This position will be responsible for collaborating with various psychiatry teams at UH Cleveland Medical Center (UH CMC), including the Consult and Liaison Psychiatry Team, the Medical Psychiatry Team, and the Emergency Psychiatric Access Team. These teams provide care on a consult basis for patients in all areas at UH CMC including intensive care units, medical surgical units, Mac. Donald Women's Hospital, and the emergency department. This clinical pharmacy specialist will be expected to take... more details
This position will be responsible for collaborating with various psychiatry teams at UH Cleveland Medical Center (UH CMC), including the Consult and Liaison Psychiatry Team, the Medical Psychiatry Team, and the Emergency Psychiatric Access Team. These teams provide care on a consult basis for patients in all areas at UH CMC including intensive care units, medical surgical units, MacDonald Women’s Hospital, and the emergency department.
This clinical pharmacy specialist will be expected to take an active role is medication management for these patient populations and will serve as a drug information resource for the teams. These teams are comprised of attending psychiatrists, resident psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, and medical students.
The clinical pharmacy specialist will also be expected to serve as a preceptor for pharmacy residents and students in addition to serving as a member of the Residency Advisory Committee. This position will include additional local and system-wide committee involvement pertaining to the area of pharmacy and/or psychiatry.
Duties will include, but are not limited to:
Collaborating with various UH CMC psychiatry teams including the Consult and Liaison Psychiatry team, the Medical Psychiatry Team, and the Emergency Psychiatric Access Team
Attending multidisciplinary team meetings daily
Participating in local and system-wide medication-related committees
Precepting pharmacy residents and students
Providing didactic instruction to medical students and psychiatry residents
Taking an active role in formulary management to ensure the safe and effective use of psychotropic medication
Serving as a clinical resource for pharmacy and other healthcare professionals in the area Psychiatric Medicine
Essential Functions
Provide Clinical Pharmacy Services (drug information, drug therapy monitoring, patient specific consultations, healthcare staff in-services pharmacoepidemiology and pharmacoeconomic evaluations in selected patient populations)
Investigate/research/report adverse drug reactions
Participate in Medication Safety and Therapeutics (MS&T)Committee process: evaluate requests for new drug usage and old formulary drug relevance and review therapeutic classes for relevance, assist in updating hospital formulary
Serve as an informational and patient problem solving resource for clinical staff pharmacists.
Provide continuing education to clinical staff pharmacists and precept learners
Required For All Jobs
Performs other duties as assigned.
Complies with all policies and standards.
For specific duties and responsibilities, refer to documentation provided by the department during orientation.
Must abide by all requirements to safely and securely maintain Protected Health Information (PHI) for our patients. Annual training, the UH Code of Conduct and UH policies and procedures are in place to address appropriate use of PHI in the workplace.
Qualifications Education
Doctor of Pharmacy with completion of an ASHP accredited hospital or equivalent years in practice and experience Required
Work Experience
less than 1 year Experience as a pharmacist with training in drug therapy of diseases including the knowledge and application of clinical pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, drug-drug interactions, and pharmaceutics to patients, training in cost analysis/cost evaluation techniques Preferred
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
Computer systems skills in spreadsheet, database and word processing Preferred
Must demonstrate highly effective written and oral communication skills Required
Licenses and Certifications
Registered Pharmacist (R.Ph) in the State of Ohio Required
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