Clinical Pharmacist Specialist
Apply NowCompany: Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center
Location: Alexandria, LA 71301
Description:
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center is Louisiana's leading cancer care organization, caring for more patients each year than any other facility in the region. And with strategic hospital and physician partnerships, we are delivering on our mission to improve survivorship and lessen the burden of cancer.
Mary Bird Perkins and its partners work together to provide state-of-the-art treatments and unparalleled collaborative, comprehensive cancer services. This culture of innovation helps attract the best cancer minds in the country, from expert physicians and highly specialized scientists to forward-thinking leaders in supportive care and other disciplines.
Together, with our hospital and physician partners, we are one-hundred percent focused on cancer care.
Why Join Us? We are looking for talented and highly-motivated individuals who demonstrate a natural desire to support the meaningful work of community oncologists and the patients we serve.
Job Description:
THIS IS A REMOTE PHARMACIST POSITION SUPPORTING OUR INFUSION AND SPECIALTY PHARMACY OPERATIONS IN CENTRAL AND NORTH LOUISIANA.
SCOPE: The clinical pharmacist specialist will be responsible for providing clinical services in the areas of Oncology, Endocrinology, Urology, and Rheumatology across the Mary Bird organization for Infusion and Specialty pharmacy. The clinical specialist will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to ensure patient safety, optimal outcomes including but are not limited to assessing patient needs, incorporating age and disease specific characteristics into drug therapy and patient education, adjusting care according to patient response, and providing clinical interventions to detect, mitigate, and prevent medication adverse events. Clinical Pharmacist Specialists serve as departmental resources and liaisons to other departments, or external groups. They also conduct clinical research and practice advancement projects as well as patient care quality and regulatory compliance initiatives designed to improve medication-use processes or pharmacy practice. Clinical Pharmacist Specialists provide medication and practice-related education/training and actively serve as preceptors for doctor of pharmacy students and pharmacy residents.
If applicable, participation in the quality management program is expected with the goal of improving services by monitoring processes, analyzing data, implementing interventions to improve and evaluating the effectiveness of those interventions. Responsibilities may include working to establish and maintain long- and short-term goals for the Quality Management Program; monitoring and documenting Quality Improvement Projects for progress in meeting QI goals; and providing guidance and education to staff on Quality Management priorities and project.
FUNCTIONS:
1. Leads assigned patient service lines, clinical areas, and therapeutic programs
2. Medication Management and clinical practice
3. Provides multidisciplinary collaboration and communication
4. Participates in pharmacy operations and medication dispensing
5. Facilitates education, training and practice advancement
QUALIFICATIONS:
Graduate of an ACPE accredited College of Pharmacy.
Doctor of Pharmacy or other advanced degree highly preferred
Completion of ASHP accredited PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency.
Completion of PGY-2 Specialty Pharmacy Residency is preferred.
Clinical pharmacy experience (2-4 years) in a hospital setting preferred (required if no PGY-2 Residency).
Pharmacist license in good standing in the state of LA
SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE:
Knowledge of contemporary hospital/clinical practice and service.
Significant knowledge and expertise in advanced pharmacy practice, specialty medication therapy management, and specialty evidence-based medicine in area appropriate for clinical assignments.
Mary Bird Perkins and its partners work together to provide state-of-the-art treatments and unparalleled collaborative, comprehensive cancer services. This culture of innovation helps attract the best cancer minds in the country, from expert physicians and highly specialized scientists to forward-thinking leaders in supportive care and other disciplines.
Together, with our hospital and physician partners, we are one-hundred percent focused on cancer care.
Why Join Us? We are looking for talented and highly-motivated individuals who demonstrate a natural desire to support the meaningful work of community oncologists and the patients we serve.
Job Description:
THIS IS A REMOTE PHARMACIST POSITION SUPPORTING OUR INFUSION AND SPECIALTY PHARMACY OPERATIONS IN CENTRAL AND NORTH LOUISIANA.
SCOPE: The clinical pharmacist specialist will be responsible for providing clinical services in the areas of Oncology, Endocrinology, Urology, and Rheumatology across the Mary Bird organization for Infusion and Specialty pharmacy. The clinical specialist will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to ensure patient safety, optimal outcomes including but are not limited to assessing patient needs, incorporating age and disease specific characteristics into drug therapy and patient education, adjusting care according to patient response, and providing clinical interventions to detect, mitigate, and prevent medication adverse events. Clinical Pharmacist Specialists serve as departmental resources and liaisons to other departments, or external groups. They also conduct clinical research and practice advancement projects as well as patient care quality and regulatory compliance initiatives designed to improve medication-use processes or pharmacy practice. Clinical Pharmacist Specialists provide medication and practice-related education/training and actively serve as preceptors for doctor of pharmacy students and pharmacy residents.
If applicable, participation in the quality management program is expected with the goal of improving services by monitoring processes, analyzing data, implementing interventions to improve and evaluating the effectiveness of those interventions. Responsibilities may include working to establish and maintain long- and short-term goals for the Quality Management Program; monitoring and documenting Quality Improvement Projects for progress in meeting QI goals; and providing guidance and education to staff on Quality Management priorities and project.
FUNCTIONS:
1. Leads assigned patient service lines, clinical areas, and therapeutic programs
2. Medication Management and clinical practice
3. Provides multidisciplinary collaboration and communication
4. Participates in pharmacy operations and medication dispensing
5. Facilitates education, training and practice advancement
QUALIFICATIONS:
Graduate of an ACPE accredited College of Pharmacy.
Doctor of Pharmacy or other advanced degree highly preferred
Completion of ASHP accredited PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency.
Completion of PGY-2 Specialty Pharmacy Residency is preferred.
Clinical pharmacy experience (2-4 years) in a hospital setting preferred (required if no PGY-2 Residency).
Pharmacist license in good standing in the state of LA
SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE:
Knowledge of contemporary hospital/clinical practice and service.
Significant knowledge and expertise in advanced pharmacy practice, specialty medication therapy management, and specialty evidence-based medicine in area appropriate for clinical assignments.