Clinical Pharmacist Specialist
About The Position
Cincinnati Children’s is seeking a Clinical Pharmacist Specialist to provide comprehensive clinical pharmacy services to a specialty patient population. This role involves daily patient care, including medication selection and dosing, therapeutic drug monitoring, and adjustment of drug therapies. The specialist will also complete population-based drug use evaluations and performance improvement initiatives to enhance patient outcomes and safety. Additionally, the position requires 24/7 on-call coverage for pharmacy clinical services to the assigned medical team. The role also includes serving as a preceptor for pharmacy residents, pharmacists, interns, and students, presenting continuing education programs, and coordinating inservice education for medical and nursing staffs. Participation in organizational performance improvement, patient safety initiatives, and research/scholarly activities is also expected.
Requirements
- PharmD Degree
- Pharmacist License in the state of Ohio
- PGY1 Residency
- PGY2 Residency in pediatrics or relevant patient population specialty
Responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive clinical pharmacy services to a specialty patient population on a daily basis, including attendance at medical team rounds, selection and dosing of medication therapies, therapeutic drug monitoring and adjustment of drug therapies.
- Complete population based drug use evaluations and performance improvement initiatives (order sets, Epic alerts, guidelines, protocols, etc.) to improve outcome and safety for the specialty patient population.
- Provide 24/7 on-call coverage for pharmacy clinical services to the assigned medical team.
- Serve as a preceptor and resource to the Pharmacy Residents, Pharmacists (Pharmacist I, Pharmacist II and Pharmacist III), pharmacy interns and students.
- Present accredited continuing education programs to the Division of Pharmacy and assist in the development and implementation of clinical therapeutic educational opportunities of the division.
- Coordinate inservice education of medical and nursing staffs for assigned patient care area.
- Participate in improving organizational performance and patient safety through identification and implementation of improvement initiatives as well as participation on committees and improvement teams for their specialty patient population and the division of pharmacy.
- Actively participate in the development, implementation and ongoing coordination of research projects and/or share knowledge and information through posters, regional or national presentations, or publications.
Benefits
- Additional pay (e.g., shift, on‑call, or weekend differentials) and benefits may apply.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
