Pharmacy Clinical Specialist - Heart Failure

Cleveland Clinic

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About The Position

At Cleveland Clinic Health System, we believe in a better future for healthcare. And each of us is responsible for honoring our commitment to excellence, pushing the boundaries and transforming the patient experience, every day. We all have the power to help, heal and change lives — beginning with our own. That’s the power of the Cleveland Clinic Health System team, and The Power of Every One. The Pharmacy Clinical Specialist - Heart Failure coordinates and provides the pharmaceutical care of patients for an assigned clinical unit and participates in patient care rounds with medical staff personnel. This role provides advanced clinical pharmacy services within Cleveland Clinic’s Ambulatory Heart Failure Clinics, practicing under a collaborative practice agreement to independently initiate and adjust heart failure and complementary medication therapies. Key responsibilities include guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) initiation and titration, management of pre- and post-cardiac transplant patients, and GLP-1 therapy titration. The pharmacist will collaborate closely with cardiologists, transplant teams, and interdisciplinary clinic staff to optimize patient outcomes and advance the quality of care.

Requirements

• PharmD or Bachelor’s of Science in Pharmacy from an accredited college of pharmacy.
• Completion of a post-graduate residency or fellowship training.
• Current state licensure as a Registered Pharmacist (RPh) or eligible for reciprocation in current state within 90 days of hire.
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) within 1 year of hire.
• Completion of a post-graduate year 2 residency (PGY2) or fellowship required or completion of a post-graduate year 1 residency (PGY-1) plus minimum of 2 years of experience as a clinical specialist or equivalent role which includes providing pharmaceutical care and performing pharmacotherapeutic monitoring including 50% or more of time spent in the specialty area.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience as a clinical specialist or of an equivalent role which includes providing pharmaceutical care and performing pharmacotherapeutic monitoring including 50% or more of time spent in the specialty area.

Nice To Haves

• Board certification
• Experience in the heart failure field

Responsibilities

• Perform pharmacotherapeutic monitoring and provision of pharmaceutical care for patients in the area of service responsibility.
• Provide general and patient specific drug information to patients, physicians, nurses and other caregivers.
• Interact and collaborate with other caregivers, especially those in transplant teams.
• Ensure drug levels are maintained while supporting the transplant teams during transplants.
• Support clinical pharmacist and technician educational development by participating in departmental staff development programs.
• Provide leadership in the education of staff involved in providing pharmaceutical care to patients.
• Support clinical pharmacists in providing pharmaceutical care to patients by direct interaction and formal educational programs.
• Support and participate in pharmaceutical related research in the area of specialty.
• Maintain expertise in areas of practice through continual learning, journal review and other educational activities.
• Educate clinical pharmacists, technicians, pharmacy students, post graduate trainees, allied health professionals, nurses and physicians in pharmacotherapy within the specialty area.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits
• Support for professional development
• Opportunities for career growth
• Work-life balance initiatives

What This Job Offers

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