Senior Oncology Clinical Pharmacist Specialist

City of Hope; Duarte (CA); Sur place; USD 107 000 - 171 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

City of Hope in Duarte, California, is seeking a Clinical Pharmacist Specialist to advance oncology care. The CPS will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to review chemotherapy orders, develop drug therapy plans, and optimize patient outcomes through autonomous clinical practice.

This role emphasizes medication safety, formulary involvement, payor navigation, staff education, and regulatory compliance, with a focus on cost-effective, high-quality cancer care through collaboration with

Qualifications

• Graduate of ACPE-accredited Pharmacy School.
• Pharmacy Practice Residency (PGY1) and Specialty Residency (PGY2), or Five years of experience as a clinical pharmacist in a desired area of specialty may substitute for the required residencies, or a PGY1 residency plus three years of experience as a clinical pharmacist in a desired area of specialty may substitute for the required PGY2 residency.
• Current CA Pharmacist License
• BLS certification through the American Heart Association.

Responsabilités

• Actively participate in multidisciplinary team rounds.
• Evaluate physician’s medication orders for appropriateness.
• Help develop and implement drug therapy plans for patients in collaboration with the other team members.
• Monitor treatments and provides timely follow-up on the clinical effects of the medication regimen with recommendation for adjustments as necessary to achieve optimal outcomes and documents actions.
• When appropriate, approves new drug orders, which may include checking/verifying chemotherapy notes, and processing non-formulary requests.
• Engage in activities related to reimbursement optimization and pre-authorization with the ultimate goal of minimizing insurance denials, when appropriate.
• Engage in activities that promotes cost effective high-quality care such as review for appropriate medication use criteria, medical necessity and “on/off” label indication based on payor guidelines, coordination of necessary documentation with the ordering provider, and interpreting ongoing payor changes to the team.
• Keep abreast of changes in payor policies and practices.
• Educate medical, nursing, and pharmacy staff about the management, prescribing and monitoring of oncology therapies including chemotherapy agents.
• Work in close collaboration with pharmacy medication safety officer to address medication errors and near misses and ensure that system issues resulting in those medication errors are resolved. Develop standard work processes and staff education to address system gaps
• Participate in formulary management and review of medication use processes to improve timely delivery of patient care.
• Maintains compliance with all rules and regulations governing the practice of Pharmacy and City of Hope policies and procedures.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Leadership Team.

Formation

ACPE-accredited Pharmacy School

Pharmacy Practice Residency (PGY1) and Specialty Residency (PGY2)

CA Pharmacist License

BLS certification (AHA)

Description du poste

City of Hope in Duarte, California, is seeking a Clinical Pharmacist Specialist to advance oncology care. The CPS will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to review chemotherapy orders, develop drug therapy plans, and optimize patient outcomes through autonomous clinical practice.

This role emphasizes medication safety, formulary involvement, payor navigation, staff education, and regulatory compliance, with a focus on cost-effective, high-quality cancer care through collaboration with