Clinical Pharmacist

Maimonides Health Clinical Pharmacy Specialist

We are seeking to expand our clinical pharmacy team with specialists in areas such as infectious diseases, internal medicine, critical care, pediatrics, and more. This role involves collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to ensure safe and effective medication use across all age groups (infant to geriatric).

Responsibilities include:

• Leading assigned patient service lines, clinical areas, and therapeutic programs.
• Delivering direct patient care and clinical practice, including decentralized and service-based programs.
• Monitoring and evaluating a patient's medication regimen for efficacy, toxicity, side effects, and outcome.
• Conveying relevant findings and making recommendations to other clinicians regarding a patient's medication regimen utilizing both written and verbal communication.
• Serving as a mentor and preceptor for Doctor of Pharmacy students and pharmacy residents.
• Providing in-service lectures to medical, pharmacy, and/or nursing staff.
• Maintaining established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance program, safety, environmental, and infection control standards.
• Performing focused research protocols and collaborating with other departments in research involving drug therapy.
• Participating in hospital and departmental drug utilization evaluations and other quality assurance programs in addition to participating in hospital committees as required.
• Detecting, reporting, and participating in the management of adverse drug reactions and medical emergencies.
• Coordinating all aspects of medication therapy including nurse and physician roles in drug delivery and nursing techniques to ensure safe and effective delivery to the patient.
• Documenting all pertinent activities, interventions with other health care providers, recommendations, and the rationale for these recommendations, their impact, and/or outcome as related to patient care and/or pharmaco-economics.

Qualifications include:

• Graduation from an ACPE-accredited school of pharmacy with a Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree.
• Completion of ASHP-accredited PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency (required).
• Completion of ASHP-accredited PGY-2 Residency in specialty area (preferred); clinical pharmacy experience (at least 2-4 years) in a hospital setting and in relevant area of practice (required if no PGY-2 residency).
• Board Certification by the Board of Pharmacy Specialties in primary area of practice (e.g., Pharmacotherapy (BCPS), Emergency Medicine (BCEMP), Infectious Diseases (BCIDP), Pediatric Pharmacy (BCPPS)) upon hire or within 12 months of hire (required).
• Meet ASHP residency preceptor requirements (required).
• Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification upon hire or within 3 months of hire (required); Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) if applicable.
• New York State Pharmacist Licensure and Registration (required).
• Strong computer proficiency (MS Office, PowerPoint presentations).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Leadership and interpersonal skills, including high emotional intelligence.
• Excellent English verbal/written communication skills; bilingual second language preferred.

Pay Range: USD $85.58 - USD $94.93 /Hr.

Maimonides Medical Center (MMC) is an equal opportunity employer.