Pharmacy Clinical Specialist - Internal Medicine

Pharmacy Clinical Specialist - Internal Medicine

Join Cleveland Clinic and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Cleveland Clinic Hillcrest Hospital is a proud Magnet Hospital awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the highest honor an organization can receive for professional nursing practice. Here, you will work alongside a dedicated team of caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career.

The Pharmacy Clinical Specialist Internal Medicine provides advanced clinical pharmacy services at Hillcrest Hospital, supporting hospitalist medicine teams and interdisciplinary care teams across multiple inpatient units. This caregiver optimizes medication therapy for complex hospitalized patients through clinical rounds, medication management, evidence-based recommendations, and collaboration with physicians and healthcare providers. Additional responsibilities include educating pharmacy residents and learners, participating in medication safety and stewardship initiatives, contributing to research and quality improvement projects, and supporting clinical protocol development. This role includes staffing responsibilities approximately every ninth weekend.

A caregiver in this position will:

• Routinely and continually provide pharmaceutical care for patients, considering their age and clinical condition.
• Provide general and patient specific drug information to patients, physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals.
• Support Clinical Pharmacists in providing pharmaceutical care to patients by direct interaction and formal educational programs.
• Maintain expertise in areas of practice through continual learning, journal review and other educational activities.
• Educate Clinical Pharmacists, Technicians, Pharmacy Students, Post-Graduate Trainees and other caregivers in pharmacotherapy within the specialty area.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• PharmD or Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy from an accredited college of Pharmacy. If hired for a specialty area where specialty residency training is available, then specialty residency is required.
• Current state licensure as a Registered Pharmacist (RPh) or eligible within 90 days of hire.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) and completion of a Board of Pharmacy approved course in the administration of immunizations or certification obtained within 90 days of hire (if administering immunizations).
• Completion of a Post-Graduate Year 2 Residency (PGY2) or fellowship OR completion of a Post-Graduate Year 1 Residency (PGY-1) and two years of experience as a Clinical Specialist or an equivalent role, including providing pharmaceutical care and performing pharmacotherapeutic monitoring for at least 50% of time in the specialty area OR four years of experience as a Clinical Specialist or an equivalent role, including providing pharmaceutical care and performing pharmacotherapeutic monitoring for at least 50% of time in the specialty area.

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Board certification.
• PGY2 Residency training in Internal Medicine, Acute Care, or Geriatric Medicine.
• Experience participating in clinical rounding within hospitalist or internal medicine team.

Physical Requirements:

• Typical physical demands include ability to perform the job while standing and walking for prolonged times, approximately 75% of shift and continuously for extended periods of time.
• Manual dexterity sufficient to perform computer and dispensing functions of the job; ability to lift up to 30 lbs.
• Position often includes reaching, stretching, stooping, climbing steps and sitting.
• Must have normal or corrected vision.
• Must have ability to clearly communicate verbally by phone or in person.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility.

Cleveland Clinic is pleased to be an equal employment opportunity employer.