Clinical Pharmacists are responsible and accountable for the provision of safe, effective, and prompt medication therapy. Through various assignments within the department, they provide support of centralized and decentralized medication-use systems as well as deliver optimal medication therapy to patients with a broad range of disease states. Clinical Pharmacists proficiently provide direct patient-centered care and integrated pharmacy operational services in a decentralized practice setting with physicians, nurses, and other hospital personnel. In these clinical roles, Clinical Pharmacists participate in all necessary aspects of the medication-use system while providing comprehensive and individualized pharmaceutical care to the patients in their assigned areas. Pharmaceutical care services include but are not limited to assessing patient needs, incorporating age and disease specific characteristics into drug therapy and patient education, adjusting care according to patient response, and providing clinical interventions to detect, mitigate, and prevent medication adverse events. Clinical Pharmacists serve as departmental resources and liaisons to other departments, hospital personnel, or external groups. They also conduct clinical research and practice advancement projects as well as patient care quality and regulatory compliance initiatives designed to improve medication-use processes or pharmacy practice. Clinical Pharmacists provide medication and practice-related education/training and actively serve as preceptors for Doctor of Pharmacy Students and pharmacy residents. All employees must always adhere to the following: Employees are always expected to adhere to UTMC Service Values including iCare standards. Adheres to hospital policies and procedures as well as addresses patient safety, performance improvement, and quality of care issues Employees are knowledgeable about patient safety and quality of care issues. Able to recognize safety issues in the department and handles incidents by institutional and/or departmental policies and procedures. If safety issues were identified, all issues were handled timely and appropriately. Employees attend and follow all department specific safety education and training to create a safe work environment.