The Pharmacy Clinical Specialist-Internal Medicine is responsible for the provision of direct patient care. Direct patient care activities include improving patient outcomes by optimizing pharmacotherapy, ensuring medication safety, and promoting effective transitions of care. The Pharmacy Clinical Specialist will have opportunity to participate in committees and project work, provide education and training to other health care providers, and precept PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residents and PGY-2 Internal Medicine Residents, as well as Advance Pharmacy Practice Experience students. This position has rotating shifts, which includes weekends and holidays.

POSITION SUMMARY:

As a Pharmacy Clinical Specialist on the Internal Medicine team, you will be highly integrated at the front-line of patient care, providing recommendations to optimize pharmacotherapy within the context of a multidisciplinary team. You will have the opportunity to round with different internal medicine and surgery teams while working closely with central pharmacists and technicians to ensure accurate and timely acquisition, distribution of medication orders.
Position: Pharmacy Clinical Specialist-Internal Medicine
Department: Inpatient Pharmacy
Schedule: Full Time, Exempt

EDUCATION:

• Requires a Doctorate of Pharmacy or Bachelors of Science in Pharmacy with an advanced degree, and a PGY1 pharmacy residency or at least three years of equivalent work experience

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

• Strong clinical knowledge pertinent to the specific practice area
• Effective project management
• Knowledge and application of biostatistics and improvement science
• Strong interpersonal skills when interacting with patients and colleagues
• Involvement in local, regional, or national professional organizations is encouraged
• Proficient with Microsoft Office including Word, Excel and Outlook, and web browsers
• Excellent attention to detail
• Effective verbal and written communication skills; must be proficient in the English; additional language skills are beneficial

Education/Training

• Precepts pharmacy students and precepts pharmacy residents; collaborates or leads resident led Quality Improvement initiatives
• Provides timely and accurate drug information, training, and education to patients and health care providers
• Assists in the orientation and training of new pharmacists, residents, interns and technicians as assigned

Clinical Responsibilities:

• Rotates through different clinical shifts within a core practice area; rounding with the interdisciplinary team when able
• Performs daily targeted interventions to decrease risk of readmission, optimize therapy, and improve medication safety
• Provides effective transition of care needs including, but not limited to, medication reconciliation, discharge counseling, facilitating medication to bedside, and completing post-discharge telephone calls.

Operational Responsibilities

• Reviews and process medication orders, evaluating for appropriateness and compliance with hospital and accreditation standards, and state/federal regulations
• Identifies medication related safety events, reports errors, and provides recommendations for process improvement
• Assists central pharmacists, technicians, and purchasing team with supply chain management, medication shortages, and safe distribution of medication to admitted patients

Education/Training

• Precepts pharmacy students and precepts pharmacy residents; collaborates or leads resident led Quality Improvement initiatives
• Provides timely and accurate drug information, training, and education to patients and health care providers
• Assists in the orientation and training of new pharmacists, residents, interns and technicians as assigned.