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Job Title
Pharmacy Clinical Specialist - Anticoagulation Stewardship
Location
Mayfield Hts
Facility
Hillcrest Hospital
Department
Inpatient Pharmacy-Pharmacy
Job Code
T36059
Shift
Days
Schedule
7:00am-3:30pm
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
A caregiver in this role will provide advanced clinical expertise and leadership in the delivery of anticoagulation services at Cleveland Clinic Hillcrest Hospital. This caregiver will support pharmacists and clinical teams through education, mentorship, and consultation to ensure consistency in anticoagulation management and optimize patient outcomes. The pharmacist will assess clinical metrics, perform quality reviews, and collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to standardize and enhance anticoagulation practices across Hillcrest Hospital. Additionally, this caregiver will represent the Ohio region on enterprise and local committees focused on anticoagulation management, patient safety, and quality improvement.
A caregiver in this role will work Monday - Friday from 7:30am-4pm.
A caregiver who excels in this role will:
Perform 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.
Provide general and patient specific drug information to patients, physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals.
Interact routinely with physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals to provide optimal pharmaceutical care to patients.
Support clinical pharmacist and technician educational development by participating in departmental staff development programs and provide leadership in the education of staff involved in providing pharmaceutical care to patients.
Support clinical pharmacists in providing pharmaceutical care to patients by direct interaction and formal educational programs.
Support and participate in pharmaceutical related research in area of specialty.
Maintain expertise in areas of practice through continual learning, journal review and other educational activities.
Educate clinical pharmacists, technicians, pharmacy students, post-graduate trainees, allied health professionals, nurses and physicians in pharmacotherapy within the specialty area.
Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:
PharmD or Bachelors of Science degree in Pharmacy from an accredited college of pharmacy and completion of a post-graduate residency or fellowship training
Current State licensure as a Registered Pharmacist (RPh) or eligible for reciprocation in current State within 90 days of hire
Completion of a post-graduate year 2 residency (PGY2) or fellowship required OR completion of a post-graduate year 1 residency (PGY-1) plus minimum of 2 years of experience as a clinical specialist or equivalent role, which includes providing pharmaceutical care and performing pharmacotherapeutic monitoring including 50% or more of time spent in the specialty area OR minimum of 4 years of experience as a clinical specialist or equivalent role which includes providing pharmaceutical care and performing pharmacotherapeutic monitoring including 50% or more of time spent in the specialty area
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…