Clinical Pharmacy Specialist-Transitions in Care

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist-Transitions in Care

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Job Profile Summary

This role focuses on providing pharmacy related services in a hospital or retail setting. Responsibilities include delivering pharmaceuticals, dispensing medication (controlled substances when licensed), overseeing the design, implementation, and delivery of pharmacy processes, managing projects, coaching lower level professionals, and resolving complex problems. The role is a senior-level professional contributor with advanced knowledge typically gained through advanced education and work experience.

Responsibilities: managing projects/processes, working independently with limited supervision, coaching, reviewing work of lower level professionals, and resolving difficult and complex problems.

Job Overview

Clinical Pharmacy Specialists work closely with other health practitioners to improve patient health by providing pharmaceutical care, serving as an expert resource to physicians, nurses and other health professionals, and caring for patients in the assigned service areas. Responsibilities: optimization of drug therapy, control and analysis of the formulary, identification and remediation of drug related problems, reviewing and approving medication orders, monitoring drug therapies, providing drug information, acting as ambassador and educator for medication safety and best practices, supervising support personnel, and facilitating development, implementation and maintenance of hospital and departmental systems that promote desirable patient outcomes.

Ensures pharmacy operates within state and federal regulations.

Minimum Qualifications

• Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm
  
  D) AND Two (2) years of clinical pharmacy experience in a hospital OR Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy AND Five (5) years of clinical pharmacy experience in a hospital
• Pharmacist License

Preferred Qualifications

• Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm
  
  D) AND Three (3) years of clinical pharmacy experience in a hospital OR Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy AND Seven (7) years of clinical pharmacy experience in a hospital.
• PGY1 Pharmacy Residency
• PGY2 Residency in a relevant area of practice
• Pharmacy Board Certification
• Active Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) credential in a related area of practice
• Experience in drug utilization review and analysis

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides prospective evaluation and monitoring of drug therapy
• Coordinates review of policies and procedures related to clinical practice
• Participates in development and implementation of treatment guidelines, protocols and clinical pathways
• Participates in development of departmental drug-specific and population-specific initiatives
• Directs and coordinates the clinical activities of the assigned pharmacy service area, including preparing, compounding and dispensing medications in accordance with state, federal laws
• Reviews and accurately interprets physician’s orders checking for appropriateness of orders as to indication, clarity, accuracy of dose, drug allergy, potential drug interactions and duplication
• Detects and reports medication errors and adverse drug reactions in a timely manner
• Communicates professionally with Physicians, Nurses and other healthcare professionals regarding medication related issues
• Prepares and presents to the appropriate committees evidence-based reviews of drugs requested for formulary addition
• Actively participates in hospital multi-disciplinary committees, multi-disciplinary patient rounds on a daily basis
• Participates in periodic reviews of therapeutic classes of drugs and presents findings to the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee and others
• Represents the pharmacy department at committees, councils and meetings throughout the organization
• Performs medication counseling and medication history taking when required; expertly performs basic patient care services such as blood glucose testing, blood pressure monitoring, peak flow meters, BLS/ACLS if required by care setting
• Actively participates in developing department policies and procedures, maintaining the drug formulary, education of the pharmacy, nursing and medical staffs, and in department quality improvement efforts
• Participates in the professional development of clinical pharmacy specialists and clinical pharmacists by serving as a preceptor for pharmacy students, interns, externs, foreign graduates, and pharmacy residents (when applicable). Maintains relationships with local colleges of pharmacy
• May present research at state and national professional meetings, seek publication in a refereed journal, or maintain an adjunct faculty appointment at a school of pharmacy
• Oversees the preparation, compounding and dispensing of medications to patients and manages support staff (when required)
• Participates in Pharmacy Quality Programs that relate to:
  People;
  Clinical excellence;
  Operational excellence;
  Financial performance and growth;
  Safety and quality; and Research
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