Clinical Pharmacy Specialist

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8a-4:30p / Full-Time / 40 Hours

This position will rotate between lymphoma clinics and inpatient lymphoma/myeloma service.

Emory Healthcare is an academic medical centre with a high acuity patient population. Our pharmacy staff work side by side with our fellow health care providers creating an interdisciplinary team approach to patient care. The Pharmacy at Emory’s goal is to provide patient‑ and‑family‑centered medication management to the patients we serve and defining a new standard of care for humankind.

Join Emory Healthcare (EHC) if you’re looking for an opportunity with one of the nation’s leading Atlanta hospitals in cardiology and heart surgery, cancer, neurology, and more!
EHC is where those around you are dedicated to the power of teamwork, fostering an environment where you can learn, grow, and innovate with similarly passionate professionals. Work with us to improve the quality of life throughout Georgia through partnerships with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Georgia Institute of Technology, and other organizations and make a bigger, greater impact than you ever thought possible.

• Practice as a clinical expert in specialty practice area. Develops and promotes advanced clinical practice based upon recent evidence‑based practice. Practices under existing and establishes new collaborative practice agreements to enhance pharmaceutical care. Ensures institution‑wide appropriate therapy and institutional outcomes in specialty area. Consistently provides patient‑centered, interdisciplinary pharmaceutical care. Proactively reviews and processes orders accurately and efficiently. Prevents and/or resolves drug‑related problems to ensure safety, efficacy, and cost‑efficiency by consulting with the ordering prescriber and appropriately documents.
  
  Performs daily in‑depth patient profile review to assess, monitor and recommend appropriate drug therapy as applicable.
• Consistently evaluates, intervenes, and documents clinical interventions beyond institutional protocols and guidelines. Supports recommendations with critical analysis of literature. Monitors drug therapy regimens and makes recommendations or modifications per protocol. Leads the development of system nomograms and other guidelines. Promotes the documentation of clinical activities and adverse drug events. Attends medical codes as applicable. Develops system policies and processes for proper dosing, storage, handling, dispensing, and/or administration of medications and compounded products.
  
  Actively participates in development of system clinical practice initiatives.
• Serves as a role model for complex clinical and ethical situations and resolves conflict constructively. Develops, uses and promotes effective patient education materials and techniques for drug therapy, adverse effects, compliance, appropriate use, handling and drug administration education. Participates in coordination of transitions of care as appropriate. Responsible for service completion and patient satisfaction. Engages in external professional activities to maintain clinical competency and knowledge of current trends and practices.
  
  Develops accredited continuing education activities every 2 years. Precepts pharmacy students and residents as available. Responsible for department training and competency assurance for specialist area.
• Develops and assists in training and education of pharmacy and other disciplines. Assists pharmacists seeking to advance their clinical skills. Answers drug information questions with in‑depth knowledge of research designs, methodologies, and biostatistics. Actively participates in scholarly activities in specialty area;
  Submits publications or national presentations routinely.
• Recognizes process failures and actively engages in analysis and improvement efforts. Leads medication use evaluation or quality improvement project annually in specialty area. Oversees the work performed by pharmacy students, technicians and pharmacists to ensure performance standards are maintained and work is in accordance with state, federal and organizational regulations.…