Clinical Pharmacist Specialist - Medical Intensive Care Unit

Summary

Brown University Health – Rhode Island Hospital is recruiting for a clinical pharmacist specialist for their 18-bed medical intensive care unit (MICU). This individual will serve as an integral member of the critical care pharmacy team and the MICU and respiratory ICU team. Responsibilities include responding bedside to medical emergencies and code blue activations, leading quality improvement initiatives, stewarding antimicrobial selection, optimizing formulary and EMR workflow, and providing nursing and provider education.

Reporting Structure

The Clinical Pharmacist Specialist reports to Director Pharmacy Services, and indirectly to a Senior Clinical Pharmacist Specialist. They coordinate pharmacy clinical programs including pharmacoeconomics, pharmacotherapeutics, pharmaceutical care, and drug information services. They collaborate with multidisciplinary caregivers to monitor, assess, recommend changes to and optimize medication use in areas of therapeutic specialization, with consideration of the aging processes and human developmental stages (neonate, child, adolescent, adult, geriatric).

Responsibilities

• Is responsible for knowing and acting in accordance with the principles of the Brown University Health Corporate Compliance Program and Code of Conduct.
• Coordinates and oversees new and established Pharmacy Clinical Services.
• Implements, interprets and provides consultation for policies, procedures, and standards of practice related to medication use.
• Reviews and analyzes Pharmacy Clinical Services recommending and implementing changes, allocation of resources, new technologies, etc. that will increase the efficiency and level of service of the pharmacy.
• Participates in the development, implementation and integration of patient-focused medication therapy management and pharmaceutical care services in collaboration with pharmacy leadership and key constituents within clinical practice setting.
• Maintains computerized systems, software programs and specialized equipment and technologies utilized in drug information and evaluation processes.
• Coordinates medication use quality improvement programs and related database maintenance including, but not limited to, adverse drug reaction reporting, pharmacist clinical interventions and medication use evaluations.
• Provides input to assist in the development of effective drug budgeting and allocation of resources through application of pharmacoeconomic principles and methods to achieve defined goals and objectives.
• Maintains current professional competence in area of specialty, including new medications, disease management standards, patient care practices, and innovative technology, by participation in ongoing independent study, and membership and participation in professional organizations.
• Attends and participates in continuing education activities, trains and retrains as needed.
• Participates in risk management activities, practice performance improvement initiatives and quality measures; identifies opportunities for improvement where systems modifications could result in operational advancements and efficiencies.
• Participates in continuous quality improvement activities and total quality management initiatives. Leads or participates in relevant committees, task forces, and performance improvement teams as assigned.
• Conducts pharmacy practice research, clinical research and data-related research in alignment with Brown University Health, mission, goals, and priorities; authors research-based original abstracts, scientific, and scholarly papers and submits for publication and/or presentation in accordance with departmental policies and procedures.
• Plans and organizes priorities for effective patient care and clinical pharmacy services within the scope of existing departmental and organizational policies.
• Performs all the duties of a pharmacist in preparing and dispensing medication, providing drug information and other duties as required.
• Participates in emergency code blue response.
• Performs the duties of Supervisor-in-Charge on an assigned basis.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy or Doctor of Pharmacy degree from an accredited college of pharmacy.
• Advanced study in pharmacy or health care related field, preferably a master’s degree or comparable work experience.
• Must be a Registered Pharmacist in the State of Rhode Island.
• Maintains current unrestricted licensure as a licensed pharmacist in the State of Rhode Island.
• Maintains current American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certifications to fulfill emergency code blue response responsibilities as assigned.
• Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide care to neonate, child, adolescent, adult and geriatric patients with consideration of aging processes, human development stages and cultural patterns in each step of the care process.
• Successful completion of Post Graduate Year 2 (PGY-2) Residency from an accredited program in area of specialty, if applicable and national board certification in area of specialty, if available; otherwise national Board Certification in Pharmacotherapy preferred.
• Departmental certification in Medication Management (MTM).
• Experience with MS Word, Excel, Access, Outlook and web browsers.