Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
About The Position
The Clinical Pharmacy Specialist provides specialized pharmaceutical services to improve medication use and therapeutic outcomes. The role individualizes medication regimens using pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic principles, helps maintain the CHOP Formulary, and advances medication safety and quality improvement. The specialist builds and maintains relationships with medical and nursing staff, provides timely information about pharmaceutical supplies, drug use and compatibility, applicable regulations, and Joint Commission Standards, and contributes to the education of healthcare professionals, patients, caregivers, and pharmacy learners. The specialist develops and maintains clinical pharmacy practice that provides appropriate, effective, safe, and cost-conscious pharmaceutical support to patients. The position includes participation in clinical rounds, medication review and order verification, consultative drug information services, patient and caregiver counseling, clinical on-call coverage, code response, and rotating staffing duties. It also includes education and training, formulary and committee work, medication safety and quality improvement activities, and support for departmental goals and patient-care needs.
Requirements
- Doctor of Pharmacy degree.
- PGY1 residency.
- Pennsylvania pharmacist license required upon hire.
- Extensive knowledge of drugs, medical therapeutics, pharmacokinetics, diagnosis, and disease states.
- Ability to establish and maintain working relationships with healthcare team members.
- Clear oral and written communication skills.
Nice To Haves
- PGY2 residency.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain clinical pharmacy practice that provides appropriate, effective, safe, and cost-effective pharmaceutical support to patients.
- Participate in clinical rounds and contribute to order verification for patients being rounded on.
- Review pharmacotherapy in the electronic health record and Acuity tool for appropriateness of dose, dosage form, route, frequency, duration, indication, and relation to the patient's disease state.
- Provide timely drug information, pharmacokinetic, and other consultative services to healthcare professionals.
- Counsel patients and caregivers on medication use, administration, effects, interactions, contraindications, monitoring, storage, refills, and missed doses.
- Promote compliance with the institution's formulary and Therapeutic Standards Committee and Department of Pharmacy guidelines.
- Communicate with prescribers and nurses about inappropriate therapy and alternatives to non-formulary medications.
- Help maintain the CHOP Formulary by writing, editing, reviewing, and presenting formulary monographs and by contributing expertise to formulary reviews and additions.
- Participate in rotating clinical on-call coverage, respond to codes in the assigned coverage area, perform staffing duties as scheduled, and assume order verification and dispensing responsibilities.
- Educate healthcare professionals, pharmacy personnel, residents, students, patients, and caregivers through experiential and didactic activities.
- Maintain active credentialing and contribute to pharmacy resident training, including learning experiences, discussions, meetings, and presentations.
- Develop and maintain education activities and modules for staff development and pharmacist training; participate in IPPE and APPE student training and requested lectures.
- Participate in hospital and departmental quality improvement and medication safety activities.
- Act as a liaison with multidisciplinary staff regarding prescriptions, orders, medication details, patient reactions, errors, and complaints.
- Participate in scheduled and ad hoc medical, nursing, and pharmacy committee meetings.
- Assist with adverse drug reaction data collection and follow-up, and maintain records and statistics used to evaluate clinical pharmacy activities.
- Apply continuous quality improvement principles to analyze and resolve medication-use-process problems.
- Contribute to clinical pathways, protocols, and policies involving medication use.
- Continuously evaluate service quality and develop plans to correct deficiencies.
- Apply lean principles to support patient safety and satisfaction, identify waste, and recommend solutions.
- Assist in identifying, implementing, and monitoring cost-containment initiatives.
- Support the Department of Pharmacy's mission and goals, provide coverage to colleagues when needed, and perform other related duties as assigned to meet patient-care needs, including emergency situations.
Benefits
- Annual influenza vaccination is a condition of employment for employees working in patient-care buildings or with patient-facing responsibilities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
