient-centered care and has been recognized for its clinical excellence by numerous organizations. Nebraska Medicine is also actively involved in research and has received funding from the National Institutes of Health for its research programs.
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