Transplant Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
About The Position
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is expanding its Abdominal Transplant Pharmacy Services and seeks a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist to support inpatient and ambulatory care. The specialist rotates through both settings and serves as a subject matter expert in abdominal transplantation and related pharmacotherapy for interdisciplinary teams across the continuum of care. The role applies advanced training to guide immunosuppressive management and opportunistic infection discussions during interdisciplinary rounds; provide transplant-related education to patients and healthcare professionals; and develop and maintain transplant protocols, guidelines, and clinical pathways. The specialist also participates in quality improvement and research activities, precepts and mentors pharmacy residents and other learners, and collaborates with Transplant Surgery, Transplant Nephrology, and Hepatology teams to optimize patient outcomes. The specialist practices in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and departmental policies; provides therapeutic consultations and evidence-based medication recommendations; enters and verifies medication orders; assesses medication appropriateness; and contributes to clinical guidelines and committees. Additional duties include patient consultation and education, documentation, medication-use data analysis, staff development, oversight of pharmacy support personnel, and liaison work with nursing units and decentralized care teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy required.
- Massachusetts Pharmacist license required.
- 1–3 years of related work experience required.
- One year of pharmacy residency or three years of clinical pharmacy experience in a hospital setting.
- Experience with computer systems, including web-based applications and some Microsoft Office applications such as Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Access.
- Ability to make decisions guided by precedents, policies, and objectives, including recommendations affecting a department or functional area.
- Ability to solve highly varied and complex problems, using staff input and innovative, creative, and Lean diagnostic techniques as appropriate.
- Ability to set goals and determine how to achieve defined results under broad managerial or director guidance.
- Ability to communicate moderately complex information in English in varied written formats and to comprehend and communicate complex verbal information in English.
- In-depth knowledge of relevant concepts, practices, and policies and ability to apply them in complex situations.
- Ability to lead small projects or work groups collaboratively and respectfully and improve workflows.
- Ability to provide high-level customer service and staff training and resolve service issues respectfully and promptly.
- Competence to provide patient care to neonatal, youth, young adult, middle-age, and elderly age groups.
- Ability to exert up to 20 pounds of force frequently and to stand or move throughout the hospital campus.
Nice To Haves
- Doctoral degree in Pharmacy (PharmD) preferred.
- PGY2 pharmacy residency specialty experience, equivalent experience, or five years of clinical pharmacy experience in a hospital setting.
- Board certification in a Pharmacotherapy specialty.
- Project management and program development experience.
- Pharmacy residency preceptor experience.
- Coaching and mentoring pharmacy staff experience.
- Advanced pharmacy knowledge related to the area of practice.
Responsibilities
- Practice pharmacy in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, credentials, and departmental policies and procedures.
- Provide therapeutic consultations and evidence-based recommendations on medication use, clinical pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, disease-state management, nutrition, and monitoring plans.
- Collaborate with clinical pharmacy coordinators to develop and implement evidence-based medication guidelines, standard operating procedures, and policies.
- Attend and actively participate in hospital committees relevant to the practice area.
- Enter and verify medication orders accurately; assess dose appropriateness, clarify incomplete or unclear orders, and suggest cost-effective therapeutic alternatives as appropriate.
- Precept PGY1 and PGY2 pharmacy residents and pharmacy students, and contribute to staff development and teaching in the specialty area.
- Provide educational information and seminars to physicians, licensed independent practitioners, nursing staff, and other allied healthcare professionals.
- Facilitate collection and analysis of medication-use data and formulate recommendations for implementation.
- Provide patient consultations, assessments, and education, and document patient care activities as required.
- Oversee and direct pharmacy support personnel, including technicians’ daily activities.
- Serve on unit-based decentralized teams and liaise with nursing units to communicate pertinent information.
- Reprioritize work according to workload and patient needs and ensure medication doses are delivered within departmental guidelines.
- Lead or contribute to immunosuppressive management and opportunistic infection discussions during interdisciplinary rounds.
- Develop and maintain transplant protocols, guidelines, and clinical pathways in inpatient and outpatient settings.
- Participate in quality improvement initiatives and research activities.
- Train and mentor pharmacy residents and other pharmacy learners.
- Collaborate with Transplant Surgery, Transplant Nephrology, and Hepatology teams to optimize patient outcomes across the continuum of care.
Benefits
- Eligible candidates may receive a sign-on bonus.
- Staff are required to be vaccinated against influenza as a condition of employment.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
