Clinical Pharmacist Specialist

Responsibilities

The Clinical Pharmacist Specialist provides evidence-based, collaborative, patient-centered care to Norton Healthcare patients. This role optimizes medication therapy by championing and developing system-wide strategies that lead to desired clinical outcomes while reducing or minimizing unintended adverse drug events and cost.

• Develop programs and guidelines that improve practice and patient outcomes.
• Provide efficient, cost-effective, patient-centered care.
• Provide verbal and written consultations concerning medication therapy on a daily basis.
• Participate in the implementation and maintenance of guidelines and order sets.
• Participate in the educational experience of pharmacy residents and pharmacy students.
• Provide education to physicians, nurses, and other members of the healthcare team.
• Provide presentations, publications, and other informative activities related to specialty practice.
• Detect, monitor, and report adverse drug events.
• Represent the pharmacy department on applicable committees and teams.
• Provide input and guidance for the management of the medication formulary.
• Provide operational support to the pharmacy, including dispensing and compounding.
• Support and facilitate the quality improvement (QI) process through ongoing development and monitoring of performance improvement indicators.
• Facilitate the growth of Pharmacy work teams to meet quality and clinical standards of care.
• Assist the Director in ensuring effective and efficient use of all resources, meeting budget and value proposition targets.

This position requires a high level of interaction with physicians, nurses, patients, other healthcare providers, and pharmacy management in problem-solving and project collaboration. The role focuses on reducing errors that could lead to cost and quality concerns for the Pharmacy Department.

Qualifications

• Required: Three years of Pharmacy experience or completion of an accredited Post Graduate Year-1 (PGY-1) residency program or completion of a concentrated fellowship.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy.
• Pharmacist licensure.
• Desired: Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist (BCPS).