Pharmacy Clinical Specialist - Internal Medicine​/Pulmonary; Rotating

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Pharmacy Clinical Specialist - Internal Medicine/ Pulmonary (Rotating)

Cleveland

Cleveland Clinic Main Campus

Inpatient Pharmacy-Main Campus Hospital

T36059

Day/Evening/Night/Weekend

7:00am-3:30pm/1:00pm-9:30pm

Coordinates and provides the pharmaceutical care of patients for an assigned clinical unit and participates in patient care rounds with medical staff personnel.

This role is eligible for a sign on bonus of $10,000 to $15,000 and up to $5,000 in relocation reimbursement.

The Cleveland Clinic internal medicine services provide an exciting environment for high quality patient care for a high acuity patient population. Daily responsibilities include decentralized coverage of assigned units and teams, coordination of pharmaceutical care incorporating multidisciplinary involvement, therapeutic drug monitoring, minimization of safety issues, ensuring cost effective pharmacotherapy plans, and medication reconciliation. Collaboration with other healthcare professionals is imperative.

Cleveland Clinic's inpatient pharmacy areas support distributive and clinical pharmacy services provided by staff pharmacists, clinical pharmacy specialists and pharmacy technicians, supporting 60 nursing units, 80 operating rooms, 4 PACUs, and 10 cath labs, accounting for over 1,440 inpatient beds.

We are recruiting a highly motivated pharmacist to provide patient care in our internal medicine and subspecialty areas, rotation between 2-3 teams. Other responsibilities include precepting APPE student and PGY1/PGY2 residents and participation in projects/ research work the supports the departments mission, and representing pharmacy on appropriate committees.

Direct patient care responsibilities rotating between 2-3 of our internal medicine services or subspecialties.

There are 9 internal medicine teaching teams.

Subspecialities include hepatology, urology, and pulmonology.

Breakdown of decentralized service coverage and centralized pharmacy coverage: ~70% decentralized / ~30% centralized coverage.

Pharmacists work every 8th weekend rotating between decentralized internal medicine coverage (day) and centralized coverage within the main pharmacy (evening).

Other scheduling items: 8 weeks of evening shift coverage per year rotating between the decentralized internal medicine position and centralized coverage in the main pharmacy; assigned one holiday per year; apart of the night shift coverage rotation (approximately once every 18-24 months).

A caregiver in this position works days/evenings from 7:00AM-3:30PM or 1PM-9:30PM, with weekend availability.

• Coordinate and provide pharmaceutical care for patients.
• Participate in patient care rounds.
• Perform pharmacotherapeutic monitoring and provision of pharmaceutical care for patients.
• Provide general and patient-specific drug information.
• Educate clinical pharmacists, technicians, pharmacy students, post-graduate trainees, allied health professionals, nurses and physicians in pharmacotherapy.

• PharmD or Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from an accredited college of pharmacy
• If hired for a specialty area where specialty residency training is available, then specialty residency is required
• Curre…