Specialty Team Lead Pharmacist Adv Credentials

Deaconess Health System•Evansville, IN

About The Position

The Specialty Team Lead Pharmacist provides clinical pharmacy services and supports specialty pharmacy operations, regulatory compliance, quality improvement, staff development, and financial performance. The role provides immediate oversight and training to staff, coordinates specific pharmacy programs with Pharmacy leadership, and assumes the duties of the manager or leader during their absence. The pharmacist also participates in internal and external audits and helps address audit findings. The position ensures personal and departmental compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards, which may include establishing, reviewing, and maintaining policies and procedures. It contributes to quality improvement by participating on teams, identifying improvement strategies, and considering cost savings. Clinical responsibilities may include designing and evaluating patient-specific pharmacotherapy, educating patients, responding to drug information requests, attending code blues, providing pharmacokinetic dosing and anticoagulation services, rounding with interdisciplinary teams, medication reconciliation, and nutrition support. The pharmacist prepares and dispenses medications according to health-system policies and procedures, maintains the formulary, and supports inventory, systems, and records. The role also contributes to education and professional development through materials, presentations, competency programs, precepting, and training new staff. Specialty pharmacy duties include leading quality management committees and improvement projects, serving as a senior clinical pharmacist, and assisting Pharmacy managers and the Director with compliance, budgeting, technology, reporting, literature searches, and investigations. The Pharmacy provides pharmacist and pharmacy services 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. It uses centralized and decentralized automation, barcode medication administration, smart pumps, and EPIC to manage patient information. The department follows a decentralized, patient-centered, integrated model; pharmacists spend more than 70% of their time in clinical work and the remainder in dispensing-related activities.

Requirements

BS or PharmD degree from an accredited school of pharmacy.
At least 1 year of experience in hospital or specialty pharmacy.
Must be licensed or qualify for licensure in Indiana, Kentucky, and Illinois; employment is contingent on eligibility and completing licensure within 45 days of employment.
Must obtain role-relevant advanced certification (CSP) at hire or within 6 months of hire.
Must not have records or convictions involving chemical dependency or a felony, or adverse actions pending by any Board of Pharmacy.

Nice To Haves

Three years of hospital or specialty pharmacy experience preferred.
Pharmacy Practice Residency preferred.
Experience with direct supervision preferred.

Responsibilities

Ensure personal and departmental compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards, including maintaining relevant policies and procedures.
Participate in quality improvement teams and identify departmental or organizational improvement strategies, including potential cost savings.
Design, recommend, monitor, and evaluate patient-specific pharmacotherapy.
Provide clinical services that may include patient education, drug information support, code blue attendance, pharmacokinetic dosing, anticoagulation, interdisciplinary rounding, medication reconciliation, and nutrition support.
Prepare and dispense medications using appropriate techniques and health-system policies and procedures.
Maintain the health-system formulary, inventory system, departmental systems, and records.
Develop healthcare professionals and consumers through educational materials, newsletters, competency programs, lectures, in-services, presentations, P&T presentations, or community benefit programs.
Precept students or residents when qualified and train new staff.
Contribute to departmental and organizational financial development.
Provide immediate staff oversight and training to support daily department operations.
Develop, oversee, and maintain specific pharmacy programs in coordination with Pharmacy leadership.
Assume manager or leader duties during their absence.
Participate in internal and external audits and respond to findings and required corrections.
Lead specialty pharmacy quality management committees and implement quality improvement projects and corrective action plans.
Serve as the senior clinical pharmacist, providing guidance and oversight as needed and ensuring qualified clinicians are accountable for decisions affecting consumers.
Assist managers and the Director with regulatory compliance, budgeting, IT technology, literature searches, clinical and business reporting, and adverse drug event and incident investigations as appropriate.