Clinical Pharmacist Oncology

Mount Sinai Medical Center•Miami Beach, FL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

As Mount Sinai grows, so does our legacy in high-quality health care. Since 1949, Mount Sinai Medical Center has remained committed to providing access to its diverse community. In delivering an unmatched level of clinical expertise, our medical center is committed to recruiting and training top healthcare workers from across the country. We offer the latest in advanced medicine, technology, and comfort in 12 facilities across Miami-Dade (including our 674-bed main campus facility) and Monroe Counties, with 38 medical services, including cancer care, 24/7 emergency care, orthopedics, cardiovascular care, and more. Mount Sinai takes pride in being South Florida's largest private independent not-for-profit hospital, dedicated to continuing the training of the next generation of medical pioneers. Our hardworking, tight-knit community of more than 4,000 dedicated employees fosters an environment of care and compassion. Each member plays a vital role in our collective mission to deliver excellent healthcare through innovation, education, and research. At Mount Sinai, we take pride in our achievements, aiming to be a beacon of quality healthcare in South Florida. We welcome all healthcare professionals to join our thriving community and contribute to our pursuit for clinical excellence. This position involves interpreting and verifying orders, accurately compounding and dispensing pharmaceuticals, monitoring drug therapy, and providing clinical consultation. The role also includes documenting clinical activities, supporting formulary and rational drug therapy, providing medication information, assisting with clinical services, and following up with medical staff on drug therapy issues. The Clinical Pharmacist will also support quality improvement, risk management, and patient safety programs, document errors, participate in training, maintain professional competency, provide technical support for automated systems, supervise pharmacy operations, comply with schedules and on-call duties, participate in disaster response, adhere to the Code of Conduct, maintain controlled substance records, comply with regulatory standards, prioritize work, manage medication waste, maintain outpatient pump documentation, train and maintain USP 797/800 records, follow REMS program requirements, and comply with ASCO QOPI standards and 340B program requirements.

Requirements

Registered Pharmacist in the State of Florida.
B.S. Pharmacy Degree from an ACPE accredited School of Pharmacy.

Nice To Haves

2 years oncology pharmacy experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Interprets orders and verifies orders.
Accurately compounds and dispenses pharmaceuticals.
Monitors drug therapy regimens.
Provides clinical consultation and clarification to practitioners and recommends appropriate alternative.
Accurately and completely documents all clinical activities, drug regimen review and interventions
Supports the formulary, rational drug therapy selection.
Provides accurate and timely medication information.
Assists with clinical services.
Effectively and proactively follows-up with medical staff on any issues regarding drug therapy.
Supports and participates in the goals of the organization's quality improvement, risk management and patient safety programs to include but not limited to National Patient Safety Goals, Core Measures and HCAHPS medication related initiatives.
Documents medication errors and adverse drug reactions in the incident reporting system and notifies manager.
Participates in the training of new pharmacists, pharmacy students and technicians.
Maintains professional competency sufficient to meet current and future needs of the facility.
Aware of the patient population served and caters to their health care needs
Provides basic technical support for automated dispensing machines and other pharmacy computer systems.
Effectively supervises pharmacy operation activities and provides support to the whole pharmacy team
Compliant with facility pharmacy schedule and Oncall to work physically at patient care areas to interact with medical staff, nurses, and other members of the healthcare team and patients.
Trains and participates with Disaster Team drills and real-event response as assigned
Practices and adheres to the “Code of Conduct” philosophy and “Mission and Value Statement”
Maintains appropriate controlled substance records.
Complies with all regulatory standards (USP 797/800, Florida Board of Pharmacy, TJC, and others as applicable)
Prioritizes work to comply with facility medication turn-around time policy and procedure.
Effectively supervises and assists pharmacy technicians and other support staff
Acts as supervisor in charge as assigned.
Participates in the continuous quality review of order sets and/or computer drug entries.
Participates in the continuous quality improvement of pharmacy operations (operational/clinical)
Effectively manages medication waste billing per regulatory standards and policy.
Maintains outpatient pump documentation, inventory and records per Infusystem requirements.
Trains and maintains appropriate USP 797/800 records in the Sterile Compounding documentation system used by the institution and technician oversight of documentation
Follow applicable REMS program requirements
Complies with ASCO QOPI standards and 340B program requirements
Ensures drug procurement, biosimilar subsitutions, and drug shortage mitigation planning