Clinical Pharmacist Specialist

Job Description : Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh is hiring a part time Clinical Pharmacist Specialist to work in the inpatient pharmacy at the main hospital. The Pharmacist in this role will be supporting the Complex Care Clinic.\n Clinical Pharmacist Specialists are responsible and accountable for the provision of safe, effective, and efficient comprehensive medication management for specialized patient populations. They provide support of centralized and decentralized medication-use systems as well as deliver optimal medication therapy in a specialized area of pharmacy practice. Clinical Pharmacist Specialists provide direct patient-centered care and integrated pharmacy services in a clinical practice setting with physicians, nurses, and other members of the care team. These clinicians are aligned with interdisciplinary programs and services to ensure clinical pharmacy is appropriately integrated in the care process. Clinical Pharmacist Specialists participate in all necessary aspects of the medication-use system while providing comprehensive and individualized clinical pharmacy services to the patients in their specialized areas. Specialized clinical pharmacy services include but are not limited to assessing patient needs, incorporating age and disease specific characteristics into drug therapy and patient education, adjusting care according to patient response, and providing clinical interventions to detect, mitigate, and prevent medication adverse events. Clinical Pharmacist Specialists serve as departmental resources and liaisons to other departments, health care team members, or external groups. They also conduct clinical research and practice advancement projects in their area of expertise as well as support and / or lead patient care quality and regulatory compliance initiatives designed to improve medication-use processes or pharmacy practice. Clinical Pharmacist Specialists provide medication and practice-related education / training and actively serve as preceptors for pharmacy students and pharmacy residents including PGY2 residents. If applicable, participation in the quality initiatives is expected with the goal of improving clinical pharmacy services by monitoring processes, analyzing data, implementing interventions, and evaluating the effectiveness of those interventions. Responsibilities : \n\nLeads assigned patient service lines, clinical areas, and therapeutic programs\nFacilitates pharmaceutical care services, direct patient care programs, medication utilization systems within assigned services and care areas to assure drug utilization activities are aligned with patient care needs, evidence-based best practices, and regulatory standards\nDesigns and implements stewardship activities and restriction / surveillance programs\nTracks and evaluates assigned pharmacy programs for operational, quality, and financial efficiency and routinely benchmarks against local and national best practices\nActively identifies practice related issues which require evaluation and facilitate clinical research projects, quality improvement initiatives, or healthcare provider education as needed to advance practice\nDevelops and oversees policies and procedures for drug purchasing, drug usage, drug distribution, and drug control\nAssures pharmacy is an integral part of the health-care delivery system and facilitates enhancement and expansion of pharmacy services / programs\nDelivers direct patient care and clinical practice, including decentralized and service-based programs\nMaintains proficiency in decentralized pharmacy services and clinical pharmacy programs\nWorks as an active member of multidisciplinary team and collaborates with healthcare providers within decentralized patient care areas to provide patient-centered care o Identifies high-risk patients and implements interventions to improve quality and safety\nMakes appropriate evidence-based, patient-centered medication recommendations \nParticipates in the management of medical emergencies\nProvides discharge medication review, reconciliation, and counseling as appropriate\nProvides pharmaceutical services throughout medical center\nMaintains proficiency in hospital computer systems and medication ordering systems\nProvides accurate, safe, timely, and appropriate medication therapy based on patient age and needs\nCompletes critical patient monitoring and reviews patient profile / chart to identify, prevent, or mitigate drug-related problems, improper drug or dose selection, sub therapeutic dosage, over dosage, adverse drug reactions, drug interactions, failure to receive drugs, untreated indications, medication use without an indication, and treatment failures.\nCommunicates effectively and appropriately with healthcare providers and caregivers (physicians, nurses, etc.) and assures continuity of pharmaceutical care between shifts and among staff o Actively participates in stewardship activities and restricted medication programs\nParticipates in pharmacy operations and medication dispensing o Maintains proficiency in and actively engages in operational programs, central dispensing pharmacies, satellite dispensing pharmacies, and specialty pharmacy areas as appropriate for job assignment\nFacilitates specialty medication procurement, ordering, and dispensing procedures including but not limited to chemotherapy, parenteral nutrition, controlled substances, etc. as appropriate for assignment\nOversees pharmacy operations and technician practice / activities\nFacilitates experiential education and practice advancement\nMaintains proficiency in preceptor roles and actively emulates education / mentorship skills\nDevelops student, resident, and staff training experiences / competencies and creates new relationships for teaching and training opportunities\nIdentifies, designs, and implements improvements in the medication-use system to advance patient safety, maximize therapeutic outcomes, or control costs\n\n Graduate of an ACPE accredited College of Pharmacy\n B.S. degree in Pharmacy or Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree; PharmD preferred.\nCurrent licensure as a Pharmacist in practicing state\nCompletion of ASHP accredited PGY-2 Pharmacy Residency OR PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency plus 3 years clinical pharmacy experience in a specialized area OR 6 years clinical pharmacy experience in a specialized area.\nSpecialized knowledge and expertise in advanced pharmacy practice and service, comprehensive medication management, and evidence-based medicine in specialized area appropriate for clinical assignments\nBPS Board Certification preferred

• Currently BPS recognizes fourteen specialties : ambulatory care pharmacy, cardiology pharmacy, compounded sterile preparations pharmacy, critical care pharmacy, emergency medicine pharmacy, geriatric pharmacy, infectious diseases pharmacy, nuclear pharmacy, nutrition support pharmacy, oncology pharmacy, pediatric pharmacy, pharmacotherapy, psychiatric pharmacy and solid organ transplantation pharmacyLicensure, Certifications, and Clearances : \nPharmacist\nAct 31 Clearance with renewal\nAct 33 Clearance with renewal\nAct 34 Clearance with renewal\nAct 73 FBI Clearance with renewal \n\n UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran