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*Description*

Summary:

The primary functions of the Clinical Pharmacy Specialist are to develop and provide pharmaceutical care to all patients, including monitoring drug therapy, provision of clinical and drug information, participating in patient rounds in designated areas, and maintaining and developing clinical protocols.

Responsibilities:

1. Develops and leads clinical programming efforts in area of specialty (critical care clinical role, decentralized pharmacy clinical role, antibiotic stewardship, central pharmacy operation activities, oncology clinical services). Criteria A: develops program plan, criteria, and objectives, leads clinical programming efforts in area of specialty (above); Criteria B: chairs/attends various committees to ensure work is implemented Criteria C: develop action plans and monitor work.

2. Interprets, generates, and disseminates knowledge in pharmacotherapy to health professionals. Criteria A: Retrieves & evaluates biomedical literature using currently accepted principles of drug literature evaluation and evidence-based medicine. Interprets, generates, and disseminates knowledge in pharmacotherapy to health professionals; Criteria B: Participates in interdisciplinary patient care rounds and acts as the clinical and drug information resource to the hospital staff. Interprets, generates, and disseminates knowledge in pharmacotherapy to health professionals; Criteria C: Acts as a clinical pharmacy resource to disseminate pharmacotherapeutic knowledge to patients, students, other health professionals.

3. Designs, recommends, implements, monitors, and modifies system-specific policies and procedures involving internal medicine patients in collaboration with other professionals/administrators to optimize health care; Criteria A: Provides expertise to and/or serves on hospital-related committees such as the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee and/or other hospital committees. Designs, recommends, implements, monitors, and modifies system-specific policies and procedures involving internal medicine patients in collaboration with other professionals/administrators to optimize health care; Criteria B: Develops medication related policies and procedures designed to optimize safe and effective medication use in internal medicine patients. Designs, recommends, implements, monitors, and modifies system-specific policies and procedures involving internal medicine patients in collaboration with other professionals/administrators to optimize health care; Criteria C: Assists in development of clinical standards, clinical criteria and proper use of protocols as required. Designs, recommends, implements, monitors, and modifies system-specific policies and procedures involving internal medicine patients in collaboration with other professionals/administrators to optimize health care; Criteria D: Participates in initiatives designed to meet and maintain The Joint Commission standards, ensures safe medication use processes and utilizes various data sources to further develop clinical programs.

4. Maintains professional knowledge and competence; Criteria A: Maintains current drug knowledge and keeps current with trends in pharmacy practice. Maintains professional knowledge and competence; Criteria B: Completes greater than or equal to 20 continuing education credits annually, 10 of which must be contact hours.

5. Project Management; Criteria A: Analyzes scope and extent of project; Criteria B: Identifies tasks and timelines associated with project completion; Criteria C: Reports obstacles to project progress to supervisor; Criteria D: Completes assignments in reasonable time frames.

6. Monitors drug therapy in hospital patients; Criteria A: Collects and interprets data to design, recommend, implement, monitor, and modify patient-specific pharmacotherapy in collaboration with other health care professionals to optimize drug therapy Monitors drug therapy in hospital patients; Criteria B: Provides medication teaching to patients upon request.

7. Demonstrates current knowledge, ability to work and comply with all pharmacy regulations, specifically USP 797 {standards for preparing compounded sterile preparation} and USP 800 {standards for protecting workers while handling hazardous medications/substances}, Joint Commission medication management, State of NY drug laws, and CMS code of participation

Criteria A: ability to reference and look up pharmacy regulations Demonstrate current knowledge, ability to work and comply with all pharmacy regulations, specifically USP 797 and 800, Joint Commission medication management, State of NY drug laws, and CMS code of participation � Criteria B: ability to perform working knowledge of current regulations/requirements of pharmacy regulations Demonstrate current knowledge, ability to work and comply with all pharmacy regulations, specifically USP 797 and 800, Joint Commission medication management, State of NY drug laws, and CMS code of participation

Criteria C: ability to document and identify patterns of compliance or lack thereof Demonstrate current knowledge, ability to work and comply with all pharmacy regulations, specifically USP 797 and 800, Joint Commission medication management, State of NY drug laws, and CMS code of participation

Criteria D: ability to document, summarize, and report findings to management.

8. Performs other duties as assigned.

9.Fulfills all compliance responsibilities related to the position.

10. Maintains and Models Nuvance Health Values.

11. Demonstrates regular, reliable and predictable attendance.

Other Information:

Essential: Licensed Pharmacist

Required: Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy from an approved college of Pharmacy required. Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree preferred. Registered as a licensed pharmacist or eligible for reciprocity in the State of New York. Previous clinical pharmacy practice experience (3 to 5 years) in institutional environment and/or completion of an ASHP-accredited hospital (PGYI) residency.

Minimum Experience: Three years preferred.

Desired: Member of the local, regional, and national professional organizations preferred. Demonstrated knowledge and compliance with all State, Federal, and malpractice laws of pharmacy practice. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and experience working on interdisciplinary initiatives across all levels of organization.Working Conditions:

Manual: Some manual skills/motor coord & finger dexterity

Occupational: Little or no potential for occupational risk

Physical Effort:

Physical Environment: Significant exposure to dirt, odors, noise, human waste, etc.

Company: Vassar Brothers Medical Center

Org Unit: 1181

Department: Pharmacy

Exempt: Yes

Salary Range: $59.01 - $109.58 Hourly

We are an equal opportunity employer

Qualified applicants are considered for positions and are evaluated without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status or any other classification protected under applicable Federal, State or Local law.

We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of a qualified applicant with a disability unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation or our business. If you believe you require such assistance to complete this form or to participate in an interview, please contact Human Resources at 203-739-7330 (for reasonable accommodation requests only). Please provide all information requested to ensure that you are considered for current or future opportunities.