Clinical Pharm Specialist - Primary Care - Ashtabula

Description - External

A Brief Overview
 

The Clinical Pharmacy Specialist provides a wide range of services in their area of expertise. These services may include, but are not limited to, rounding with physicians and other healthcare providers to drive evidence based and institution guideline directed medication therapy management, active participation in the training of pharmacy students and pharmacy residents, assist with policy and guideline development, and active participation in local and system level committees and workgroups in their area of expertise.

What You Will Do
 

• 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

Additional Responsibilities
 

• 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.