MedStar Health

Not-for-profit health system delivering patient care

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist 1 - Palliative Care

PharmacyConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeWashington, DC, USA$123.7k - $246.6k /yrIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree or equivalent Pharmacy degree from an accredited college of Pharmacy is required.
Five to seven years of hospital experience, including at least four years in a specialized area, or completion of a PGY-1 and PGY-2 pharmacy residency, or completion of a PGY-1 residency plus two years of direct patient care experience in a specialized area is required.
A District of Columbia pharmacist license is required.
Board certification in the area of specialty is required within one year.

Responsibilities

Provide higher-level direct patient care pharmacy services for an assigned specialized patient population according to professional standards and practices.
Advise and consult with patients, families, and medical and nursing staff.
Participate in research and drug-use outcomes management programs within the specialty area, instruct and train pharmacy residents and students, and mentor clinical pharmacists.
Evaluate therapeutic options and provide clinical guidance to clinical level I and II pharmacists and residents; monitor drug therapy and develop patient care plans for assigned patients.
Evaluate medication orders for accuracy and thoroughness; resolve discrepancies through communication with physicians, clinical pharmacists, or nursing staff; dispense medication; and enter and verify computer entries and drug-order data as needed.
Provide functional supervision for support personnel by monitoring attendance and work quality, organizing and prioritizing resources based on workload and productivity, directing workflow, and ensuring departmental standards and time frames are met.
Participate autonomously in patient-care rounds, review patient-specific data to evaluate patient status and medication needs, develop therapeutic plans, and counsel and educate patients on their medications, including dosing schedules and duplicate therapy.
Respond to evaluative and non-evaluative drug information requests.
Ensure prescriber compliance with clinical practice guidelines, drug policies, and third-party prescription benefit management procedures; minimize non-formulary drug use and therapeutic duplication; and recommend appropriate alternative medications, duplicate-therapy remedies, and dosage changes.
Lead continuous quality-improvement efforts and represent the department as an interdisciplinary interface in assigned specialty areas.
Participate in developing drug- and disease-state-based clinical practice guidelines and provide biomedical literature evaluations to committees, including detailed analysis of multiple references and biomedical literature.
Write, review, and present evidence-based documents, including newsletters, SBARs, therapeutic interchanges, drug monographs, class reviews, and drug-shortage mitigation strategies, ensuring timely completion and accurate clinical content.
Serve as a preceptor for pharmacy students and residents on clinical rotation.
Participate in multidisciplinary quality- and service-improvement teams, meetings, and committees, and represent the department and hospital or facility in community outreach as appropriate.
Coordinate, support, and participate in research, research-protocol review, and research development; publish articles and present at local and national meetings.
Provide educational services and professional development for pharmacy technicians, clinical pharmacists, pharmacy residents, nurses, prescribers, and other healthcare professionals.
Contribute to established goals and objectives and adhere to department policies, procedures, quality standards, and safety standards, as well as MedStar SPIRIT Values; comply with governmental and accreditation regulations.
Maintain knowledge of current trends and developments by reading literature, attending related seminars and conferences, and completing required continuing-education credits.

About the Job

General Summary of Position
Under limited supervision provides a higher level of direct patient care pharmacy services for an assigned specialized patient population to assure adequate patient care according to professional standards and practices. Advises/consults with patients and their families and with the medical and nursing staff. Participates in research and drug use outcomes management programs within specialty area; instructs and trains pharmacy residents and students. Acts as a mentor to clinical pharmacists.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Evaluates therapeutic options and provides clinical guidance to staff clinical level I and II pharmacists residents and residents. Monitors drug therapy and develops patient care plans of assigned patients.

Evaluates medication orders for accuracy and thoroughness. Resolves discrepancies of medication orders through communication with the physician clinical pharmacist or nursing staff and dispenses medication. Enters and verifies computer entries and data for drug orders as needed.

Provides functional supervision for support personnel. Monitors attendance and work quality organizes and prioritizes resources based on workload and productivity and directs the workflow of support personnel. Ensures departmental standards and time frames are met.

Participates autonomously in-patient care rounds. Reviews patient specific data to evaluate patient's status and medication needs and develops a therapeutic plan. Counsels/educates patient on their medications e.g. to correct dosing schedule and duplicate therapy.

Responds to evaluative and/or non-evaluative drug information requests.

Assures compliance of prescribers with clinical practice guidelines and other drug policies or third-party prescription benefit management procedures minimizes non-formulary drug use eliminates therapeutic duplication. Makes recommendations for appropriate alternative medications duplicate therapy and dosage changes.

Takes a leadership role in continuous quality improvement efforts and represents the department as an interdisciplinary interface in the assigned specialty areas.

Participates in the development of drug and disease state-based clinical practice guidelines that also influence clinical practice. This responsibility includes providing biomedical literature evaluations to various other committees as needed. These evaluations often require detailed analysis and evaluation of multiple references as well as the biomedical literature.

Writes reviews and presents high-quality evidence-based documents such as newsletters SBARs therapeutic interchanges drug monographs class reviews and drug shortage mitigation strategies among others ensuring time-sensitive completion and accuracy of clinical content.

Serves as a preceptor for pharmacy students and residents on clinical rotation.

Participates in multidisciplinary quality and service improvement teams as appropriate. Participates in meetings serves on committees and represents the department and hospital/facility in community outreach efforts as appropriate.

Coordinates supports and participates in research research protocol review and research development and publishes articles and presents at local and national meetings.

Provides educational services including professional development of pharmacy technicians and the clinical pharmacists pharmacy residents nurses prescriber and other healthcare professionals.

Contributes to the achievement of established goals and objectives and adheres to department policies procedures quality standards and safety standards and MedStar SPIRIT Values. Complies with governmental and accreditation regulations.

Participates in meetings and on committees and represents the department and the hospital in community outreach efforts as appropriate.

Participates in multidisciplinary quality and service improvement teams.

Maintains own knowledge of current trends and developments in the field by reading literature attending related seminars and conferences and completing continuing education credits as required by the department.

Minimal Qualifications
Education

Doctoral degree in Pharmacy (PharmD) from an accredited college of Pharmacy required or
Equivalent Pharmacy degree from an accredited college of Pharmacy required

Experience

5-7 years of hospital experience (with at least 4 years in a specialized area) required or
Completion of PGY-1 and PGY-2 pharmacy residency required or
Completion of a PGY-1 plus 2 years of direct patient care experience in a specialized area required

Licenses and Certifications

PHARMD - Licensed Pharmacist in the District of Columbia required
Board certification in area of specialty within 1 Year required

This position has a hiring range of

USD $123,718.40 - USD $246,563.20 /Yr.

About the Company

MedStar Health

Not-for-profit health system delivering patient care

MedStar Health is a not-for-profit health system serving Maryland and the Washington, D.C. region, with hospitals, ambulatory and urgent care centers, and a health research institute. It delivers medical care through a network of facilities and care teams, supported by ongoing education and research to inform everyday practice. It stands out through its Georgetown University academic partnership, large regional network, and emphasis on patient experience, education, and research. Its goal is to improve regional health by providing high-quality medical care and advancing medicine through education and clinical excellence.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: Grant
Total funding: $29M
Headquarters: Columbia, MD
Founded: 1999

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