What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Oncology - Full Time Days position at Holy Name Medical Center?
Description
Clin Pharm Spec, Oncology
Welcome to Holy Name, a medical center where innovation is not just a goal — it's a commitment. Here, medical excellence thrives, allowing hope to reign supreme and leaving no room for fear. At our hospital, every patient is cared for with undivided attention — because healing every soul is our sole focus.
Holy Name is New Jersey's only independent Catholic health system, comprising a 361-bed acute care hospital, a renowned cancer center, a state-of-the-art fitness center, a residential hospice, a prestigious nursing school, and an extensive physician network. Healing at Holy Name goes beyond medicine and technology – it is infused with faith, conviction, compassion, and a commitment to educating the next generation of healthcare professionals through graduate medical education, a Pharmacy Residency Program, and our Institute for Simulation Learning. Our mission to provide care for the body, mind, and soul spans education, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and overall wellness. This is at the core of who we are and what we do, and we've done it this way across generations, every single day, for nearly 100 years. Every innovation, medical breakthrough, and groundbreaking treatment is powered by some of the best minds in medicine, ensuring nothing is left on the table or the road to recovery.
A Brief Overview
Responsible for all clinical services supporting the inpatient and outpatient oncology and and infusion therapy practice settings.
What you will do
- Daily coordination of chemotherapy orders for oncology inpatient and outpatients accomplished by working directly with oncologists, nurse practitioners and nursing staff.
- Comprehensive support to all health care providers as related to the oncology and infusion patients and their pharmaceutical therapy. Provision of drug information and education as required.
- Assist in determination of treatment plan for oncology patients and order writing. Thorough clinical review of all written orders prior to Pharmacy Department processing.
- Ongoing monitoring of all oncology / infusion patients for appropriate response, adverse drug event monitoring and reporting. Direct patient counseling prior to and during pharmaceutical therapy phase of care.
- Training of pharmacy staff as their role pertains to area of specialty.
- Assist in clinical research trials related to oncology and infusion therapy.
- Attendance and contributions to assigned meeting and teams, such as Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee, Oncology Committee , Department / Division meetings as needed, etc.
- Manages assigned projects and tasks in a comprehensive and timely manner, with clear reporting of progress, obstacles and completion to the Director of Pharmacy.
- Independent research, introduction and implementation of new programs, protocols and performance improvement related to area of specialty.
- Works effectively with outpatient and inpatient managers to coordinate clinical and operational services, policies and procedures, etc. Contributes to the overall planning and success of the Clinical Specialty team.
- Competent interpretation and review of appropriateness of all medication and medication related orders by physicians including thorough check for allergies, interactions, therapeutic interchange, contraindications, dosing, etc.
- Performs all other duties as assigned
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Holy Name is a mission-driven facility whose quality standards and philosophy are rooted in the principles of its founders, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace. Those principles are exercised daily by the Medical Center's dedicated and talented team of physicians, nurses, allied health employees, and a wide variety of non-clinical administrative and operational staff members. Holy Name is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
