Clinical Pharmacist Specialist - Inflammatory Diseases

Rhode Island Hospital; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Brown University Health seeks a skilled pharmacist to coordinate and oversee clinical pharmacy services, advise on pharmacotherapeutics, and drive cost-effective medication use within the specialty area. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, maintain current expertise, and support policy development.

Role emphasizes education, documentation in the EHR, participation in P&T activities, and ensuring adherence to state and federal regulations under collaborative practice agreements,

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating pharmacotherapy and clinical pharmacy programs.
• Strong ability to advise on drug therapy and safety.
• Experience with EHR documentation and policy development.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates and oversees new and established pharmacy clinical services within scope of practice.
• Provides patient care and education through comprehensive medication reconciliations and counseling.
• Emphasizes safe and effective use of medications and identifies interactions.
• Coaches professional staff on pharmaceutical care and cost-effective practices.
• Supports SDPMP patients and Brown-affiliated accountable care organizations.
• Documents patient encounters in the EHR.
• Develops and integrates patient-focused MTM and pharmaceutical care services.
• Implements and provides consultation for policies, standards of practice.
• Ensures compliance with state and federal regulations under collaborative practice agreements.
• Maintains professional competence through ongoing education and memberships.
• Communicates with staff, management, and customers to ensure timely drug information.
• Works with P&T Committee to establish protocols and monitor drug therapy management.
• Participates in reviews to optimize drug use.
• Participates in quality improvement activities.

Skills

Pharmacotherapeutics

Pharmacoeconomics

Drug information services

Clinical leadership

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Patient education & counseling

Job description

SUMMARY

Reports to Director Specialty Pharmacy, or Ambulatory Manager as applicable. Under the supervision of the Pharmacist-In-Charge, Senior Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, or Clinical Coordinator as appropriate coordinates pharmacy clinical programs including, but not limited to, pharmacotherapeutics, pharmaceutical care, drug information services and pharmacoeconomics. Collaborates with multidisciplinary care providers to monitor, assess, recommend changes, and optimize medication use in area of therapeutic specialty. Serves as a subject matter expert and real-time go to resource in area of specialty. Participates in the development of therapeutic drug policy and implements corrective strategies necessary to contain drug costs in specified patient settings and/or within therapeutic classes. Monitors pharmacy clinical services through continuous quality improvement activities to ensure that customer expectations are met or exceeded. Provides input for the development and implementation of policies, procedures, and budgets for the pharmacy services clinical practice setting

Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another.

In addition to our values, all employees are expected to demonstrate the core Success Factors which tell us how we work together and how we get things done. The core Success Factors include:

The core Success Factors include:

• Instill Trust and Value Differences
• Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Coordinates and oversees new and established pharmacy clinical services within scope of practice. Establishes priorities for effective patient care and clinical pharmacy services within the scope of existing departmental and organizational policies.
• Provides patient care and education, through comprehensive medication reconciliations, medication-related patient counseling, plan of care adherence counseling and support, and general health education coaching and support.
• Emphasizes the safe and effective use of medications, identifies potential drug interactions, and performs other related activities.
• Facilitates provision of resources to maximize patients' medication therapy success with consideration to the patient's social determinants of health.
• Coaches professional staff (home medical team, other practitioners, and providers) on pharmaceutical care and pharmacoeconomic principles, facilitating safe and cost-effective medication use practices within the integrated care delivery model.
• Provides support for patients enrolled in the Brown University Health Specialty Drug Patient Management Program (SDPMP) and those covered by Brown University Health-affiliated accountable care organizations in accordance with the policies and procedures of the respective patient care program.
• Appropriately documents patient encounters, interventions, and plans of care in the electronic health record (EHR).
• Participates in the development, implementation, and integration of patient-focused medication therapy management and pharmaceutical care services. Reviews and analyzes proposed clinical services recommending and implementing changes, allocation of resources, recent technologies etc., to increase the efficiency and level of pharmaceutical care provided.
• Implements, interprets, and provides consultation for policies, procedures, and standards of practice related to medication use.
• When practicing under a collaborative practice agreement, follows practices consistent with services delineated in the agreement, and ensures compliance with existing state and federal regulations.
• Ensures that pharmacy clinical services and programs support established standards of care, meet, or exceed patient care quality standards, and consider the aging processes and human developmental stages (neonate, child, adolescent, adult, geriatric) of the patient populations served.
• Serves as a subject matter expert and real-time go to resource in area of specialty.
• Maintains current professional competence in area of specialty, including new medications, disease management standards, patient care practices, and innovative technology, by participation in ongoing independent study, and membership and participation in professional organizations. Attends and participates in continuing education activities, trains, and retrains as needed.
• Effectively communicates with staff, management, and customers to facilitate the timely flow of drug information. Provides accurate communication, both written and verbal as appropriate.
• Works with Brown University Health's Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P& T) Committee to establish protocols for drug therapy management and collaborative practice. Monitors drugs and/or therapeutic classes targeted for review and implements corrective strategies to optimize drug use in compliance with clinical usage guidelines.
• Participates in qu