Pharmacy Specialist - Pediatric/ PICU - Inpatient - St. Johns

Henry Ford Health • Detroit, MI

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About The Position

Henry Ford Health is hiring a Pediatric/PICU Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at Henry Ford St. John Children’s Hospital. The specialist serves as an integrated pharmacy resource within the pediatric unit and PICU, providing medication expertise to medical and multidisciplinary teams and helping optimize medication management through daily patient care, policy and protocol development, order-set development, drug-use evaluation, and safety and quality initiatives.

The role includes mentoring and educating pharmacy residents, Doctor of Pharmacy students, and other healthcare professionals, as well as providing medication education to pediatric patients and their parents, families, and caregivers. Decentralized patient care pharmacists practice as clinical pharmacists and cross-cover the PICU and pediatric unit on afternoons and weekends. In collaboration with the NICU Pharmacy Specialist, this position helps maintain and advance clinical pharmacists’ neonatal and pediatric medication knowledge.

Henry Ford St. John Children’s Hospital is a nationally recognized children’s hospital within Henry Ford St. John Hospital. It serves patients from birth through age 21 and includes an approximately 90-bed hospital, an 8-bed PICU, a 26-bed private-room inpatient pediatric unit, and a level II pediatric emergency department.

Requirements

• Degree from an accredited college of pharmacy.
• Completion of a pharmacy residency training program or equivalent experience in hospital pharmacy practice.
• Licensed or eligible for licensure in the State of Michigan; eligible candidates must obtain licensure within 30 days of hire.
• Ability to serve as an institutional authority in a specialty practice area.
• Demonstrated leadership abilities and ability to work as part of a team.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills for disseminating information to healthcare personnel at all levels.
• Qualified to work with undergraduate and graduate pharmacy students.
• Expectation to become Board Certified in Pediatrics within one year of hire.

Nice To Haves

• Post-graduate year 1 pharmacy residency.
• Post-graduate year 2 pharmacy residency in pediatrics (highly preferred).
• Pediatric advanced life support certification.
• Three to five years of pharmacist experience, or equivalent training and experience at another institution.
• Proven research and publication record.

Responsibilities

• Review and assess medication orders to identify, prevent, and resolve potential and actual drug-related problems.
• Recommend formulary alternatives when appropriate.
• Compound and dispense medications for accurate delivery to patients.
• Provide drug information and education to medical staff and to patients, families, and caregivers.
• Communicate with physicians and other clinicians as needed to facilitate care.
• Oversee technical personnel who assist with medication and supply preparation, maintenance, and dispensing.
• Participate in academic functions, including precepting pharmacy students.
• Provide coverage for pharmacy needs, including floating as needed.
• Optimize pediatric patients’ medication management through daily patient care activities.
• Contribute to policy, protocol, and order-set development, drug-use evaluation, and medication safety and quality initiatives.
• Mentor and educate pharmacy residents, Doctor of Pharmacy students, and other healthcare professionals.
• Collaborate with the NICU Pharmacy Specialist to maintain and advance neonatal and pediatric medication knowledge among clinical pharmacists.

What This Job Offers

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