Clinical Pharmacy Specialist

Company: ChristianaCare
Location: Newark
Posted on: March 12, 2025

Job Description:

Do you want to work at one of the top 100 hospitals in the nation?ChristianaCare is currently recruiting for a Oncology/Hematology Clinical Pharmacy Specialist to join our team.Life is full of choices, and ChristianaCare recognizes whom you work for is an important decision. Choose an organization that values pharmacy services and provides the opportunity to impact the health of our community adhering to our Core Values and Behaviors guided by Excellence and Love.This position is full-time (40 hours weekly, 8-hour shifts) that works day shift collaborating with interdisciplinary care teams to maintain and propose best new treatment practice order sets in accordance with the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines and primary literature.Why ChristianaCare?

• At the Newark Campus, operations run through a network of inpatient pharmacists, including a central pharmacy and satellite pharmacies that focus on critical care, emergency medicine, heart failure, investigational drugs, neonates, oncology, pediatrics, perioperative services, sterile and non-sterile compounding, transplant, and trauma.
• Clinical services include robust acute and ambulatory care services. In the acute care setting, the department employs a decentralized model of practice, placing pharmacists directly into patient care units as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Generous PTO plan and 12-Week Fully Paid Parental Leave
• 403(b) with competitive employer match and Defined Contribution Retirement Plan
• Not-for-profit organization eligible with the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program
• Pharmacy Board Certification reimbursementThis position may work remotely up to two (2) days per week.As a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist you will:
  • Serve as the pharmacy lead and point of contact for hematology and oncology order sets
  • Facilitate and collaborate with appropriate caregivers in the development, reviewing and updating of hematology and oncology orders sets with an understanding of the pharmacy operational impact of such order sets
  • Work collaboratively with IVAS Newark campus in the operational implementation of hematology/oncology order sets and PowerPlans
  • Evaluate drug efficacy, monitor therapeutic goals and outcomes, and review for contraindications/precautions
  • Order and evaluate laboratory tests per approved protocols to support medication therapy monitoring
  • Electronically document interventions and provide sign out as appropriate
  • Opportunities to serve as a preceptor for both pharmacy students and residents
  • Assist with projects such as MUEs, drug monographs, and performance improvement activities
  • Review and interpret provider orders and dispense medication
  • Serve as a representative for the Department of Pharmacy on appropriate hospital committees/projects including oncology drug management
  • Navigate oncology drug shortages, including recommendation of alternative therapies when appropriateEducation and Experience Requirements:
    • PharmD degree from an accredited College of Pharmacy required
    • ASHP-accredited PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency required or equivalent experience (3 years of clinical pharmacy experience)
    • ASHP-accredited PGY2 Oncology Pharmacy Residency required or equivalent experience (3 years of clinical pharmacy experience, in addition to PGY1 residency or equivalent)
    • Experience in hospital oncology pharmacy practice preferred
    • Board Certified Oncology Pharmacist (BCOP) required within 2 years of hire
    • Current licensure (or eligible to reciprocate) in the State of DelawareAbout ChristianaCare:ChristianaCare is one of the country's most dynamic health systems, centered on improving health outcomes, making high-quality care more accessible and lowering health care costs. ChristianaCare includes an extensive network of outpatient services including Helen F. Graham Cancer Center, home health care, hospital care at home, medical aid units, and three hospitals (1,300 beds). We provide a Level I trauma center, Level III neonatal intensive care unit, a comprehensive stroke center and regional centers of excellence in heart and vascular care, cancer care and women's health. We rank 21st in the nation for hospital admissions and 6th for admission of stroke patients. ChristianaCare is a not-for-profit teaching health system with our outstanding, data-powered care coordination service and a focus on population health and value-based care.ChristianaCare is shaping the future of health care!If you 're inspired to make a difference, we invite you to become a ChristianaCare caregiver.#LI-PS2

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