Clinical Pharmacist - Investigational Drug Services

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Nashville, TN

About The Position

Vanderbilt Health is hiring a Clinical Pharmacist for its Investigational Drug Services team. The role provides leadership within a specialized healthcare team to support optimal, cost-effective drug therapy. The pharmacist develops individualized pharmacotherapeutic goals, recommends treatment regimens, and establishes monitoring plans. The position also leads efforts to prevent and report medication errors and adverse drug reactions, and works to improve medication safety and practice processes. The pharmacist coordinates and assists with the daily preparation schedule, develops budget estimates, approves iLab requests, addresses billing issues, assists with staff training and new-study setup, verifies new study setups in Vestigo, and prepares and checks investigational drug products. The position works Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with no weekends. The role reviews medication orders and prescriptions, prepares and dispenses medications, provides drug information, and manages medication therapy in compliance with applicable regulations and hospital policy. It optimizes patient care by resolving medication-related problems, maintains the quality and safety of pharmacy services, and supervises assigned support personnel, including verifying medications they prepare before dispensing. Additional duties may be assigned.

Requirements

Tennessee pharmacist license.
Bachelor's degree required.
One year of relevant work experience.
Inpatient or hospital pharmacist experience is required.
Ability to review medication orders and assess medication appropriateness, dosing, dosage forms, indications, contraindications, adverse effects, interactions, duplication, and relevant laboratory results.
Knowledge of medication preparation and dispensing, including general aseptic technique principles for sterile compounding where applicable.
Knowledge of applicable federal, state, and local regulations and organizational policies and procedures.

Nice To Haves

Investigational drug experience is preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

Coordinate and assist with the daily preparation schedule.
Develop budget estimates, approve iLab requests, and address billing issues as needed.
Assist with training staff and setting up new studies when needed.
Verify new study setups in Vestigo.
Prepare and check investigational drug products.
Review drug orders and prescriptions to support safe, appropriate, and cost-effective medication use.
Prepare and dispense medications, provide drug information, and manage medication therapy in accordance with regulations and hospital policy.
Optimize medication preparation and resolve medication-related problems to provide patient care.
Maintain the quality, safety, and consistency of clinical pharmacy services in assigned areas.
Supervise assigned support personnel and verify the accuracy and appropriateness of medications they prepare before dispensing.
Lead efforts to prevent and report medication errors and adverse drug reactions.
Develop individualized pharmacotherapeutic goals, recommend treatment regimens, and develop monitoring plans.
Continuously improve institutional medication-use processes and practices.