AMBULATORY CARE PHARMACIST PHARMACY JOBS / PHARMACY JOBS AS A AMBULATORY CARE PHARMACIST

Ambulatory care is any non-emergency medical care; usually the term refers to outpatient care.  The goal of many ambulatory care pharmacists is to administer hands-on patient care in rural, primary care clinic settings. The pharmacist acts to enhance the resident's ability to make sound clinical decisions on a variety of primary care issues. In many cases, the ambulatory care pharmacists focus is placed on specific disease state management, such as hyperlipidemia, hypertension, asthma, diabetes, smoking cessation and anticoagulation.  Additional activities for ambulatory care pharmacists include providing drug information, presentations for clinic providers, and participating in community medical fairs and medication information activities.