Cardiology Clinical Pharmacist Specialist - Bethesda North; Samaritan Hospitals

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.

The cardiology clinical pharmacist position will focus on providing direct patient care to our cardiology patients, primarily, our advanced heart failure patients. This pharmacist will work with a team of pharmacists to provide inpatient and outpatient services. This includes but is not limited to:

• Providing pharmacy services for the inpatient advanced heart failure team, including rounding services, discharge counseling, and consult completion.
• Participating in outpatient advanced heart failure clinics including collaborative care agreement managing warfarin for VAD patients. Will also provide support for pulmonary hypertension, ventricular assist devices, and cardiac amyloidosis patients.
• Developing protocol, policies, order sets, and guidelines.
• Precepting PGY-2 cardiology residents, PGY-1 pharmacy residents, and pharmacy students.

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D or Bachelor's of Science degree with equivalent decentralized hospital pharmacy experience (3years) OR
accredited PGY-1 and PGY-2 residency in area of specified clinical practice.

Desired requirement is BCCP or elidable to sit for board exam.