Senior Pharmacy Clinical Specialist

Overview

Job Title: Senior Pharmacy Clinical Specialist

Job Ref #:  2023-38892

(Must put the Job. Ref. # on resume)

Work Location(s):

6565 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030

Harris County

Job Summary:

Responsible for performing expert clinical pharmacist duties enabling the delivery of optimal pharmacotherapy to patients and facilitating safe, efficacious, and pharmacoeconomically rational use of medications in the hematology/oncology patient population. Provide daily medication therapy regimen reviews of patients within hematology/oncology. Provide education to fellow pharmacists, nursing and medical staffs, and others inside and outside the department while conducting CQI evaluations, and basic research promoting the safe, effective use of medications. Responsible for precepting pharmacy students and pharmacy residents on clinical patient care rotations within areas of responsibility and contributing to fulfilling the organization's mission to provide innovative, personalized, cost-effective pharmaceutical care in a culture dedicated to quality and safety.

Collaborate with other health care professionals as needed for problem resolution and/or achievement of identified patient specific goals. Serve as a mentor for Clinical Specialists and pharmacy residents on research projects. Provide mentorship to ASHP accredited residency program residents, and students from affiliated colleges of pharmacy. Develop educational materials and provides educational programs for the pharmacy staff and other hospital personnel. Process all orders/requests accurately and efficiently, verifying appropriateness of all drugs in reference to the patient's diagnosis, allergies, height and weight. Exercise good judgment in patient care decisions per performance standard and documents patient care activities and patient outcomes as impacted by pharmaceutical care and clinical interventions. Provide patient specific and non-patient specific drug information support regularly.

Serve as a pharmacy lead on policy and procedure reviews and responds timely to audit reports within areas of responsibility. Serve

as a member on one or more Medical Staff Committees and actively

contributes to accomplishing the goals of the committee or subcommittee.

Participate in developing medication therapy/disease state management protocols and/or dosing guidelines within hematology/oncology. Provide pharmaceutical care in hematology/oncology to patients from an advanced to expert level. Activities include, but are not limited to, proactive drug therapy reviews and monitoring, patient counseling, transitions of care including medication acquisition process support, and management

of pharmacist based dosing protocols. Lead internal HM quality management and research program(s). Develop, implement, evaluate, and draft reports of quality assurance program outcomes and conducts pharmacy research in concert with the departmental goals and objectives. Serve as an on-call resource in assigned roles

as determined by manager ( e.g. ID Stewardship, Investigational

drugs, or general clinical).

Contribute to the evaluation of medications for the HM Formulary,

and provision of pharmacoeconomically sound medication in area(s) of responsibility and avoiding medication-related complications. Participate in HM committees and initiatives involving medication use for the optimization of pharmacoeconomic benefits. Contribute regularly to intradepartmental, interdepartmental publications. Support the Department's ACPE delivery mission by providing ACPE programs

and when needed, mentoring residents' preparation of ACPE programs. Participate in research projects to advance the pharmacy department's goals and the pharmacy profession. Submit research and scholarly work for publication, platform presentations, and/or poster presentations. Give presentations at local, state and national

meetings; including in-services presentations to pharmacy, medical,

nursing, and nutrition staff in area(s) of responsibility.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

A Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy or Pharm.D degree from a Texas State Board of Pharmacy approved ACPE accredited college, and successful completion of an ASHP-accredited postgraduate year 1 (PGYI); and successful completion of an ASHP accredited post-graduate year 2 (PGY2) residency training program or a minimum of 6 years clinical practice experience in lieu of residency training program required

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Company Profile

Since its founding in 1919, Houston Methodist Hospital has earned worldwide recognition. Houston Methodist Hospital is affiliated with the Weill Medical College of Cornell University and New York-Presbyterian Hospital, one of the nation's leading centers for medical education and research.  In 2020, U.S. News & World Report named Houston Methodist Hospital to its top ranked Honor Roll for the fourth time and second consecutive year. 2020 also marked the ninth year in a row Houston Methodist Hospital has been named the No. 1 hospital in Texas. Houston Methodist Hospital directs millions of research dollars into patient care and offers the latest innovations in medical, surgical and diagnostic techniques. With 952 operating beds, 85 operating rooms and over 8,000 employees, Houston Methodist offers complete care for patients from around the world.

The same high-quality care for which Houston Methodist is known is available at several Emergency Care Centers in Houston and the surrounding areas.  These Emergency Care Centers house exam rooms, full digital radiography suite, low radiation dose 16-slice CT scan, ultrasound and a full on-site stat chemistry lab.