Clinical Pharmacist Specialist - Oncology​/Hematology

Join Tri Health as a Clinical Pharmacist Specialist Hematology/Oncology Services

Tri Health is seeking an experienced Inpatient Clinical Pharmacist Specialist to join our Hematology and Oncology Service Line at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati, OH. In this full-time, day-shift role, you will play a vital part in delivering advanced, patient-centered care as a member of our interdisciplinary team. This position offers the opportunity to impact outcomes for patients with malignant hematology and solid tumor diagnoses while contributing to education, quality initiatives, and clinical innovation.

Good Samaritan Hospital at 375 Dixmyth Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45220

• Full time, 80 hours bi-weekly
• Day Shift
• Weekend and Holiday rotation

• Bachelor's degree in pharmacy;
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  D or Bachelor of Science degree with equivalent decentralized hospital pharmacy experience (3 years) OR accredited PGY-1, PGY-2 residency
• Pharmacist, Ohio Board of Pharmacy Licensure
• Clinical mastery of dedicated area of pharmacy practice that is consistent with the job posting
• 1-2 years’ Clinical Pharmacy practice that is consistent with the job posting
• 1-2 years' experience Clinical Pharmacy Completion of ASHP-accredited PGY1 pharmacy residency or Board Certification in related area of practice

The Clinical Pharmacist Specialists are responsible and accountable for the provision of safe, effective, and prompt medication therapy. Through various assignments within the department, they provide support of centralized and decentralized medication-use systems as well as deliver optimal medication therapy to patients with a broad range of disease states. Clinical Pharmacist Specialists proficiently provide direct patient-centered care and integrated pharmacy operational services in a decentralized practice setting with physicians, nurses, and other hospital personnel.

These clinicians are aligned with target interdisciplinary programs and specialty services to deliver medication therapy management within specialty patient care services and to ensure pharmaceutical care programs are appropriately integrated throughout the institution. In these clinical roles, Clinical Pharmacist Specialists participate in all necessary aspects of the medication-use system while providing comprehensive and individualized pharmaceutical care to the patients in their assigned areas.

They will serve as departmental resources and liaisons to other departments, hospital personnel, or external groups. The Clinical Specialists will also provide medication and practice-related education/training and actively serve as preceptors for Doctor of Pharmacy Students and pharmacy residents. General responsibilities include direct patient care by way of interdisciplinary rounds with malignant hematology and solid tumor service lines, teaching/precepting various pharmacy learners, provision of cross-coverage for the bone marrow transplant service, quality assurance reviews, formulary maintenance, and clinical initiative development.

Rotating weekend call with the BMT pharmacy clinical coordinator.

• Assures pharmacy is an integral part of the health-care delivery system, leading assigned patient service lines, clinical areas, and therapeutic programs; and facilitating pharmaceutical care services, direct patient care programs, and medication utilization systems. Designs and implements stewardship activities and restriction/surveillance programs. Tracks and evaluates assigned pharmacy programs for operational, quality, and financial efficiency and routinely benchmarks against local and national best practices and identifies practice related issues.
  
  Develop and oversees policies and procedures.
• Delivers direct patient care and clinical practice, including decentralized and service-based programs, maintaining proficiency in decentralized pharmacy services and clinical pharmacy programs. Is an active member of multidisciplinary team and collaborates with healthcare providers within decentralized patient care areas to provide patient-centered care. Identifies high-risk patients and implements interventions. Makes appropriate evidence-based, patient-centered medication recommendations, and provides discharge medication review, reconciliation, and counseling as appropriate.
  
  Participates in the management of medical emergencies.
• Provides pharmaceutical services throughout medical center, maintaining proficiency in hospital computer systems and medication ordering systems. Provides accurate, safe, timely, and appropriate medication therapy. Completes critical patient monitoring and reviews patient profile/chart to identify, prevent, or mitigate drug-related problems and treatment failures. Communicates effectively and appropriately with healthcare providers and caregivers. Participates in new pharmacist orientation and contributes regularly to intra-departmental needs.
  
  Works closely with others to facilitate effective pharmacy…