Clinical Pharmacist Specialist

Summary

The Clinical Pharmacist Specialist provides clinical pharmacy services professionally and competently to assure rational and appropriate drug therapy throughout the Health System.

Key Responsibilities

• Possess a broad scope and depth of pharmacotherapy knowledge and clinical skills.
• Independently responsible for complex decision-making, such as drug therapy selection.
• Works in collaboration with others across the Health System providing patient care and medication consultation services.
• Able to develop, recommend, and monitor therapeutic plans.
• Function with other Health Care Providers on bed-to-bed patient care rounds.
• Function on Health System multidisciplinary teams in the development of protocols, order sets, and critical pathways to optimize patient care.
• Develop, conduct, and participate in drug quality programs, drug usage evaluations, and research.
• Present findings at appropriate local or national professional meetings.
• Able to respond to complex drug information requests using literature searching expertise.
• Evaluate and summarize primary literature and incorporate the information into formulary reviews and patient care decisions.
• Works with pharmacy management and specialty departments to implement policies and procedures to ensure compliance with all applicable regulations (for example: state and federal law, accrediting bodies and National Patient Safety Goals).
• Detect, prevent, monitor, document, and report adverse drug events and medication errors.
• Respond to patient care urgencies/emergencies within your area of expertise.
• Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.

Education

• Take a leadership role in teaching prescribers, pharmacists, and/or nursing staff throughout the Health Care System through formal teaching programs and informal meetings.
• Precept Pharmacy Interns and Residents as appropriate.
• Committed to continual learning of new knowledge and the enhancement of critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Attend at least 1 national professional meeting annually.

Skills

• Licensure as a Pharmacist in New York State is required.
• Completion of residency or fellowship training OR Board certification through the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties. The employee may be working towards board certification as part of a timeline mutually agreed upon by the employee and supervisor.

Required Qualifications

• Licensure as a Pharmacist in New York State.
• Completion of residency or fellowship training OR Board certification through the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties. The employee may be working towards board certification as part of a timeline mutually agreed upon by the employee and supervisor.

Physical Requirements

• M - Medium Work - Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects; Requires frequent walking, standing or squatting.

Pay Range

$130,000.00 - $176,800.00