ICU Clinical Pharmacy Specialist: Critical Care

University Hospitals Pain Management; Cleveland, Northern (OH, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

The Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at University Hospitals Pain Management provides a wide range of services, including drug information, therapy monitoring, and patient-specific consultations, while collaborating with physicians to drive guideline-directed therapy.

You will participate in Medication Safety and Therapeutics committees, provide staff education, precept students, and help maintain the formulary, all while safeguarding PHI and adhering to UH policies.

Qualifications

• Provide Clinical Pharmacy Services (drug information, drug therapy monitoring, patient specific consultations, healthcare staff education, pharmacoepidemiology and pharmacoeconomic evaluations in selected patient populations)
• Investigate/research/report adverse drug reactions
• Participate in Medication Safety and Therapeutics (MS&T) Committee process: evaluate requests for new drug usage and old formulary drug relevance and review therapeutic classes for relevance, assist in maintaining and updating the system formulary
• Serve as an informational and patient problem solving resource for Clinical Pharmacists and other healthcare professionals
• Provide continuing education to Clinical Pharmacist staff
• Documentation of clinical activities
• Serve as a preceptor for pharmacy residents and pharmacy students
• Actively participate in local and system committees and workgroups pertaining to the Clinical Pharmacy Specialist’s area of expertise
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.
• For specific duties and responsibilities, refer to documentation provided by the department during orientation.
• Must abide by all requirements to safely and securely maintain Protected Health Information (PHI) for our patients. Annual training, the UH Code of Conduct and UH policies and procedures are in place to address appropriate use of PHI in the workplace.

Responsibilities

• Provide Clinical Pharmacy Services (drug information, drug therapy monitoring, patient specific consultations, healthcare staff education, pharmacoepidemiology and pharmacoeconomic evaluations in selected patient populations)
• Investigate/research/report adverse drug reactions
• Participate in Medication Safety and Therapeutics (MS&T) Committee process: evaluate requests for new drug usage and old formulary drug relevance and review therapeutic classes for relevance, assist in maintaining and updating the system formulary
• Serve as an informational and patient problem solving resource for Clinical Pharmacists and other healthcare professionals
• Provide continuing education to Clinical Pharmacist staff
• Documentation of clinical activities
• Serve as a preceptor for pharmacy residents and pharmacy students
• Actively participate in local and system committees and workgroups pertaining to the Clinical Pharmacy Specialist’s area of expertise
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.
• For specific duties and responsibilities, refer to documentation provided by the department during orientation.
• Must abide by all requirements to safely and securely maintain Protected Health Information (PHI) for our patients. Annual training, the UH Code of Conduct and UH policies and procedures are in place to address appropriate use of PHI in the workplace.

Skills

Clinical Pharmacy

Drug information

Patient consultations

Pharmacoeconomics

Job description

The Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at University Hospitals Pain Management provides a wide range of services, including drug information, therapy monitoring, and patient-specific consultations, while collaborating with physicians to drive guideline-directed therapy.

You will participate in Medication Safety and Therapeutics committees, provide staff education, precept students, and help maintain the formulary, all while safeguarding PHI and adhering to UH policies.