Oncology Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Ambulatory - Solid Tumor

About the role

The Clinical Pharmacy Specialist for Medical Oncology serves as a leader in clinical pharmacy practice in the area of oral oncolytics and supportive care for patients with solid tumor malignancies. This specialist participates in the management of oncology therapies in collaboration with providers and nurses. This role provides drug information and educational resources for the pharmacy staff, patients, residents/students, medical staff, nursing staff, and other healthcare professionals.

Responsibilities

• Practices pharmacy in accordance with laws, rules and regulation of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy, Department of Public Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and Drug Enforcement Administration and in accordance with established departmental policies and procedures.
• Maintains credentials in accordance with the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy.
• Maintains patients in a specific unit/specialty service, including collecting patient-specific data, interpreting drug-related laboratory data, performing relevant physical assessments, interviewing patients, and identifying patient goals of therapy.
• Participates in the development, administration, and improvement of all ambulatory pharmacy programs and services.
• Independently develops drug use evaluations, ADR reporting, clinic development and management, and creates business plans.
• Under protocol, initiates, adjusts, monitors, and recommends changes in drug therapy based on information obtained through patient interviews, objective monitoring parameters, physical assessments as related to drug monitoring and adverse effect management, review of medication profiles and the patient medical records.
• Documents clinical interventions in the electronic health record in a timely and professional manner.
• Collaborates with other clinical pharmacy specialists to develop the pharmacy skills of pharmacy staff members by teaching and exemplifying those skills to the team members.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy required.
• Doctoral degree in Pharmacy preferred.
• Registration Massachusetts Pharmacist required.
• 1-3 Years Related Work Experience Required.
• Completion of PGY1 accredited pharmacy residency or 3+ years of Clinical Pharmacy experience in hospital setting.
• Must obtain one or more certification (Certified Specialty Pharmacist (CSP), Board Certification in Pharmacotherapy (BCPS), Ambulatory Care Pharmacy (BCACP)), within 18 months of hire.
• Understanding of insurance and adjudication processes.
• Experience with computer systems required, including web based applications and some Microsoft Office applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access.

Qualifications

• Pharmacy residency PGY2 specialty experience/fellowship or equivalent experience or 5+ years of clinical pharmacy experience.
• Knowledge of complex/chronic diseases states and therapies used within specialty pharmacy such as but not limited to: Primary Care, Oncology, Transplant, Infectious Disease (including HIV), Multiple Sclerosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Dermatology, Cardiology, Pulmonary, Allergy and/or various inflammatory conditions preferred.

Skills

• Decision Making: Ability to make decisions that are guided by precedents, policies and objectives.
• Problem Solving: Ability to address problems that are highly varied, complex and often non-recurring, requiring staff input, innovative, creative, and Lean diagnostic techniques to resolve issues.
• Independence of Action: Ability to set goals and determines how to accomplish defined results with some guidelines.
• Written Communications: Ability to summarize and communicate in English moderately complex information in varied written formats to internal and external customers.
• Oral Communications: Ability to comprehend and communicate complex verbal information in English to medical center staff, patients, families and external customers.
• Knowledge: Ability to demonstrate in-depth knowledge of concepts, practices and policies with the ability to use them in complex varied situations.
• Team Work: Ability to act as a team leader for small projects or work groups, creating a collaborative and respectful team environment and improving workflows.
• Results: Ability to resolve service issues in the assigned unit(s) in a timely and respectful manner.

Benefits

Employees in this job must be competent to provide patient care to the following age groups: Neonatal: Birth to 6 months, Youth: 6 months to 16 years, Young adult: 16-30 years, Middle Age: 30 - 60 years, Elderly: 60 - .

Pay

$127,987.00 USD - $162,318.00 USD