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Clinical Pharmacy Specialist (NICU) - East Valley

This advanced level clinical pharmacist position is responsible for the provision of departmental and organizational clinical pharmacy services and leadership. The Clinical Pharmacy Specialist (NICU) provides comprehensive clinical pharmacy services to patients from neonate to adulthood while meeting the responsibilities of a registered pharmacist as defined by the Arizona State Board of Pharmacy and Phoenix Children’s. The role aligns with interdisciplinary programs and specialty services to deliver medication therapy management services and serves as a liaison and resource to other hospital departments.

• Maintains interdepartmental relationships to facilitate communication related to clinical pharmacy services and patient care within and between the pharmacy department and other areas in the organization. Functions as the advanced clinical expert and liaison for the designated area of specialty services, and shares information consistently and proactively. When serving as the Infectious Diseases Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, coordinates and maintains the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program.
• Participates in patient and family education and supports transition of care to discharge.
• Actively involved with medication reconciliation at the patient care level.
• Develops guidelines, policies, and other monitoring and intervention strategies for antimicrobial use and streamlines prophylactic, empiric, and definitive antimicrobial therapy.
• Reviews and analyzes daily antimicrobial audits for appropriate use in collaboration with the Infectious Disease Service.
• Compiles and reports data and findings on antimicrobial use to the Antimicrobial Stewardship, Infection Control and Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committees. Coordinates, facilitates and promotes education, training, competency assessment and performance improvement of pharmacists, pharmacy residents and other healthcare professionals in the appropriate use of antimicrobials.
• Reviews and manages medication orders for therapeutic appropriateness based upon age, weight, height, laboratory values (where appropriate), diagnosis and other patient and clinical information pertinent to safe and effective care.
• Effectively screens for and manages clinical alerts/conditions (allergies, interactions, therapeutic duplications, adverse drug reactions, etc.).
• Actively problem solves issues with medication orders and contacts prescribers to recommend appropriate alternative medication therapy as needed.
• Complies with directives of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee related to formulary management.
• Documents clinical interventions to meet or exceed established cost containment and evidence‑based medication therapy goals for the department and organization.
• Actively reviews, verifies, or enters medication orders into medication management systems in an accurate and timely manner. Evaluates entries to the patient profile and intervenes when needed to ensure patient safety.
• Effectively communicates problems, unique patient needs and other necessary information to on‑coming staff for enhanced continuity of care.
• Responds to all modes of communication within the department and hospital and proactively solves problems.
• Answers phones promptly and politely, demonstrating Phoenix Children’s values of excellence in clinical care, service and communication at all times.
• Ensures patient safety and clinical quality while providing pharmaceutical care throughout the facility and actively participates on patient safety committees.
• Participates in data capture and review of quality improvement initiatives and makes recommendations as needed.
• Takes an active role in adverse drug reaction reporting, data management and analysis.
• Actively engages in medication error reporting and prevention initiatives.
• Engages, executes and supports pharmacy and organizational compliance with all regulatory bodies and participates in maintaining survey readiness for all agencies and accreditation surveys.
• Demonstrates ability to provide appropriate level of pharmaceutical care, medication therapy reviews, intervention documentation, safety and…