Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant Pharmacist

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive pharmacotherapy management for pediatric SCT and immunotherapy/gene therapy patients, including physician treatment plan design and implementation support, chemotherapy dosing consultation, proactive patient monitoring, supportive care plan design and toxicity prevention/management support.
• Participate in daily multidisciplinary rounds with physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, nutritionists, and other team members.
• Ensure accuracy and safety in the ordering and administration of chemotherapy and biotherapy agents.
• Manage supportive care therapies, including antimicrobials, anticoagulation, pain management, antiemetics, and transfusion-related medications.
• Provide pharmacokinetic consultations (conditioning chemotherapy agents, immunosuppressants, antifungals, aminoglycosides) and develop weaning plans for long term medications being discontinued (steroids, nausea medications, sedative medications etc.).
• Identify, prevent, and manage adverse drug events and medication-related issues.
• Support pediatric oncology and stem cell transplant-related complications and emergencies (febrile neutropenia, tumor lysis syndrome, acute rejection, GVHD, TA-TMA, VOD).
• Provide education to patients and families to promote safe discharge and transitions of care practices.
• Educate pharmacy residents, pharmacy students, and oncology pharmacists, providing instruction in pediatric oncology and stem cell therapeutics and safe medication practices.
• Occasional holiday and weekend clinical service, and hospital wide medical emergency/code response required.
• Serve as back-up on call coverage for clinical questions from clinical pharmacists covering weekends/nights and provider group.

Requirements

• Requires Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) or Bachelor's of Science in Pharmacy prior to 2006.
• Successful completion of an ASHP accredited PGY1 or PGY2 residency may be required.
• Requires 0-3 years of relevant experience.
• Requires current Indiana Pharmacist license or eligibility for Indiana licensure as a Pharmacist.
• Board certification or other specialized training may be required.
• Basic Life Support certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) may be required.
• May require travel to IU Health facilities.
• May require weekend rotations.