Clinical Faculty (Open Rank)/Clinical Pharmacist, Clinical Coordinator, Specialty (SPS)

UI Health; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 135,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Illinois Chicago Retzky College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy Practice, seeks a full time Clinical Faculty(Open Rank)/Clinical Pharmacist, Specialty Pharmacy Clinical Coordinator. The coordinator supports ambulatory SPS services and ensures adherence to guidelines and accreditation standards.

The role includes teaching, clinical oversight, and collaboration with SPS clinicians to advance patient care and education, with involvement in research and program development.

Qualifications

• PharmD degree from ACPE-accredited program is required.
• Licensed or eligible for licensure as a pharmacist in Illinois.
• Completion of a PGY1 residency or fellowship, or equivalent.
• Minimum of 3 years post-graduate patient care experience.
• Strong written and verbal communication; willingness to teach.

Responsibilities

• Provide didactic and clinical experiential teaching in the PharmD program.
• Precept PGY1/PGY2 residents and other learners as defined by the department.
• Oversee and support the SPS Patient Management Program and related materials.
• Collaborate with SPS team to identify new indications and medications.
• Update documentation and optimize EMR tools for patient care.
• Attend departmental, college and university committees; lead quality initiatives.

Skills

Strong written and verbal skills

Scholarly writing and research

Leadership and mentorship

Interprofessional collaboration

Education

PharmD from ACPE-accredited program

Licensed or eligible for Illinois licensure

PGY1 residency or fellowship or equivalent experience

Minimum 3 years post-graduate patient care experience

Willingness to teach and engage learners

Job description

Clinical Faculty (Open Rank)/Clinical Pharmacist, Clinical Coordinator, Specialty (SPS)

Chicago, IL, United States

Hiring Department: Pharmacy Practice

Location: Chicago, IL USA

Salary: The budgetedsalary range for thepositionis $135,000-$175,000.

About the University of Illinois Chicago

UIC is among the nation’s preeminent urban public research universities, a Carnegie RU/VH research institution, and the largest university in Chicago. UIC serves over 34,000 students, comprising one of the most diverse student bodies in the nation and is designated as a Minority Serving Institution (MSI), an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPSI) and a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). Through its 16 colleges, UIC produces nationally and internationally recognized multidisciplinary academic programs in concert with civic, corporate and community partners worldwide, including a full complement of health sciences colleges. By emphasizing cutting-edge and transformational research along with a commitment to the success of all students, UIC embodies the dynamic, vibrant and engaged urban university. Recent “Best Colleges” rankings published by U.S. News & World Report, found UIC climbed up in its rankings among top public schools in the nation and among all national universities. UIC has over 300,000 alumni, and is one of the largest employers in the city of Chicago.

This position is intended to be eligible for benefits. This includes Health, Dental, Vision, LifeInsurance, a Retirement Plan, Paid time Off, and Tuition waivers for employees and dependents.

Summary/Description

The University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) Retzky College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy Practice is seeking a full time Clinical Faculty(Open Rank)/Clinical Pharmacist, Specialty Pharmacy Clinical Coordinator. The Specialty Clinical Coordinator assists and supports the Director of Ambulatory Pharmacy Services in maintaining the specialty pharmacy business in accordance with departmental standards, internal and external reporting requirements, accreditation standards, and pharmacy laws and regulations. The coordinator has the qualifications to perform clinical oversight for the services provided. The coordinator supports the SPS objective to have qualified SPS clinicians accountable to SPS for decisions affecting patients. The coordinator oversees the SPS Patient Management Program to ensure patient management is in alignment with evidence-based treatment guidelines, creates and optimizes tools and documentation for clinical monitoring and evaluates the clinical proficiency of the patient management pharmacists.

The Retzky College of Pharmacy at UIC, with campuses in Chicago and Rockford, is the #1 college of pharmacy in the state of Illinois and the #15 college in the US ranked by US News &World Report. More information about the College and Department of Pharmacy Practice can be found at https://pharmacy.uic.edu and https://dpp.pharmacy.uic.edu.

Duties

Clinical Faculty responsibilities of the position include the provision of didactic and clinical experiential teaching/training in the College of Pharmacy’s Doctor of Pharmacy Program. In addition, the coordinator is expected to participate in the education of PGY1 and PGY2 residents, international pharmacists, and other pharmacy staff by serving as a preceptor and role model as defined by the guidelines and requirements of the Department of Pharmacy Practice.

Clinical Pharmacist responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Provide direct patient care in SPS, in accordance with all policies and procedures, at a high level in accordance with the clinical leadership role.
• Serve as a clinical content expert through participation in continuing education activities, review and implementation of evidence-based guidelines, reading professional literature, and attending professional meetings, as appropriate.

Coordinator responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Provides education, training, and clinical oversight for patient management services.
• Evaluates and identifies areas to create or optimize patient management services, based on objective criteria, in accordance with evidence-based guidelines.
• Ensures patient management and documentation are aligned with current evidence-based practice.
• Maintains, and collaborates on the development of, the Patient Management Program supportive materials including policies, procedures, protocols and collaborative practice agreements.
• Updates documentation and monitoring templates and standards.
• Provides guidance to SPS staff regarding patient care management decisions.
• Collaborates with clinic pharmacists and pharmacists in ambulatory care pharmacies to coordinate patient care activities.
• Develops quality improvement programs that relate to patient care, measure performance, create action plans, coordinate and execute action plans, and reports progress and results to the Director and the Quality Management Committee.
• Oversees activities performed by students, externs and residents.
• Provide, or oversee (as appropriate), onboarding and ongoing disease state and medication training for SPS staff, and document training activities.
• Collaborate with the SPS team on the identification of new indications and new medications and creation of supportive materials for patient management and monitoring.
• Optimize electronic medical record and other technologies to support the effective management, monitoring and documentation of patient care activities.
• Attend, and actively participate in, departmental, college, team, university and UIH committees.
• Identify, plan and participate in/lead research, or demonstration, grant opportunities for Ambulatory Pharmacy Services. Prepare grant applications for such opportunities.
• Provide education of nursing staff, medical staff, and other members of the healthcare team.

Minimum Qualifications

• Graduate of an ACPE accredited College of Pharmacy PharmD program
• Licensed, or eligible for licensure as a professional pharmacist in Illinois
• Completion of a PGY1 residency or fellowship program, or equivalent experience
• Candidate must possess knowledge and skills such that they qualify for a non-tenured clinical faculty position with the Department of Pharmacy Practice at the UIC College of Pharmacy
• Minimum of 3 years post-graduate experience in patient care
• Strong written and verbal skills
• Desire to conduct scholarly writing and research
• Desire to lead, and participate in, the education of learners

Preferred Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of specialty pharmacy services
• Completion of PGY1 residency or fellowship program
• Active Certified Specialty Pharmacist credential
• Board Certification in Ambulatory Care; Pharmacotherapy or related specialty preferred
• Prior experience with didactic, clerkship or resident precepting experience preferred
• Experience with data analysis and data-driven decision-making

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