Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Ambulatory Care - Inflammatory

About the role

The clinical specialist, pharmacy I practices as a clinical expert in specialty practice area(s). In addition to direct patient care activities, this position is responsible for ensuring appropriate medication therapy and clinical outcomes for the institution related to specialty area.

Responsibilities

• Practices as a clinical expert in specialty practice area.
• Develops and promotes advanced clinical practice based upon recent evidenced based practice.
• Practices under existing and establishes new collaborative practice agreements to enhance pharmaceutical care.
• Ensures institution-wide appropriate therapy and institutional outcomes in specialty area.
• Consistently provides patient-centered, interdisciplinary pharmaceutical care.
• Prevents and/or resolves drug-related problems to ensure safety, efficacy, and cost-efficiency by consulting with the ordering prescriber and appropriately documents.
• Daily in-depth patient profile review to assess, monitor and recommend appropriate drug therapy as applicable.
• Consistently evaluates, intervenes, and documents clinical interventions beyond institutional protocols and guidelines.
• Promotes the documentation of clinical activities and adverse drug events.
• Attends medical codes as applicable.
• Develops system nomograms and other guidelines.
• Promotes effective patient education materials and techniques for drug therapy, adverse effects, compliance, appropriate use, handling and drug administration education.
• Engages in coordination of transitions of care as appropriate.
• Engages in external professional activities to maintain clinical competency and knowledge of current trends and practices.
• Develops accredited continuing education activities every 2 years.
• Precepts pharmacy students and residents as available.
• Responsible for department training and competency assurance for specialty area.
• Develops and assists in training and education of pharmacy and other disciplines.
• Assists pharmacists seeking to advance their clinical skills.
• Answers drug information questions with in-depth knowledge of research designs, methodologies, and biostatistics.
• Participates in scholarly activities in specialty area; Submits publications or national presentations routinely.
• Recognizes process failures and actively engages in analysis and improvement efforts.
• Leads medication use evaluation or quality improvement project annually in specialty area.
• Oversees the work performed by pharmacy students, technicians and pharmacists to ensure performance standards are maintained and work is in accordance with state, federal and organizational regulations.
• Documents adverse drug reactions and medication variances per policy.
• Reviews trends and recommends patient safety solutions in specialty.
• Promotes new ideas to improve quality or overcome barriers to advance the profession in specialty area.
• Responsible for overall departmental pharmacy financial stewardship for specialty area.
• Leads the development and reinforcement of medication use policies and processes to ensure financial medication stewardship.
• Participates in multidisciplinary or system Emory Healthcare committee.
• Performs other duties as assigned or requested.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of pharmacy.
• ASHP-Accredited Post Graduate Year 1 and 2 Residency or Fellowship or equivalent experience in the specialty area.
• Relevant Pharmacy Specialty Board Certification is preferred.
• Candidate is required to be licensed in Georgia prior to official start date.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification in accordance with the American Heart Association required within 90 days.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support required within 6 months, if directly applicable to practice specialty.

Skills

• Knowledge of research designs, methodologies, and biostatistics.
• Ability to document clinical activities and adverse drug events.
• Ability to recognize process failures and engage in analysis and improvement efforts.
• Ability to lead medication use evaluation or quality improvement projects.
• Ability to develop and assist in training and education of pharmacy and other disciplines.
• Ability to assist pharmacists in advancing their clinical skills.
• Ability to answer drug information questions with in-depth knowledge.
• Ability to participate in scholarly activities in specialty area.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits that start day 1.
• Student Loan Repayment Assistance & Reimbursement Programs.
• Family-focused benefits.
• Wellness incentives.
• Ongoing mentorship, development, and leadership programs.