Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Ambulatory (Adult) 40hr, Day

Exemption Status: Exempt

Pay

$101,025.60 - $181,854.40. The final offer may vary within this range based on a candidate’s experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

Schedule

• Monday through Friday
• 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
• Day shift, 8.5 hours per day
• 40 hours per week

This position may have a signing bonus available; eligibility will be confirmed during the interview process.

About the role

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver—regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where you can build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other.

The Clinical Specialist, Pharmacist provides comprehensive medication management services that integrate clinical services, order management, patient/staff education and research. Clinical Specialists are responsible for improving the patient’s experience, safety, and achieving positive clinical and financial outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Maintains an active practice in a specialized or focused area.
• Continuous contribution to new clinical service or project that directly impacts patient outcomes/safety, cost containment or process improvement.
• Actively participates and/or leads hospital-based interdisciplinary committee(s) and/or task forces in a specialized or focused practice area.
• Develops and maintains clinical practice guidelines, interdisciplinary policies and standard operating procedures.
• Supports resident or other research projects and/or quality improvement initiatives and engages in opportunities for publication.
• Involved in presentations at a local or national level.
• Serves as primary preceptor for pharmacy students and residents.

Qualifications

• Doctor of Pharmacy Degree and completion of an ASHP-accredited residency, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Obtained nationally recognized certification (e.g., board certification) in his/her area of specialty, when available.

Experience & Skills

• Required:
  • Completed an ASHP-accredited PGY2 residency plus one year of specialty practice OR completed an ASHP-accredited PGY1 residency plus 3 years of specialty practice OR completed 5 years of practice in a specialty area.
  • Completed a project management course or led a major project in his/her area of specialty.
• Preferred:
  • Certificates, grants, fellowship or honors earned in the relevant practice area, teaching accomplishments or research endeavors.
  • Publications in professional journals and/or presentations at professional meetings.
  • Active participation in professional organizations at the local and national levels.

Unless certification, licensure or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.