Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Clinical Cancer Center Pharmacist

Overview

The University of Iowa Healthcare Pharmacy Department is looking for a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist to join our team. This pharmacist position provides pharmaceutical care services to patients seen in the ambulatory Care Clinical Cancer Center Clinic. It provides clinical support, education, coordination of dispensing, and monitoring for patients receiving specialty medications at UI Health Care Specialty Pharmacy Services and/or are under the care of UI Health Care providers.

It serves as a role-model/practitioner-educator for Doctor of Pharmacy students and pharmacy residents and carries out clinical practice responsibilities for the Department of Pharmaceutical Care.

• Patient Care - Participate in the provision of pharmaceutical care in select clinics.
• Be present in clinics when patients are scheduled to see the clinical pharmacist and when clinical pharmacy services are required.
• Complete a comprehensive patient assessment including medication history, pertinent physical assessment, and assessment of relevant laboratory values, patient interview, and an evaluation of past medical history for appropriate patients.
• Collaborate with physicians, nurses, pharmacists, other health care providers, and patients as a member of the inter-professional team to achieve positive outcomes through optimal medication use and management.
• Provide disease state management and medication therapy management services through the use of collaborative practice agreements and protocols.
• Provide in-depth patient medication assessment and education.
• Provide follow-up of therapeutic recommendations through telephone calls and return clinic appointments as appropriate.
• Identify, evaluate and prevent adverse drug events through appropriate interventions.
• Communicate therapeutic recommendations to the health care providers verbally and/or through electronic health record documentation.
• Document relevant clinical information in electronic medical record.
• Coordinate medication-planning activities including facilitation of prescription writing, patient education, coordination with family members or home health care providers, etc.
• Collaboratively address financial issues to ensure receipt of needed medications.
• Provide drug information and education to health care professionals.
• Serve as liaison for ambulatory pharmacy staff regarding patient medication therapy.
• Complete patient follow-up calls to address side-effects/adherence.
• Provide 24-hour, 7 days a week on-call coverage on a rotation schedule for Ambulatory Care Specialty Pharmacy Services.
• Evaluate patient-specific medication regimens to ensure the appropriateness of issues including indication, dose, route, interactions, efficacy, adherence, organ dysfunction dose adjustments, adverse drug reactions, potential misuse/abuse, cost-effectiveness, and medication availability at UI Health Care (if applicable).
• Residency Training and Student Teaching Programs: develop goals and objectives for pharmacy residency programs and Doctor of Pharmacy advanced pharmacy practice and introductory pharmacy practice experiences; prepare and administer student/resident evaluations; participate in experiential and didactic teaching; participate in recruitment for residency programs.
• Provide daily communication and follow-up to other clinical pharmacists, pharmacy areas, and other health care professionals; provide in-service education as needed.
• Assist physicians, nurses, and patients with medication questions, medication access and continuity of care issues.
• Documentation of patient care activities in accreditation-compliant manners including clinical services, patient assessment and therapeutic plan recommendations, reporting of medication errors and adverse drug reactions, and collection of patient allergies and height/weight information.
• Medication counseling provided to patients; interventions with prescribers and other health care providers; clinic and follow-up telephone encounters; others as required.
• Develop and provide new department clinical service initiatives and be a resource for after-hours oncology clinic issues; develop or contribute to protocols related to prescribing, dispensing and monitoring of specialty medications.
• Provide a leadership role in department or interdisciplinary hospital committees involved with drug therapy issues; contribute to drug information resources and practice guidelines; design, implement, and coordinate clinical components of information systems.
• Adhere to credentialing and privileging requirements under collaborative practice agreements and standard of care.
• Administration: coordinate decision-making when literature is limited; serve as a reference on new drug therapy advances in oncology; identify and resolve significant/rare drug therapy problems; develop departmental goals and policies; manage and analyze medication-error events; participate in evaluations of clinical staff skills; interview prospective practitioners; adhere to department policies;…