Clinical Pharmacist - Marshall Oncology

Marshall Health•Huntington, WV

About The Position

The Oncology Clinical Pharmacist is responsible for the safe, effective, and patient-centered management of oral chemotherapy and related supportive care therapies. This role includes comprehensive medication therapy management, initial chemotherapy ordering, toxicity monitoring, and patient education. The pharmacist works collaboratively with providers, nurses, and care teams to optimize medication use and therapeutic outcomes. Additional responsibilities include teaching and precepting pharmacy students and residents, contributing to clinical education efforts, and serving as a medication therapy expert within the oncology team. The pharmacist also plays a key role in monitoring for specialty pharmacy leakage, ensuring medication access remains within institutional channels when appropriate, and supporting financial assistance efforts for patients.

Requirements

B.S. Pharmacy/Pharm. D. required
Active WV Pharmacist License required
Minimum of three (3) years of pharmacy practice experience required (OR)
Graduate of an ASHP accredited pharmacy residency program
Ability to push/pull light objects less than 20 pounds; perform simple manipulative skills such as writing, collating, and grasping objects; perform tasks that require eye-hand coordination such as operating computers and keyboarding skills; perform gross motor coordination such as reaching, turning, and moving about; be mobile and move from one place to another; hearing normal sounds with some background noise; hearing normal sounds with some background noise, perform moderately difficult manipulative skills; see objects closely.

Nice To Haves

PGY1 and PGY2 residency training preferred
Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist/Certified Oncology (BCPS/BCOP) preferred or obtained within 3 years of hire

Responsibilities

Manages medication therapy comprehensively; secures prior authorizations
Communicates clearly with patients and healthcare professionals
Identifies, prevents, and resolves medication-related issues with patient-centered recommendations
Counsels patients and caregivers on medication use, disease management, and side effect mitigation
Provides clinical recommendations and cost-effective therapeutic alternatives
Teaches, mentors, and precepts pharmacy students and residents.
Performs additional duties as assigned
Initial oral chemotherapy ordering
Analyze medication for drug-drug and drug-disease interactions, lab values, and patient functional status
Enter initial dosing for oral chemotherapy, then send to the provider for verification
Send prescriptions to Marshall Pharmacy if applicable
Complete prior authorization when needed
Aid in financial assistance when/if needed
Follow-up with specialty pharmacy/patient on delivery of medication
Address patient concerns and counsel on dosing instructions
Monitoring of all oral chemotherapy agents
Analyze patient labs during visits and at intervals based on pharmacist discretion
See patients on follow-up appointments for symptom management
Evaluate for toxicities
Drug level monitoring when consulted by providers