Clinical Pharmacist Specialist | Center for Special Health Care Needs | Hybrid Position

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This position may work remotely up to two (2) days per week.

The Clinical Pharmacist Specialist provides services for patients with medically and socially complex conditions that originated in childhood, such as cystic fibrosis, sickle cell disease, hemophilia, Down syndrome, and cerebral palsy. The pharmacist in this position provides extensive, direct pharmaceutical care in collaboration with providers in the Center for Special Health Care Needs, participates in drug therapy consults, clinical research protocols, and provides patient/family/staff/physician education, and precepts pharmacy residents and students. This position is a key clinical role supporting our Specialty Pharmacy program, embedded within the practice working with the Providers.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Review and interpret physician’s medication orders, detect and evaluate adverse drug effects, evaluate drug efficacy, therapeutic goals and indications, review for contraindications/precautions, the patient’s current status of health, and review drug profiles and patient’s medical record for drug-drug, drug-food, drug-laboratory and drug-disease state(s) potentials.
• Provide individualized patient education/evaluation regarding drug therapy as requested or identified by patient need.
• Work collaboratively with pharmacists and pharmacy technicians within the Specialty Pharmacy, with the specialty pharmacy access concierge to help facilitate a smooth prescription processing process, and with the call-center staff to help appropriately address patient calls.
• Monitor drug therapy outcomes for targeted patients within established guidelines.
• Manage patients’ supportive care plan.
• Develop and revise evidence-based guidelines and order sets to ensure standardized, safe, and effective treatments regimens.
• Participate in quality assurance/quality improvement activities as needed to achieve and maintain URAC and ACHC accreditation and adherence to legal and regulatory requirements
• Represent Department of Pharmacy Services on committees as assigned

Education and Experience Requirements:

• PharmD from an ACPE-accredited School of Pharmacy required
• ASHP-accredited PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency required or equivalent experience (3 years of clinical pharmacy experience)
• ASHP-accredited PGY2 Pharmacy Residency required or equivalent experience (3 years of clinical pharmacy experience, in addition to PGY1 residency or equivalent)
• Experience in ambulatory pharmacy practice preferred
• Board Certification required within 2 years of hire
• Current licensure (or eligible to reciprocate) in the State of Delaware
• May require additional state licensure to provider virtual care to patients

Hourly Pay Range: $65.25 - $104.41

This pay rate/range represents ChristianaCare’s good faith and reasonable estimate of compensation at the time of posting. The actual salary within this range offered to a successful candidate will depend on individual factors including without limitation skills, relevant experience, and qualifications as they relate to specific job requirements.

Christiana Care Health System is an equal opportunity employer, firmly committed to prohibiting discrimination, whose staff is reflective of its community, and considers qualified applicants for open positions without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression, age, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

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