Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant Pharmacist

IU Health • Indianapolis, IN

3h • Hybrid

About The Position

The Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant Pharmacy Specialist provides advanced clinical pharmacy services for children, adolescents and young adults receiving care at Riley Children’s Health. As a core member of the pediatric SCT team, the specialist ensures safe, effective, and evidence-based medication use in both inpatient and outpatient settings. This role rotates between inpatient and clinic every 3-4 months. This role requires expertise in chemotherapy management, supportive care, investigational protocols, and complex therapeutics unique to pediatric oncology, stem cell transplantation and cellular/gene therapy. The specialist supports direct patient care, clinical decision making, education, research, and quality improvement initiatives to optimize outcomes for children undergoing cellular/genetic therapies.

Requirements

• Requires Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) or Bachelor's of Science in Pharmacy prior to 2006.
• Successful completion of an ASHP accredited PGY1 or PGY2 residency may be required.
• Requires 0-3 years of relevant experience.
• Requires current Indiana Pharmacist license or eligibility for Indiana licensure as a Pharmacist.
• Board certification or other specialized training may be required.
• Basic Life Support certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) may be required.
• May require travel to IU Health facilities.
• May require weekend rotations.

Nice To Haves

• A PGY2 residency in oncology or pediatrics (or equivalent experience) is required to be considered for this position.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive pharmacotherapy management for pediatric SCT and immunotherapy/gene therapy patients, including physician treatment plan design and implementation support, chemotherapy dosing consultation, proactive patient monitoring, supportive care plan design and toxicity prevention/management support.
• Participate in daily multidisciplinary rounds with physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, nutritionists, and other team members.
• Ensure accuracy and safety in the ordering and administration of chemotherapy and biotherapy agents.
• Manage supportive care therapies, including antimicrobials, anticoagulation, pain management, antiemetics, and transfusion-related medications.
• Provide pharmacokinetic consultations (conditioning chemotherapy agents, immunosuppressants, antifungals, aminoglycosides) and develop weaning plans for long term medications being discontinued (steroids, nausea medications, sedative medications etc.).
• Identify, prevent, and manage adverse drug events and medication-related issues.
• Support pediatric oncology and stem cell transplant-related complications and emergencies (febrile neutropenia, tumor lysis syndrome, acute rejection, GVHD, TA-TMA, VOD).
• Provide education to patients and families to promote safe discharge and transitions of care practices.
• Educate pharmacy residents, pharmacy students, and oncology pharmacists, providing instruction in pediatric oncology and stem cell therapeutics and safe medication practices.
• Occasional holiday and weekend clinical service, and hospital wide medical emergency/code response required. Serve as back-up on call coverage for clinical questions from clinical pharmacists covering weekends/nights and provider group

Benefits

• 401(K) retirement savings with employer match
• Tuition reimbursement
• Student loan forgiveness - Government program that may allow qualifying participants to have the remainder of their student loan balance forgiven (after a set amount of time and specific qualifications have been met).
• Employee Assistance Program – Counseling at no cost to you
• Healthy Results - Participation in our team member wellness programs award points that contribute toward a biweekly financial incentive in your paycheck! The more you participate, the more you earn!

What This Job Offers

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