Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Dermatology--Full-Time, Weekdays at Pennsylvania Hospital

Responsibilities

• Participate in patient care collaborative interactions with interdisciplinary colleagues, clinical pharmacists, residents, and students.
• Monitor medication therapy for appropriate selection, use, dosing, dosage form, route, therapeutic duplication and drug/dietary/disease state interactions, and document pharmacist interventions.
• Absorb and assist in navigating drug shortages to limit their impact on patient care.
• Ensure continuity of care through transition in care activities for patients including education and access to medication in collaboration with the ambulatory pharmacy.
• Provide educational in-services, newsletters, online material, and other media for health professional updates on pharmacotherapy topics.
• Develop competency assessments in pharmacotherapy management practices through experiential and didactic training for pharmacists.
• Serve in a preceptor/mentor role for pharmacy residents, pharmacy clerkship students, and pharmacists.
• Participate as an appointed member of the hospital’s Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee as well as other hospital and health system committees to support new clinical initiatives.
• Contribute to assessment and selection of medications for the health system formulary.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to ensure appropriate therapeutic uses of medication.
• Promote formulary adherence by prescribers.
• Develop and implement policies and procedures that support evidence-based treatment guidelines and clinical care plans for pharmacotherapy management.
• Ensure that existing pharmacy policies, guidelines, and educational resources pertaining to pharmacotherapy are current with the latest clinical advances and standards of practice.
• Develop clinical decision support tools relative to pharmacotherapy management.
• Provide operational support and recommendations for safe and effective use of information technology for pharmacotherapy management.
• Implement and maintain clinical pharmacy programs that support meeting Medicare Core Measures.
• Effectively utilize information technology to enhance pharmacotherapy management through surveillance, utilization, and outcome reporting.
• Contribute to departmental and organizational performance improvement by providing recommendations for improving clinical services to the pharmacy leadership team.
• Develop and conduct target drug programs and Drug Use Evaluations (DUEs) for selected pharmacotherapeutic agents.
• Report findings to Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee.

  Requirements

  • Current Registered Pharmacist license in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or eligible for licensure (required)
  • Current Certified Anticoagulation Care Provider from the National Certification Board for Anticoagulation Providers or eligible for certification within 18 months of hire (required).
  • If not currently certified, must be obtained within 2 years of hire
  • Doctor of Pharmacy Degree from an accredited College of Pharmacy (required)
  • Completion of a Pharmacy Practice Residency (PGY-1) or current Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties Pharmacotherapy Specialist certification (required)
  • Successful completion of a PGY-2 Thrombosis and Hemostasis Management Residency OR two years of experience as a licensed, full-time pharmacist in a hospital OR two years of experience as a licensed, full-time pharmacist in an ambulatory practice with ≥ 50% of time spent with providing anticoagulation-related patient management (required)
  • Experience precepting students and residents (preferred)
  • Personal commitment to advancing the profession
  • Demonstration of contributions to pharmacy practice and leadership skills