Investigational Cancer Drug Pharmacist

As an integral member of the University of Hawai   Cancer Center, the Investigational Cancer Drug Pharmacistperforms responsibilities that enhance the department  reputation and service orientation. Duties include activities required for a pharmacist in charge as defined under board of pharmacy requirements of Hawai  ; coordinating, collaborating, and providing expertise in support of clinical investigational drug trials; fulfilling educational responsibilities; dispensing medication accurately and efficiently;

managing administrative duties; providing direct and/or functional supervision; maintaining overall responsibility for pharmacy operations in the assigned area; handling communication tasks; performing cross-functional duties, including those of the compounding sterile preparations, Patient Care Assessment; and fulfilling other duties consistent with the job classification as required.

• Ensures compliance with the State of Hawai   Board of Pharmacy regulations and guidelines for licensure.
• Oversee and monitor daily pharmacy operations, pharmacy-related investigational drugs, and trial components, ensuring compliance with all state / federal regulations and sponsor requirements.
• Accountable for management, oversight, and operations of all aspects within the pharmacy consistent with professional, ethical, and legal standards of proper pharmacy practice.
• Develops and implements patient and medication therapy management programs for investigational drugs.
• Automates the sponsor requirements for conducting investigational drug trials.
• Develops, implements, and reviews standard operating procedures for pharmacy and investigational drug services.
• Supervises and provides direction to technical/support staff.
• Provides input into performance appraisals of support staff.
• Collaboratively assist with medication and clinical operations of the infusion center.
• Manage and maintain inventory, workflow, pharmacy performance metrics, and the quality assurance tracking program.
• Ensure that billing & remittance documents are completed accurately and in a timely manner.
• Delegates work assignments and checks work orders filled by technicians.
• Monitors pharmacy activities on a daily basis to ensure adherence to study protocols and dispensing procedures of controlled drugs in accordance with federal and state regulations..
• Ensure confidentiality of patient information and their records, and destruction of relevant documentation that contains patient information.
• Attends and contributes to interdisciplinary team meetings relating to clinical investigational drug trials.
• Participates in the development of software programs designed to facilitate management of clinical investigational drug trials.
• Collects and documents workload measurement statistics; provides other data, as required.
• Collaborates in the identification and development of revenue-generating opportunities, as deemed appropriate.

• Maintains responsibility for clinical investigational drug trials.
• Reviews protocols for University of Hawai   Cancer Center clinical investigational drug trials, as required.
• Liaises with principal investigators and/or trial coordinators/research assistants to establish the pharmacy’s role, determine fee schedules, and implement dispensing, compounding, and billing procedures.
• Communicates with and trains staff anticipated to participate in any aspect of the clinical investigational drug trial.
• Maintains a pharmacy electronic binder which contains a study summary, protocol, dispensing procedures, completed samples of required paperwork, dispensing checklist, fee schedule, billing procedures, and any other relevant materials for each…