Clinical Pharmacist Specialist - Pharmacogenomics

SUMMARY

Brown University Health's ambulatory clinical pharmacy team is seeking a pharmacist specialist with pharmacogenomic experience. As a part of our team, you will be responsible for contributing to this innovative service by identifying and managing patients throughout the system and optimizing their therapies based on pharmacogenomic data. You will also ensure safe and effective use of medications and collaborate with our healthcare teams to achieve positive patient outcomes.

Hybrid on‑site/remote work schedule available.

Reports to Director Specialty Pharmacy, or Ambulatory Manager as applicable. Under the supervision of the Pharmacist‑In‑Charge, Senior Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, or Clinical Coordinator, you will coordinate pharmacy clinical programs including, but not limited to, pharmacotherapeutics, pharmaceutical care, drug information services, and pharmacoeconomics. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary care providers to monitor, assess, recommend changes, and optimize medication use in the area of therapeutic specialty.

Acts as a subject‑matter expert and real‑time resource in the area of specialty, participates in the development of therapeutic drug policy, implements corrective strategies to contain drug costs, and monitors pharmacy clinical services through continuous quality improvement activities.

Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization’s values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers, and one another.

Core Success Factors:

• Instill Trust and Value Differences
• Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate

• Coordinate and oversee new and established pharmacy clinical services within scope of practice, establishing priorities for effective patient care and clinical pharmacy services within existing departmental and organizational policies.
• Provide patient care and education through comprehensive medication reconciliations, medication‑related patient counseling, plan‑of‑care adherence counseling, and general health education coaching and support.
• Emphasize the safe and effective use of medications, identify potential drug interactions, and perform other related activities.
• Facilitate provision of resources to maximize patients’ medication therapy success with consideration of the patient’s social determinants of health.
• Coach professional staff (home medical team, other practitioners, and providers) on pharmaceutical care and pharmacoeconomic principles, facilitating safe and cost‑effective medication use practices within the integrated care delivery model.
• Provide support for patients enrolled in the Brown University Health Specialty Drug Patient Management Program (SDPMP) and those covered by Brown University Health‑affiliated accountable care organizations in accordance with the policies and procedures of the respective patient care program.
• Appropriately document patient encounters, interventions, and plans of care in the electronic health record (EHR).
• Participate in the development, implementation, and integration of patient‑focused medication therapy management and pharmaceutical care services; review and analyze proposed clinical services, recommend and implement changes, allocate resources, and evaluate new technologies to improve efficiency and level of pharmaceutical care.
• Implement, interpret, and provide consultation for policies, procedures, and standards of practice related to medication use.
• When practicing under a collaborative practice agreement, follow practices consistent with services delineated in the agreement and ensure compliance with existing state and federal regulations.
• Ensure that pharmacy clinical services and programs support established standards of care, meet or exceed patient care quality standards, and consider all patient populations served.
• Serve as a subject‑matter expert and real‑time go‑to resource in the area of specialty.
• Maintain current professional competence in the area of specialty, including new medications, disease‑management standards, patient care practices, and innovative technology…