Clinical Pharmacy Specialist- CVICU

Pharmacy Specialist

Location: Shea Medical Center, 9003 E Shea Blvd, Scottsdale

Hours: Full-Time Days, Monday through Friday

Prior Cardiology Experience and Residency Strongly Preferred

$10,000 Sign-on Bonus Available!

Great care starts with great people. (Like you.) At HonorHealth, you'll find something special. From humble beginnings in 1927 to one of Arizona's largest nonprofit healthcare systems, our culture is built on warmth and neighborly kindness. Behind every smile is a highly skilled professional with deep expertise and an unwavering dedication to what matters most caring for the health and well-being of people and communities across the greater Phoenix area.

Responsibilities:

Job Summary Provides expertise in clinical activities relating to various clinical programs for the pharmacy department in order to ensure optimal patient outcomes. Facilitates the development, implementation, and maintenance of programs that promote desirable patient outcomes through the use of safe, cost-effective drug therapies. Serves as the expert clinical resource for pharmacy in the specialty area. Demonstrates ability to work with the patient's growth and development based upon population groups. Leads general and specialty direct patient care programs, advanced drug management services, and all medication use systems throughout the hospital. Serves as a resource and drug information specialist to medical, pharmacy, nursing staff and allied healthcare providers. Essential Functions

• Serves in a professional capacity on unit-based decentralized teams. Monitors patients to assure optimal therapeutic outcomes. Monitors drug therapy regimens for contraindications, drug-drug interactions, drug-food interactions, adverse drug reactions, and appropriateness of drug and dose. Identifies and intervenes when problems involving drug therapy arise (i.e. allergies, drug interactions, therapeutic duplication, and adverse drug reactions). Functions as a therapeutic consultant and works collaboratively with providers to provide guidance on appropriate use of medications, clinical pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, disease state management, and nutrition. Recommends evidence-based medication therapy regimens and monitoring plans. Suggests appropriate, cost-effective therapeutic alternatives to medical staff as needed. Reviews and evaluates the medical literature for studies supporting the pharmaceutical care and pharmacoeconomic programs. Reviews the use of targeted medications for compliance with current pharmacoeconomic programs. Reviews/interprets culture and susceptibility data for antibiotic appropriateness and recommends changes, as needed. Performs pharmacokinetic drug level consultations per policy guidelines. Assess total parenteral nutrition (TPN) monitoring and documentation per pharmacy guidelines and communicates therapeutic recommendations. Provides patients consultations per pharmacy guidelines and in a timely manner (i.e. Warfarin, discharge counseling). Promptly perform patient assessments and participate in the multidisciplinary clinical rounds on the patient care unit as directed. Sustains formulary by minimizing non-formulary procurements, utilizing therapeutic substitution protocols, and promoting rational drug therapy selection Reviews medication reconciliation lists and makes recommendations when necessary.
• Develops and implements evidence-based medication guidelines/protocols. Designs and implements medication monitoring guidelines and programs for staff.
• Acts as a liaison to the nursing units, in assigned practice area, in order to communicate pertinent information and to facilitate communication and increase cooperation. Attends and actively participates in patient care team meetings by problem solving and getting involved in the planning process.
• Develops criteria for medication use evaluations, medication use indicators, and disease-based evaluations. Collects and analyzes medication-use data per predefined criteria and formulates appropriate recommendations for implementation.
• Develops the pharmacy skills of pharmacy staff members by teaching and exemplifying those skills to the team members; trains and directs the training of new staff members; participates in staff educational development encouraging team members to further their learning in pharmaceutical care to contribute to patient care/safety; provides educational seminars to pharmacy staff at least twice a year; provides educational information to physicians and other Licensed Independent Practitioners (staff), nursing staff, and other allied health care professionals as needed or assigned.
• Precepts PGY1 and PGY2-Pharmacotherapy residents, pharmacy students, and contributes to staff development in area of specialty practice. Serves as the residency program director or residency site coordinator when required

Education:

• Pharm.D. Graduate of an ACPE-accredited School of Pharmacy with a minimum of Doctor of Pharmacy degree or equivalent experience. - Required

Experience:

• Pharmacy Residency PGY2 specialty experience or equivalent experience or 5 years of clinical pharmacy experience in a hospital setting. Project management and program development experience. Pharmacy residency preceptor experience preferred. Coaching and mentoring of pharmacy staff experience preferred. Demonstrates advanced pharmacy knowledge related to area of practice. - Preferred
• 1 year hospital pharmacy residency or 3 years of clinical pharmacy experience in a hospital setting. - Required
• 5 years hospital pharmacy residency or 3 years of clinical pharmacy experience in a hospital setting. - Preferred

Licenses and Certifications:

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) - Preferred
• Basic Life Support (BLS) - Preferred
• Other Board certification in a pharmacotherapy specialty. - Preferred
• Registered Pharmacist (RPh) Licensed to practice pharmacy in the state of Arizona. - Required