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Join ChristianaCare’s growing team of ambulatory clinical pharmacy specialists and play a meaningful role in advancing patient-centered care for individuals with hematologic and oncologic conditions. This new Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Ambulatory Hematology/Oncology position will work as an integrated member of the multidisciplinary care team, collaborating closely with hematologists, oncologists, advanced practice clinicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals to optimize medication therapy and improve outcomes across the continuum of cancer care.
In this role, you will provide comprehensive medication management for patients receiving complex hematology and oncology therapies, including treatment optimization, toxicity assessment and management, supportive care, drug interaction management, patient education, and longitudinal monitoring. The specialist will also help improve medication access and adherence and serve as a clinical resource for the interdisciplinary team.
As part of ChristianaCare’s integrated ambulatory pharmacy team, you will have the opportunity to help build and shape this expanding clinical pharmacy service, develop collaborative practice workflows, contribute to quality and outcomes initiatives, and advance the role of clinical pharmacy within ambulatory hematology and oncology care. Opportunities for precepting, education, research, and other scholarly activities will also support continued professional growth.
This position is ideal for a pharmacist who enjoys developing meaningful relationships with patients and interdisciplinary teams, thrives in a collaborative and evolving practice environment, and is passionate about advancing pharmacist-led care for patients with cancer and hematologic conditions.
This position offers flexible hybrid work opportunities , with eligibility to work remotely up to two days per week based on operational and patient care needs.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
Review and interpret physician’s medication orders, detect and evaluate adverse drug effects, evaluate drug efficacy, therapeutic goals and indications, review for contraindications/precautions, the patient’s current status of health, and review drug profiles and patient’s medical record for drug-drug, drug-food, drug-laboratory and drug-disease state(s) potentials.
Provide individualized patient education/evaluation regarding drug therapy as requested or identified by patient need.
Work collaboratively with pharmacists and pharmacy technicians within the Specialty Pharmacy, with the specialty pharmacy access concierge to help facilitate a smooth prescription processing process, and with the call-center staff to help appropriately address patient calls.
Monitor drug therapy outcomes for targeted patients within established guidelines.
Manage patients’ supportive care plan with a focus on pain, neuropathy, nausea, or vomiting
Develop and revise evidence-based guidelines and order sets to ensure standardized, safe, and effective treatments regimens.
Participate in quality assurance/quality improvement activities as needed to achieve and maintain URAC and ACHC accreditation and adherence to legal and regulatory requirements
Represent Department of Pharmacy Services on committees as assigned
Education and Experience Requirements:
PharmD from an ACPE-accredited School of Pharmacy required
ASHP-accredited PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency required or equivalent experience (3 years of clinical pharmacy experience)
ASHP-accredited PGY2 Oncology…