Clinical Pharmacy Specialist

Overview

Shift: 8a-4:30p

The Clinical Pharmacy Specialist practices as a clinical expert in specialty practice area(s). In addition to direct patient care activities, this position is responsible for ensuring appropriate medication therapy and clinical outcomes for the institution related to specialty area and leads the direct-patient care clinical practice initiatives. Develops and promotes advanced clinical practice based upon recent evidenced based practice.

Operational and Clinical Excellence:

• Practices under existing and/or establishes new collaborative practice agreements to enhance pharmaceutical care, as applicable.
• Promotes institution-wide appropriate therapy and institutional outcomes in specialty area. Consistently provides patient-centered, interdisciplinary pharmaceutical care.
• Proactively reviews and processes orders accurately and efficiently. Performs daily in-depth patient profile review to assess, monitor and recommend appropriate drug therapy as applicable.
• Consistently evaluates, intervenes, and documents clinical interventions in accordance with institutional protocols and guidelines. Supports recommendations with critical analysis of literature.
• Leads the development of system nomograms and other guidelines.
• Promotes the documentation of clinical activities and adverse drug events. Attends medical codes as applicable.
• Develops and promotes system policies and processes for proper dosing, storage, handling, dispensing, and/or administration of medications and compounded products.
• Actively participates in development of system clinical practice initiatives
• Develops, uses and promotes effective patient education materials and techniques for drug therapy, adverse effects, compliance, appropriate use, handling and drug administration education.
• Engages in external professional activities to maintain clinical competency and knowledge of current trends and practices.
• Precepts pharmacy students and residents as available.
• Develops and assists in training and education of pharmacy and other disciplines. Assists pharmacists seeking to advance their clinical skills.
• Answers drug information questions with in-depth knowledge of research designs, methodologies, and biostatistics.
• Actively participates in scholarly activities in specialty area. Submits publications or national presentations routinely.
• Responsible for overall departmental pharmacy financial stewardship for specialty area. Leads the development and reinforcement of medication use policies and processes to ensure financial medication stewardship. Actively participates in formulary review and medication selection to promote cost savings. Supports and promotes cost‑savings initiatives. Engages in review of medication insurance authorization status as applicable. Maintains and promotes understanding of 340b practices as applicable.
• Leads the development and review of protocols, guidelines, or order sets. Participates in multidisciplinary or system Emory Healthcare committee as applicable.
• Performs other duties as assigned or requested.

• Consistently exhibits One Emory culture behaviors.
• Serves as a role model for complex clinical and ethical situations and resolves conflict constructively.
• Seeks and provides constructive feedback; effectively self‑assesses strengths, deficiencies, and limits of knowledge and expertise.
• Contributes positively to department and clinical team teamwork through proactive leadership and participation.
• Responsible for oversight of medication use systems in specialty area.
• Participates in coordination of transitions of care as appropriate.
• Active engagement within departmental mentorship and collaboration programs.

• Maintains practice competency.
• Prevents and/or resolves drug-related problems to ensure safety, efficacy, and cost‑efficiency by consulting with the ordering prescriber and appropriately documents.
• Responsible for department training and competency assurance for specialty area.
• Leads medication use evaluation or quality improvement project annually in specialty area.
• Recognizes process failures and actively engages in…