Clinical Pharmacy Specialist Discharge Lounge Part Time

Corewell Health • Grand Rapids, MI

13d • Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in the Mehney Discharge Lounge Clinic provides dedicated pharmacist support to patients transitioning from inpatient care to home. The specialist performs comprehensive medication reviews, reconciles medications across care settings, and provides clear, personalized education about treatment plans to improve patient safety, medication adherence, and post-discharge outcomes. The role helps reduce medication-related errors and preventable readmissions.

The specialist collaborates with physicians, nurses, care managers, and ancillary teams to resolve medication discrepancies, optimize therapy, and address barriers involving affordability, access, and understanding complex regimens. Responsibilities include supporting timely prescription processing, coordinating with outpatient pharmacies, and ensuring high-risk medications such as anticoagulants, insulin, and antimicrobials are initiated safely with appropriate monitoring and follow-up instructions. The service supports safe, efficient discharges and continuity of care.

The position also provides pharmaceutical care and drug information, evaluates patients and medication orders, applies pharmacokinetic principles, and recommends dosage regimens. It supports staff development, drug utilization review, process and quality improvement, committee activities, departmental publications, and the precepting of pharmacy residents and students. This is a part-time, on-site role scheduled three days per week, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., generally Tuesday and Friday plus either Wednesday or Thursday. No weekends are scheduled.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Science of Pharmacy or Doctor of Pharmacy degree from an accredited College of Pharmacy.
• Two years of relevant pharmacy experience or an ASHP Pharmacy Practice Residency required.
• Michigan State clinical pharmacist license required within 90 days.
• Michigan State controlled substance pharmacist license required within 90 days.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross required within 90 days.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification from the American Heart Association, excluding ambulatory sites, or Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification from the American Heart Association, excluding ambulatory sites, required within 180 days.
• Schedule is three days per week, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Tuesdays and Fridays consistently, plus either Wednesday or Thursday.
• Must work 100% on-site.
• No weekends.

Nice To Haves

• Two years of hospital pharmacy experience or an ASHP Pharmacy Practice Residency.
• ASHP-accredited postgraduate year 2 (PGY2) residency in the area of specialty.
• Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist (BC-PS) certification through ASHP or the Board of Pharmacy Specialties, preferred upon hire.
• PharmD degree and a PGY1 or PGY2 residency.
• Strong interest in the Discharge Lounge patient population.
• Community pharmacy experience.
• Direct patient care counseling experience.
• Epic experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide pharmaceutical care to patients in the assigned area of practice.
• Conduct comprehensive medication reviews and reconcile medications across care settings for patients transitioning from inpatient care to home.
• Educate patients and families about medications and treatment plans, including high-risk medications and follow-up instructions.
• Collaborate with physicians, nurses, care managers, ancillary teams, and outpatient pharmacies to resolve medication discrepancies, optimize therapy, and address medication affordability and access barriers.
• Support timely prescription processing and safe initiation and monitoring of high-risk medications.
• Coordinate educational programs and activities to enhance the clinical drug knowledge of pharmacists, physicians, nurses, and other care providers.
• Work with staff pharmacists to increase participation in drug monitoring, pharmacokinetics, and cost-containment activities.
• Implement cost-containment programs and provide drug information, education, and clinical services to improve drug therapy effectiveness and minimize patient risk.
• Work with multiple medication automation systems.
• Evaluate patients and medication orders, and lead the ordering and interpretation of drug serum levels using pharmacokinetic principles.
• Provide physicians with dosage-regimen recommendations to improve therapeutic outcomes, reduce patient risk, and lower drug therapy costs.
• Provide drug information and educational services to hospital professionals, patients, and families, and assist staff pharmacists with drug information requests.
• Serve as an information resource and clinical practice role model for staff pharmacists.
• Coordinate and implement departmental drug utilization reviews and assigned process-improvement activities.
• Monitor processes and services for quality, cost effectiveness, and efficiency; participate in quality improvement; and recommend and implement operational improvements and new services.
• Facilitate applicable Pharmacy Committee activities in the specialty area and participate in other committees or task forces as assigned.
• Maintain professional competence through ongoing study and complete required departmental and Corewell Health training and education on time.
• Coordinate the development, editing, and dissemination of departmental publications for physicians and hospital staff.
• Precept pharmacy residents and students as assigned.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package supporting financial, health, and work/life balance goals; eligibility depends on employment type and status.
• On-demand pay program powered by Payactiv.
• Discounts directory with offers on restaurants, phone plans, spas, and other items.
• Optional identity theft protection, home insurance, and auto insurance.
• Traditional and Roth retirement options with service contribution and matching savings.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level