Specialty Clinical Pharmacist

Job Description

Why This Specialty Clinical Pharmacist Role at TriHealth Is Different

Practice clinical pharmacy at the top of your license at TriHealth Pharmacy Solutions, where your expertise directly impacts patient outcomes across specialty pharmacy and clinical care teams. This role offers clinical autonomy, strong interdisciplinary collaboration, and meaningful influence beyond traditional dispensing, allowing you to serve as a trusted medication expert in a patient-focused environment.

As a Specialty Clinical Pharmacist, you will partner closely with specialty providers, clinics, and care teams managing complex therapies. TriHealth supports pharmacists who want to stay clinically sharp, contribute to evidence-based practice, and help shape how specialty pharmacy care is delivered through quality improvement, medication safety initiatives, and nationally recognized treatment guidelines. If you're an experienced pharmacist seeking a role where your background is fully utilized and your work makes a measurable difference, this is a unique opportunity to grow your impact.

Location: Norwood, OH

Work Hours:

• Full time, 80 hours biweekly
• Day Shift
• Monday - Friday

Incentives & Benefits:

We offer competitive shift differentials, opportunities for professional growth, and a comprehensive benefits package that may include medical, dental, vision, paid time off, retirement savings plans, and tuition reimbursement. For more information, please visit our benefits page:


Job Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy
• Licensed Pharmacist
• Registered pharmacist with a current and unrestricted State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy pharmacist license
• Working knowledge of all Ohio Board of Pharmacy regulations
• 1-2 years' of current or recent Pharmacy experience. Experience must be from Inpatient, Oncology/Infusion, Specialty, or MTM

Job Overview:

A TriHealth Specialty Clinical Pharmacist is responsible for providing optimal pharmaceutical care to all patients we serve through distributive and clinical functions. The Specialty Clinical Pharmacist collaborates with other health care providers to ensure appropriateness of all elements of pharmaceutical care and independently operates within policies and procedures to manage the department's clinical and consultative services. This position serves as the clinical pharmacy liaison between the specialty pharmacy, specialty clinics, and patients.


The clinical pharmacist works collaboratively with physicians, nurses, and all members of the health care team to provide comprehensive medication management services to patients to achieve department's quality and utilization measures and documents activities appropriately in electronic medical record. Serves as a medication expert on the health care team and promotes safe, evidence-based, and cost-effective use of drug therapy to patients and prescribers. Maintains current knowledge of contemporary pharmacy practice, clinical skills, and knowledge of nationally published treatment guidelines. Assists in the development and implementation of quality improvement processes to monitor the effectiveness and quality of department's services. Identifies potential medication safety issues and implements medication safety best practices.

Job Responsibilities:

• Creates and maintains an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest, and a calm environment. Establishes effective working relationships and maintains open and active communication with pharmacy leadership, physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and technicians. Pro-actively escalates communications to resolve and improve workflow issues to ensure all team members are suitably informed. Communicates in real time with physicians and nurses about patient therapy, drug shortages, and other pharmaceutical-related issues. Articulates ideas and thoughts through written and verbal communications.
• Contributes to direct patient care through assessments and provision of appropriate recommendations. Promotes correct and appropriate use of medications and communicates findings and recommendations to other health care professionals responsible for the patient's care. Ensures any issues are resolved before dispensing. Participates in the Medication Reconciliation process by obtaining an accurate medication/allergy histories. Reviews patient's drug therapy to ensure appropriate use, dose, dosage form, regimen, route, therapeutic duplication, drug allergies, drug interactions, and omissions. Provides clinical information and education to a wide variety of disciplines and patients.
• Ensures the 7 patient "rights" are followed and respected. Performs accurate and timely documentation. Reports medication errors and participates in risk analysis. Ensures compliance with regulatory requirements and organizational policies and procedures. Works directly with physicians and other health professionals. Provides a consistent process of patient care. Assists in protocol development, implementation, and optimization. Seeks areas of improvement, and undertakes projects that will improve the quality of patient care and /or reduce expenditure/contain costs and facilitate the effective and cost efficient use of medications.
• Performs all drug distribution and verification, including order entry, clarification as needed, accuracy of checking, technician supervision, and timely delivery. Resolves health problems through rational use of medications. Manages drug inventory by adjusting par levels to meet the drug usage needs, avoiding stock-outs and medication waste. Communicates with the Pharmacy Buyers to ensure supply matches demand. Responsible for ensuring documentation is completed that shows the economic and quality impact of the pharmacist clinical activities and of identifiable savings to the organization.
• Takes the lead in identifying opportunities and solutions in pharmacy process improvements. Assumes personal responsibility for personal professional development and other healthcare professionals, particularly in the area of ongoing clinical education. Develops clinical pharmacy programs according to policies and regulations. Participates in committees, as assigned, and assists in orientation and training of new hires. Precepts pharmacy students and residents.

Other Job-Related Information:

• Desired Skills/Knowledge:
• Strong interpersonal, analytical, organization, and problem solving skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with diverse multidisciplinary teams.

Working Conditions :


Climbing - Rarely
Concentrating - Consistently
Continous Learning - Consistently
Hearing: Conversation - Consistently
Interpersonal Communication - Consistently
Kneeling - Rarely
Lifting <10 Lbs. - Occasionally
Lifting 50+ Lbs. - Rarely
Lifting 11-50 Lbs. - Rarely
Pulling - Occasionally
Pushing - Occasionally
Reaching - Frequently
Reading - Consistently
Sitting - Consistently
Standing - Frequently
Stooping - Rarely
Thinking/Reasoning - Consistently
Use of Hands - Consistently
Color Vision - Consistently
Walking - Frequently

TriHealth SERVE Standards and ALWAYS Behaviors
At TriHealth, we believe there is no responsibility more important than to SERVE our patients, our communities, and our fellow team members. To achieve our vision and mission, ALL TriHealth team members are expected to demonstrate and live the following:


Serve: ALWAYS...
• Welcome everyone by making eye contact, greeting with a smile, and saying "hello"
• Acknowledge when patients/guests are lost and escort them to their destination or find someone who can assist
• Refrain from using cell phones for personal reasons in public spaces or patient care areas
Excel: ALWAYS...
• Recognize and take personal responsibility to address and recover from service breakdowns when a customer's expectations have not been met
• Offer patients and guests priority when waiting (lines, elevators)
• Work on improving quality, safety, and service
Respect: ALWAYS...
• Respect cultural and spiritual differences and honor individual preferences.
• Respect everyone's opinion and contribution, regardless of title/role.
• Speak positively about my team members and other departments in front of patients and guests.
Value: ALWAYS...
• Value the time of others by striving to be on time, prepared and actively participating.
• Pick up trash, ensuring the physical environment is clean and safe.
• Be a good steward of our resources, using supplies and equipment efficiently and effectively, and will look for ways to avoid waste.
Engage: ALWAYS...
• Acknowledge wins and frequently thank team members and others for contributions.
• Show courtesy and compassion with customers, team members and the community

Job keywords:

Clinical Pharmacist, Hospital Pharmacist, Informatics Pharmacist, Pharm D (Pharmacy Doctor), Pharmacist in Charge (PIC), Pharmacy Coordinator, Pharmacy Informaticist, Pharmacy Services Clinical Coordinator, Registered Pharmacist, Retail Pharmacist

About Us

Careers at TriHealth are diverse. From clinical to administrative, sales to service, our team members contribute skills that are as varied as the services we offer and the people we serve. As an employer, TriHealth demonstrates the organization's values by offering comprehensive benefits packages, competitive wages, and milestone recognition.


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