Clinical Pharmacist Hematology Oncology

Clinical Pharmacist Hematology Oncology

The Clinical Pharmacist Hematology Oncology is a licensed pharmacist responsible for ensuring optimal drug therapy by designing therapy, monitoring, and dispensing medications following standard operating procedures (SOPs), ACLS, PALS, and USP guidelines. Serves as medication expert. Directs the work of support staff including pharmacy technicians. Responsible for ensuring medication management abides by hospital, state, and federal requirements. Manages the daily pharmacy workload within the Oncology Infusion Center and Inpatient Hematology Oncology unit and is also able to cross cover as the pharmacist across all hospital departments and the central pharmacy as needed, and be proficient in the medication management of that population. Responsibilities also include but are not limited to: answering general drug questions, attendance on medical rounds, completion of nursing unit inspections, and identification of medication related issues. May function as a charge pharmacist as needed.

Responsibilities

• Verifies and checks prescriptions/orders adhering to safe medication dispensing practices.
• Reviews prescription order for accuracy and completion.
• Provides medication evaluation during verification, considering patient specific factors, potential for adverse drug reactions, and drug-drug/drug-disease interactions.
• Assesses and optimizes drug therapy by designing medication therapies that meet the patient specific needs.
• Develops, reviews, assists, and maintains, in collaboration with members of the oncology infusion center and inpatient hematology oncology unit (and other departments as needed) various protocols and regimens as recommended by evidenced based practice and by governing bodies such as the Children Oncology Group, National Comprehensive Cancer Network, etc.
• Utilizes the facility formulary whenever possible to ensure cost-effective care.
• Provides drug information education to patient or patient's caregiver as needed.
• Mentors and assists in training; includes but is not limited to: pharmacists, interns, residents, within the oncology infusion center and inpatient hematology oncology unit. Teaches and instructs pharmacy and other multidisciplinary staff on relevant treatment populations such as chemotherapy regimens, validation, preparation treatment, and ongoing monitoring of medications involved.
• Responsible for rounding with the hematology/oncology infusion center and inpatient hematology oncology unit.
• Provides perpetual monitoring of assigned patients through chart investigation, discussion within the healthcare team (including but not limited to the patient, patients' family members, other healthcare professionals), to identify potential for and/or remediation of drug therapy.

Qualifications

Education and/or Experience Required:

• BS degree in pharmacy
• CITI training to cross cover investigational studies related to oncology

Education and/or Experience Preferred:

• Education: PharmD
• Experience:
  • Experience as a hospital pharmacist
  • Completion of PGY1 pharmacy practice residency
  • Completion of PGY2 pediatric pharmacy practice residency

License and/or Certification Required:

• State of Connecticut pharmacist license
• BLS

License and/or Certification Preferred:

• Board certification in area of specialty.
• Advanced training/certification in area of specialty.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Knowledge:

• Medications, their doses, indications, monitoring parameters, potential risks and contraindications considering both drug-drug and drug-disease interactions.
• Medication preparation and delivery process.
• Common disease states affecting pediatric populations and their risks and treatments.

Skills:

• Critical thinking and problem solving.
• Utilizing available resources such as medication and/or disease related guidelines to answer questions and/or guide patient therapy to ensure optimal care.
• Teaching and learning.

Abilities:

• Appropriately assess and manage competing priorities.
• Collaborate in an interdisciplinary environment with individuals of varying levels of education, healthcare experience, and licensure.
• Show empathy and support others within the work environment.
• Communicate clearly both orally and written.

Job Info

• Job Identification 4857
• Job Category Clinical Professional
• Locations 282 Washington Street, Hartford, CT, 06106, US (On-site)
• Scheduled Days and Hours rotating days/evenings, as needed overnight coverage, every 3rd weekend, 1-3 holidays per year