Pharmacy Clinical Specialist Medical Oncology

Johns Hopkins Medicine•Baltimore, MD

3d•$58 - $96

About The Position

The Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine are the major components of the Johns Hopkins Health System, a vertically integrated, multi-institutional system for medical services delivery. It was one of the first non-profit, academically based healthcare systems of its kind in the country. Located in the city of Baltimore, Maryland, The Johns Hopkins Hospital is consistently ranked at the top of “America’s Best Hospitals” by U.S. News and World Report. Take a tour of our campus : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnNaPzR-AE The Department of Pharmacy, consistent with the mission of Johns Hopkins Medicine, places a priority on teaching, research and patient care. At Johns Hopkins Hospital, the department is responsible for providing acute care pharmacy services for a diverse population of medical, surgical, oncology, and pediatric patients, with additional services provided within the Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center and affiliated clinics. Within the department, there are 70 acute care and primary care clinical pharmacy specialists as well as 32 general and specialized pharmacy residents. The Clinical Pharmacy Specialist is responsible for providing clinical support to ambulatory oncology patients at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center. Responsibilities include assisting with pharmacy–related questions and clinical issues, providing patient education with a focus on anti-cancer therapies, supporting the prescribing of anti-cancer therapies and supportive care, and ensuring access to discharge medications in collaboration with social workers, case managers, and The Johns Hopkins Care at Home Outpatient Pharmacies. As a member of the ambulatory care team, the Clinical Pharmacy Specialist provides direct patient care and helps facilitate access to specialty medications, regardless of the dispensing pharmacy location. The Clinical Pharmacy Specialist works collaboratively with The Johns Hopkins Care at Home Outpatient Pharmacy team which supports financial assessment, prior authorization, patient assistance, grant coordination, and dispensing for specialty medications. The Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Medical Oncology provides pharmacy support primarily to patients with the following malignancies: central nervous system, gynecology, head and neck, and sarcoma. The Clinical Pharmacy Specialists also works collaboratively with pharmacy team members for secondary coverage of other solid tumor disease states. The Clinical Pharmacy Specialist provides education to students, residents, pharmacists, and other health care practitioners and serves as a preceptor for pharmacy students and pharmacy residents of ASHP-accredited PGY-1 and PGY-2 pharmacy practice and specialty practice programs. Additionally, the Clinical Pharmacy Specialist supports institutional research and actively participates in hospital and departmental committees, which include but are not limited to formulary management and policy development.

Requirements

Current licensure as a pharmacist in the State of Maryland.
Graduation from an accredited College of Pharmacy resulting in Pharm.D. degree, or B.S. and 1 year of experience required
Intravenous (IV) Certification (includes aseptic technique and hazardous substance handling) within 90 days upon hire unless exempted by Division Director as beyond the scope of practice
BLS certification within 1 year of hire is required

Nice To Haves

PGY1 residency, and PGY2 specialty residency in oncology with experience in solid tumor malignancies preferred
BCOP certification is required within two years of start date

Responsibilities

assisting with pharmacy–related questions and clinical issues
providing patient education with a focus on anti-cancer therapies
supporting the prescribing of anti-cancer therapies and supportive care
ensuring access to discharge medications in collaboration with social workers, case managers, and The Johns Hopkins Care at Home Outpatient Pharmacies
provides direct patient care and helps facilitate access to specialty medications, regardless of the dispensing pharmacy location
provides pharmacy support primarily to patients with the following malignancies: central nervous system, gynecology, head and neck, and sarcoma
provides education to students, residents, pharmacists, and other health care practitioners
serves as a preceptor for pharmacy students and pharmacy residents of ASHP-accredited PGY-1 and PGY-2 pharmacy practice and specialty practice programs
supports institutional research and actively participates in hospital and departmental committees, which include but are not limited to formulary management and policy development.