Clinical Pharmacy Specialist I - Chesapeake Regional Healthcare
Chesapeake, VA 23320
About the Job
Summary
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist I is responsible for establishing, coordinating, and maintaining pharmacotherapy services for patients of their respective specialties. This position requires a high level of autonomy and commitment to excellence in pharmacy practice.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
These duties and responsibilities described below represent the general tasks performed daily. Other duties may be assigned as needed to drive the vision, fulfill the mission, and abide by the values of the organization.
- Establish, coordinate, and maintain pharmacotherapy services for patients of the designated specialty or as assigned
- Prospectively evaluate pharmacotherapeutic regimens for appropriate indications, dosage, drug interactions, and drug allergies
- Monitor pharmacotherapeutic regimens for safety and efficacy and makes interventions as appropriate, including use of pharmacokinetic principles when warranted
- Participate in or serve in a leadership position on hospital committees as relevant to the area of practice or as assigned
- Provide routine education to physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, pharmacy staff, and other stakeholders as needed, to include grand rounds, in-services, continuing education, or journal club
- Collaborate with other departments to support provision of quality patient care and the organization’s mission
- Develop, implement, and maintain policies, protocols, procedures, and guidelines for medication use
- Actively engage in pharmacy resident and pharmacy student precepting opportunities as available and as assigned
- Develop evidence-based strategies to decrease adverse drug events in patients
- Serve as a primary resource for drug information in the hospital
- Maintain current knowledge of drug use, including primary literature
- Evaluate pharmacist services provided through data collection, analysis, and reporting
- Demonstrate competency in pharmacy automation, medication distribution, and technology as applicable to work area
- Verify accuracy and safety of medication orders in various formats
- Provide support for critical pharmacy operations throughput needs
- Contribute to departmental cost reduction and/or revenue-generation efforts
- Lead and participate in quality improvement projects and/or research projects including but not limited to medication use evaluations (at least 2 projects annually with clinical pharmacy manager approval)
- Engage in routine formulary review and management for specialty area and as assigned
- Attend required hospital-wide orientations, meetings, and in-services
- Demonstrate a commitment to flexible work scheduling when necessary to ensure patient care
Supervisory Responsibilities
Reports to: Clinical Manager Pharmacy
Supervises: Not applicable
Responsibilities: Not applicable
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and Experience
Minimum Required Education: Graduate from an Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) -accredited College of Pharmacy
Preferred Education: Doctor of Pharmacy or other advanced degree, completion of American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)-accredited Postgraduate Year 1 (PGY1) Pharmacy Residency and Postgraduate Year 2 (PGY2) Pharmacy Residency specializing in area of practice.
Minimum Required Experience:
One of the following conditional on education level:
Preferred Experience:
Clinical pharmacy experience (≥2 years) in a hospital/clinic setting as applicable to specialty practice type
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
Minimum Required: Applicant must be licensed as a Pharmacist in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Basic Life Support and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support certifications are required.
Board Certification by the Board of Pharmacy Specialties in an area directly applicable to the assigned specialty practice is required within 2 years of hire.
Preferred: Relevant specialty-related certificates are encouraged.
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