Critical Care Pharmacy Clinical Specialist - Adult Critical Care

About the role

The Pharmacy Clinical Specialist position at Houston Methodist is responsible for performing advanced clinical pharmacy duties, enabling the delivery of optimal pharmacotherapy to patients and facilitating safe, efficacious, and pharmacoeconomically rational use of medications in the adult critical care population.

Responsibilities

• Daily reactive and targeted proactive medication regimen reviews for patients within the designated area(s) of responsibility or populations served.
• Supports the delivery of pharmacy managed protocols, formulary processes, and medication reconciliation activities.
• Provides education to fellow pharmacists, nurses, and medical staff.
• Precepts pharmacy students and pharmacy residents on clinical patient care rotations within areas of responsibility.
• Contributes to fulfilling the organization's mission to provide innovative, personalized, cost-effective pharmaceutical care in a culture dedicated to quality and safety.

Qualifications

• Education: Graduate of education program approved by the credentialing body for the required credential(s) indicated below in the Certifications, Licenses and Registrations section
• Experience: Must have one of the following: successful completion of an ASHP-accredited post-graduate year one (PGY1) residency training program or equivalent experience (i.e., three years of pharmacy experience per residency year); ASHP-accredited post-graduate year two (PGY2) or fellowship preferred; three years of clinical practice experience
• Licenses and Certifications: Required - PHRM - Pharmacist - State Licensure - Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation_PSV Texas Pharmacist License or eligible for Texas Pharmacist License within 90 days; PPC- Pharmacist Preceptor Cert - State Licensure - Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation_PSV within 90 days; BLS - Basic Life Support or Instructor (AHA) - American Heart Association within 90 days; ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support or Instructor (AHA) - American Heart Association within 90 days; PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support or Instructor (AHA) - American Heart Association within 90 days; IV Certification - Intravenous certification (Various) or Board of Pharmacy Specialty certification

Knowledge and Abilities

• Demonstrates the skills and competencies necessary to safely perform the assigned job, determined through ongoing skills, competency assessments, and performance evaluations
• Sufficient proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing the English language necessary to perform the essential functions of this job, especially with regard to activities impacting patient or employee safety or security
• Ability to effectively communicate with patients, physicians, family members and co-workers in a manner consistent with a customer service focus and application of positive language principles
• Interpersonal, teamwork and leadership skills with all levels of the healthcare team and assures delivery of excellent customer service to all patients, visitors, physicians and co-workers; capable of assuming responsibility for coordinating the activities of a major pharmacy service area
• Competence in research in an area related to the practice of pharmacy and maintains active credentialing with HM Academic Institute as applicable to primary work assignment (refer to manager for details)

Essential Functions

• People Essential Functions: Promotes a positive work environment and contributes to a dynamic, team-focused work unit that actively helps one another to achieve optimal department results. Collaborates with other health care professionals as needed for problem resolution and/or achievement of identified patient-specific goals.
• Service Essential Functions: Processes all orders/requests accurately and efficiently, verifying appropriateness of all drugs in reference to the patient’s diagnosis, allergies, height and weight. Exercises good judgment in patient care decisions per performance standard and documents patient care activities and patient outcomes impacted by pharmaceutical care and clinical interventions.
• Quality/Safety Essential Functions: Collaborates with other health care professionals to manage patient’s drug therapy for maximal effectiveness while minimizing side effects, adverse drug reactions, toxicities, drug interactions, and incompatibilities using established internal and external guidelines. Provides pharmaceutical care at the fundamental to advanced level for patients within the designated practice area(s).
• Finance Essential Functions: Contributes to the provision of pharmacoeconomically sound medication therapy by upholding HM Formulary standards in area(s) of responsibility and avoiding medication-related complications.
• Growth/Innovation Essential Functions: Presents in-services for pharmacy, medical, nursing, and other staff members in area(s) of responsibility. Develops educational materials and provides educational programs for the pharmacy staff and other hospital personnel. Seeks opportunities to expand one’s learning beyond fundamental competencies with a focus on continual development as a Pharmacy Clinical Specialist. Contributes to the design, analysis and reporting of quality improvement program findings. Participates in research projects to advance organizational quality of care and the pharmacy profession. Submits research and scholarly work for publication, platform presentations, and/or poster presentations.