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Job description
Pharmacy Specialist
Location: New Rochelle, New York
Work Shift: Day
Work Days: MON-FRI
Scheduled Hours: 8:30 PM-5 AM
Scheduled Daily Hours: 7.5 HOURS
Pay Range: $144,000.00-$180,000.00
Job Summary: This position is responsible for effectively enhancing the drug therapy outcomes of patients at the Medical Center. This is accomplished through continual assessment of the appropriateness, safety, efficacy and outcomes of pharmacotherapy medication through direct patient care, education to health system personnel and the provision of pharmacotherapy-related outcomes research and performance improvement initiatives.
Responsibilities:
As a member of an interdisciplinary health care team, provides safe and effective patient care to a diverse range of patients, including those with multiple co-morbidities, high-risk, high cost medication regimens, and multiple medications following a consistent patient care process.
Develops and maintains collaborative drug therapy management (CDTM) (ambulatory practice) or "dosing per pharmacy" agreements (inpatient setting) thereby assuming professional responsibility for performing patient assessments, selecting, initiating, monitoring, continuing, and adjusting drug regimens, ordering laboratory tests and patient counseling for selected disease states.
Leverages the data from data resources, including Premier Quality Advisor, Service Line Analytics, and the Epic Business Universe to perform cost-effectiveness and comparative efficacy analyses on high-cost pharmaceuticals and evaluate variation of prescribing patterns of high cost and/or high-risk agents.
Demonstrate an ability to manage formulary and medication-use processes, as applicable to the Medical Center.
Provide effective medication and practice-related education to patients, caregivers, health care professionals, residents, fellows and students, and the public through lectures and publications.
Precept and advise both Doctor of Pharmacy students PGY1 pharmacy residents during their acute care learning experiences or research/performance improvement projects.
Involved in the hiring, performance evaluation and development of pharmacists and PGY1 pharmacy residents.
Provides clinical and administrative support to research physicians and the Medical Center's investigational drug research studies.
Provides assistance to the pharmacy and nursing staff to solve drug therapy dilemmas by acting as a liaison to the medical staff, providing current drug therapy information and delivering of formalized in service training.
Demonstrate personal, interpersonal, and teamwork skills critical for effective management and leadership.
Attends routine staff meetings and periodic divisional meetings.
Performs all related management and administrative functions as required by the Division Directors and the Director of Pharmacy.
Requirements:
PhD Completion of a PGY1 Rx Residency Required
PhD Completion of a PGY2 Rx Residency Preferred
1-3 years Either completion of a PGY2 residency OR an ASHP-accredited PGY1 Pharmacy Residency with at least 3 years experience in the area of specialization required.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), Data Mining software (e.g. Web Intelligence, Clinical Looking Glass), Epic Electronic Heath Record system.
If necessary, Remedial work will be done upon hire.
Pharmacist Required
Completion of a PGY2 Pharmacy Residency Preferred
Eligible for Board Certification in Pharmacotherapy or similar certification Required
Eligible to be credentialed as an Allied Health Professional Required
Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital is an equal employment opportunity employer. Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital will recruit, hire, train, transfer, promote, layoff and discharge associates in all job classifications without regard to their race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, gender, actual or presumed disability, history of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy, military status, marital status, or partnership status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Worksite address
new rochelle, NY, 10802, US
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