Pharmacy Clinical Specialist - Infectious Disease, SIGN ON BONUS AVAILABLE
Location: Euclid Hospital (Euclid, OH) and Lutheran Hospital (Cleveland, OH)
Contact: Nichole Vencl (vencln@ccf.org)
Job Summary
Coordinates and provides the pharmaceutical care of patients for an assigned clinical unit and participates in patient care rounds with medical staff personnel.
Job Details
Please note: this position is eligible for a sign on bonus. Additional details can be provided upon verbal offer from recruiter. To be formally considered, please apply to this position an attach an updated CV highlighting all your experience to your application.
**This position will support both Euclid Hospital and Lutheran Hospital**
Responsibilities:
- Performs pharmacotherapeutic monitoring and provision of pharmaceutical care for patients in the area of service responsibility in a routine, continuous manner, taking into account the age and clinical condition of each patient.
- Provides general and patient specific drug information to patients, physicians, nurses and, and other health care professionals.
- Interacts routinely with physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals to provide optimal pharmaceutical care to patients.
- Supports clinical pharmacist and technician educational development by participating in departmental staff development programs and provides leadership in the education of staff involved in providing pharmaceutical care to patients.
- Supports clinical pharmacists in providing pharmaceutical care to patients by direct interaction, and formal educational programs.
- Supports and participates in pharmaceutical related research in area of specialty.
- Maintains expertise in areas of practice through continual learning, journal review and other educational activities.
- Educates clinical pharmacists, technicians, pharmacy students, post graduate trainees, allied health professionals, nurses and physicians in pharmacotherapy within in the specialty area.
- Other duties as assigned.
Education:
- PharmD or Bachelors of Science degree in Pharmacy from an accredited college of pharmacy and completion of a post-graduate residency or fellowship training required.
- If hired for a specialty area where specialty residency training is available, then specialty residency is required.
Certifications:
- Current State licensure as a Registered Pharmacist (RPh) or eligible for reciprocation in current State within 90 days of hire. Board Certification preferred.
- For individuals required to administer immunizations, current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through American Heart Association (AHA) and completion of a Board of Pharmacy approved course in the administration of immunizations or certification obtained within 90 days of hire are required.
- For individuals required to respond to adult or pediatric cardiopulmonary arrest events, current Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Certification through American Heart Association (AHA), or certification obtained within one (1) year of hire, is required.
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