Advanced Pharmacist, IDS Oncology

UT Southwestern Medical Center • Dallas, TX

10h

About The Position

The Advanced Pharmacist, IDS Oncology manages clinical activities, priorities, patient-care duties, pharmacist staffing, and workloads. The role provides status reports to pharmacy management and communicates issues, concerns, and suggestions. It manages clinical initiatives and identifies therapeutic alternatives when drug shortages arise, coordinating with medical staff leadership and key stakeholders.

The position provides advanced clinical pharmacy services, including review and verification of oncology and non-oncology infusion medication orders, oversight of sterile compounding and hazardous-drug handling, and development and maintenance of treatment plans, order sets, and supportive-care regimens. In the Investigational Drug Service, it oversees investigational drugs used in clinical trials involving human research participants and works with investigators, research coordinators, sponsors, and other research-team members throughout study initiation, implementation, maintenance, monitoring, and closeout.

The pharmacist also mentors and trains pharmacy staff and supports clinical, operational, educational, quality-improvement, formulary, and cost-saving initiatives. The position requires adherence to study protocols, applicable regulations, USP standards, institutional policies, patient-confidentiality requirements, and safety and infection-control standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree or PharmD from an ACPE-accredited school of pharmacy.
• Four years of pharmacist experience, including at least two years in a specialized area.
• Eligible for licensure by the Texas State Board of Pharmacy upon hire and obtain a Texas license within 30 days.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification accredited by the American Heart Association or American Red Cross upon hire.
• ACPE-accredited sterile compounding (IV) certification upon hire.
• For inpatient positions, Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification accredited by the American Heart Association or American Red Cross within 180 days.
• Knowledge of oncology and non-oncology medications, treatment protocols, and infusion therapy practices.
• Skill in reviewing and verifying medication orders for accuracy, appropriateness, safety, and regulatory compliance.
• Knowledge of USP standards, investigational drug regulations, and institutional pharmacy policies.
• Ability to develop and maintain treatment plans, order sets, and pharmacy procedures.
• Skill in investigational drug accountability and clinical-trial pharmacy operations.
• Ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary healthcare teams and provide education and training to pharmacy staff and healthcare professionals.

Nice To Haves

• Post-graduate training in a specialized area through an accredited pharmacy residency or fellowship program.

Responsibilities

• Manage clinical activities, priorities, patient-care duties, pharmacist staffing, and workloads; communicate status, issues, concerns, and suggestions to pharmacy management.
• Develop and manage clinical initiatives and identify therapeutic alternatives when drug shortages occur, communicating with medical staff leadership and key stakeholders.
• Review and verify infusion medication orders for oncology and non-oncology patients for clinical appropriateness, safety, accuracy, and compliance with treatment protocols.
• Oversee sterile compounding and hazardous-drug handling according to applicable regulations, USP standards, and institutional policies.
• Develop, review, and maintain infusion treatment plans, therapy plans, order sets, supportive-care regimens, and study-specific pharmacy procedures and documentation.
• Manage investigational drugs used in clinical trials, including receipt, storage, preparation, dispensing, return, disposal, and accountability.
• Participate in clinical-trial study initiation, implementation, maintenance, monitoring, and closeout in collaboration with investigators, research coordinators, sponsors, and research-team members.
• Verify investigational drug orders for protocol compliance, participant eligibility, dosing accuracy, and clinical appropriateness.
• Support medication availability, inventory management, cost-saving initiatives, staff training, and quality-improvement activities.
• Coordinate staff training, competencies, certification, and continuing education; provide orientation, competency assessment, and education to pharmacists, technicians, residents, students, research personnel, patients, caregivers, and other healthcare professionals.
• Assist clinical staff pharmacists with therapeutic monitoring, patient assessments, laboratory interpretation, TPN assessment, and pharmacokinetic calculations.
• Develop and implement policies and procedures to support prompt, safe, and efficient patient care and compliance with Joint Commission and regulatory requirements.
• Promote pharmacy services through multidisciplinary meetings and in-services, individualized drug information, rounds, consultations, and publications; participate in pharmacy student and resident education.
• Manage P&T initiatives, document and monitor interventions, verify data, develop measures, report outcomes, support cost savings, assess cost-effective pharmaceuticals, review formulary addition requests, prepare monographs, and manage formulary procedures for non-formulary product acquisition.
• Perform accurate and timely computer order entry; review and update medication profiles and assess orders for therapeutic appropriateness, duplication, interactions, effectiveness, and safety; seek clarification and document interventions.
• Mentor clinical staff pharmacists and support personnel, delegate appropriate tasks, evaluate performance, and represent the Pharmacy Department at P&T Committee and Service Line Meetings.
• Participate in emergency-response procedures and ensure appropriate availability and use of medications for infusion-related emergencies.
• Maintain competency across multiple areas, work independently, use sound judgment, adapt to changing workloads and work methods, and take ownership of resolving problems.
• Maintain patient confidentiality and comply with safety, infection-control, corporate-compliance, and other applicable policies and procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100% coverage for preventive healthcare with no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer
• Paid holidays
• On-site childcare

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior