Clinical Specialist, Medication Management and Optimization

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and co-chair a UNC Health System Pharmacy and Therapeutics Subcommittee(s), including material preparation, meeting facilitation, and decision implementation
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary stakeholder groups across the health care system to ensure success of initiatives (eg, prescribers, pharmacists, nurses, Pharmacy Analytics and Outcomes team, Pharmacy Supply Chain Center team, Pharmacy Revenue Integrity team, group purchasing organization, pharmaceutical vendors)
• Write, review, and present accurate, high-quality, evidence-based documents, such as class reviews, drug monographs, SBARs, medication-use evaluations, therapeutic interchanges, provider and nurse education, and newsletters
• Maintain an evidence-based hospital and clinic medication formulary that promotes therapeutic appropriateness, medication safety, and financial stewardship
• Monitor medication formulary compliance, including adjudication of patient specific, non-formulary drug requests
• Identify, analyze, design, and execute system-level medication-use optimization initiatives
• Oversee routine functions of the drug information call center, including identifying, critically analyzing, and summarizing medication research
• Develop and maintain multidisciplinary and Department of Pharmacy medication-use policies and clinical guidelines
• Serve as a primary preceptor of pharmacy students and PGY1 and PGY2 pharmacy residents
• Deliver didactic and other learning experiences within relevant UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy courses, as needed
• Participate in and contribute to quality assurance and other programs that maintain regulatory compliance (eg, TJC, NC Board of Pharmacy)
• Perform other functions, as needed

Skills and Attributes

• Build relationships and work collaboratively
• Critically think and problem solve
• Analyze data to answer complex questions
• Communicate effectively in verbal and written forms
• Maintain organization, timeliness, and attention to detail with multiple on-going projects
• Lead colleagues through innovative process changes

Position Qualifications

• North Carolina pharmacist licensure, or eligible for licensure
• Doctor of Pharmacy degree from an accredited college or university, or equivalent education and work experience
• Relevant ASHP-accredited PGY1 and PGY2 residencies (eg, Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership, Drug Information, Medication-Use Safety and Policy), or equivalent experience