Specialty Pharmacist 2 (H) - Full-Time

University of Miami; United States; Vor Ort; USD 110.000 - 150.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

University of Miami Health System (UHealth) is seeking a Specialty Pharmacist 2 (H) to deliver comprehensive clinical and operational services for patients on specialty medications. The role includes medication reviews, patient education, therapy monitoring, and coordination with prescribers and care teams to ensure safe, effective, and compliant pharmaceutical care.

The successful candidate will have a PharmD/BPharm, at least 3 years of experience, and an active Florida pharmacist license, with

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy required.
• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience required.
• Valid State of Florida Registered Pharmacist license required.
• Learning agility to adapt to new procedures and protocols.
• Ability to collaborate with interdisciplinary teams and stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Aufgaben

• Provide comprehensive clinical and operational pharmacy services for specialty medications.
• Review and verify specialty prescriptions for appropriateness, dosing, allergies, interactions, and lab parameters.
• Educate patients on administration, adherence, adverse effects, storage, and monitoring.
• Perform initial and ongoing clinical assessments and therapy monitoring.
• Document interventions and communicate with prescribers and the care team.
• Coordinate with access, prior authorization, and payer teams to facilitate access to medications.
• Ensure compliance with regulations, accreditation standards, and organizational policies.
• Maintain accurate documentation of clinical assessments and outcomes.
• Provide drug information and clinical recommendations to healthcare professionals.
• Precept and support residents, students, and staff as appropriate.
• Safeguard University assets and adhere to policies.

Kenntnisse

Learning Agility

Teamwork

Technical Proficiency

Communication

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree - Pharmacy (BPharm)

Florida Pharmacist License (State license)

Jobbeschreibung

CORE JOB SUMMARY

The Specialty Pharmacist 2 (H) independently provides comprehensive clinical and operational pharmacy services for patients receiving specialty medications through UHealth Specialty Pharmacy. The pharmacist is responsible for safe and effective medication use, prescription verification, patient education, therapy monitoring, clinical interventions, medication access support, and coordination with prescribers and interdisciplinary care teams while supporting specialty pharmacy quality, accreditation, regulatory compliance, patient retention, and operational performance across the medication-use continuum.

CORE JOB FUNCTIONS

• Independently provides comprehensive clinical and operational pharmacy services for patients receiving specialty medications through UHealth Specialty Pharmacy.
• Reviews and verifies specialty medication prescriptions for appropriateness, accuracy, dose, indication, allergies, drug interactions, contraindications, laboratory parameters, and applicable clinical requirements.
• Provides patient education and counseling regarding specialty medications, including administration, adherence, adverse effects, storage, handling, monitoring, and therapy-specific requirements.
• Performs initial and ongoing clinical assessments, medication reconciliation, adherence assessments, therapy monitoring, and clinically appropriate follow-up in accordance with specialty pharmacy protocols and accreditation standards.
• Identifies, documents, resolves, and communicates medication-related problems and clinical interventions with prescribers, nurses, pharmacy team members, and other members of the interdisciplinary care team.
• Collaborates with medication access, prior authorization, patient assistance, financial assistance, ambulatory pharmacy, clinic, and payer teams to facilitate timely access to specialty medications.
• Supports prescription capture and patient retention by coordinating specialty prescriptions within UHealth and resolving clinical, access, fulfillment, and continuity-of-care barriers.
• Ensures specialty pharmacy services comply with applicable federal and state regulations, Florida Board of Pharmacy requirements, accreditation standards, payer requirements, manufacturer requirements, and organizational policies.
• Maintains complete, accurate, and timely documentation of clinical assessments, interventions, patient communications, therapy outcomes, and required specialty pharmacy activities.
• Monitors patient response to therapy and relevant laboratory or clinical parameters and provides clinically appropriate recommendations or escalation.
• Provides drug information and clinical recommendations to patients, prescribers, nurses, pharmacy staff, and other healthcare professionals.
• Manages specialty medication requirements, including REMS, limited distribution, manufacturer programs, payer requirements, and other therapy-specific controls.
• Participates in quality improvement, medication safety, patient experience, accreditation readiness, regulatory readiness, and performance improvement initiatives.
• Precepts and supports the development of pharmacy residents, students, technicians, and other pharmacy team members as appropriate.
• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: Bachelor’s degree - Pharmacy (BPharm) required
• Experience: Minimum 3 years of relevant experience required
• Certification and Licensing: Valid State of Florida Registered Pharmacist license required
• Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Learning Agility: Ability to learn new procedures, technologies, and protocols, and adapt to changing priorities and work demands.
• Teamwork: Ability to work collaboratively with others and contribute to a team environment.
• Technical Proficiency: Skilled in using office software, technology, and relevant computer applications.
• Communication: Strong and clear written and verbal communication skills for interacting with colleagues and stakeholders.

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth‑University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university‑based health system, provides leading‑edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub‑specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.

Job Status: Full time Employee Type: Staff

The mission of the University of Miami is to transform lives through education, research, innovation, and service. A vibrant and diverse academic and healthcare community, the University of Miami and the University of Miami Health System ("UHealth") have rapidly progressed to become one of the nation’s top research universities and academic medical centers in the nation. The University comprises 12 schools and colleges serving undergraduate and graduate students in more than 350 majors and programs.

Visit welcome.miami.edu/about-um to learn more about our points of pride. The University ranks No. 55 on U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Best Colleges list and ranked No. 49 in the 2022 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings. Bascom Palmer Eye Institute is ranked the #1 eye hospital in the USA and offers some of the nation's premiere eye doctors to treat every eye condition for adults. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer, part of the Miller School of Medicine, received the prestigious National Cancer Institute designation in 2019. The University of Miami and UHealth have also ranked among the Forbes Best Employers and Best Employers for Women on several occasions, most recently in 2022. With more than 17,000 faculty and staff, the University strives for excellence, and is driven by a powerful mission to transform and impact the lives of its students, patients, members of the community, and people across the globe.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.