Outpatient Cardiac Transplant Pharmacist

IU Health • Indianapolis, IN

8d • Onsite

About The Position

Methodist Hospital is seeking an experienced pharmacist to provide comprehensive medication management and clinical pharmacy services for adult heart transplant recipients in the ambulatory setting. The pharmacist will work closely with transplant physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, coordinators, and other multidisciplinary team members. The role also supports specialized populations including patients with LVADs, amyloidosis, sarcoidosis, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

This is an opportunity to practice in a collaborative academic environment and help shape outpatient transplant pharmacy services during the transition to a new hospital and ambulatory care campus planned to open in 2027. The position is based at Methodist Hospital in downtown Indianapolis, with a future practice location at the new academic medical campus.

The successful candidate will have specialized training and experience in solid organ transplantation. Heart transplant expertise and a record of direct patient care in an ambulatory transplant setting are strongly preferred.

Requirements

• Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree from an ACPE-accredited school of pharmacy.
• Active pharmacist licensure or eligibility for Indiana pharmacist licensure.
• Completion of a PGY1 Pharmacy Residency.
• Experience managing solid organ transplant patients.
• Demonstrated knowledge of immunosuppressive therapies, transplant pharmacotherapy, and ambulatory clinical practice.
• Advanced knowledge of transplant pharmacotherapy and immunosuppression management.
• Strong clinical assessment and patient counseling skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively within a multidisciplinary care team.
• Excellent communication, organization, and problem-solving abilities.
• Commitment to patient-centered care and continuous quality improvement.

Nice To Haves

• PGY2 Residency in Solid Organ Transplant, Ambulatory Care, or a related specialty.
• Board certification (BCPS, BCTXP, or BCACP).
• Heart transplant experience.
• Experience in an outpatient transplant clinic or academic medical center.
• Precepting, teaching, research, or quality improvement experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care for adult heart transplant recipients in outpatient transplant clinics.
• Manage complex immunosuppressive therapy, including medication selection, dosing, monitoring, and optimization.
• Monitor and manage medication-related complications, adverse effects, drug interactions, and adherence concerns.
• Review laboratory results and collaborate with providers to adjust immunosuppression and supportive therapies as appropriate.
• Educate patients, caregivers, and family members about transplant medications, adherence strategies, and long-term health maintenance.
• Participate in multidisciplinary heart transplant clinics and care conferences.
• Support medication access through prior authorizations, appeals, patient assistance programs, and specialty pharmacy coordination.
• Assist with protocol development, quality improvement initiatives, and clinical program advancement.
• Serve as a transplant pharmacotherapy resource for physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, residents, and students.
• Support transitions of care between inpatient and outpatient transplant services.
• Document clinical interventions and patient encounters in the electronic medical record.
• Participate in transplant program accreditation, regulatory compliance, and performance improvement activities.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits package.
• Professional growth, research, teaching, and leadership opportunities.
• Access to advanced clinical training, leadership development, promotion opportunities, and cross-training development.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree