Clinical Pharmacy Specialist: Advanced Patient Care

Reading Hospital; Reading (Berks County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous time off, tuition assistance,

Job summary

Reading Hospital is seeking a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist to advance clinical pharmaceutical services across designated areas, emphasizing patient outcomes and interdisciplinary collaboration.

The role collaborates with Pharmacy leadership to develop training, review formulary, and lead presentations to the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, ensuring optimal drug use and patient care standards.

Qualifications

• Doctorate Degree required.
• Relevant Experience in clinical pharmacy.
• Pharmacist License (PA) must be obtained within 90 days of hire.

Responsibilities

• Assists with the planning, organization and direction of clinical pharmaceutical services to achieve high quality standard of care in pharmacy services related to specific areas of clinical expertise throughout the continuum.
• Provides specialized pharmaceutical services to improve drug usage and therapeutic outcomes for patients.
• Collaborates with the pharmacy managers in developing training and education programs and evaluation processes for clinical activities of the pharmacist staff in the clinical specialist's specific area of clinical expertise.
• Prepares formulary review and medication use evaluations of medications used in the area of clinical expertise for presentation to the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee.
• Participates in multidisciplinary teams related to clinical pharmacy initiatives.
• Achieves and maintains participatory management and partnership with the other pharmacy Clinical Specialists.
• Achieves and maintains satisfactory working relationships with other pharmacy leadership, pharmacy staff and other hospital departments, committees and administrators.
• Places a strong emphasis on patient care with the patient as the highest priority and central focus in all endeavors and undertakings of the individual and the department.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Collaborative Skills

Epic Proficiency

Excellent Communications Skills

Leadership Skills

Microsoft Office Applications

Problem Solving Skills

Organizational Skills

Detail Oriented

Listening Skills

Customer Service Skills

Team Collaboration

Public Speaking / Presentations

Education

Doctorate Degree

Tools

Epic

Job description

Reading Hospital is seeking a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist to advance clinical pharmaceutical services across designated areas, emphasizing patient outcomes and interdisciplinary collaboration.

The role collaborates with Pharmacy leadership to develop training, review formulary, and lead presentations to the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, ensuring optimal drug use and patient care standards.