Employment Status:

Full time

Shift:

Day (United States of America)

Facility:

1906 Belleview Ave SE - Roanoke

Requisition Number:

R147715 Pharmacist, Clinical Specialist - Solid Organ Transplant (Kidney) (Open)

How You’ll Help Transform Healthcare:

$30,000 Sign-On Bonus with Up to $10,000 for Relocation 

Carilion Clinic is a seven-hospital health system located in Southwest Virginia.  The position is primarily based out of Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital (CRMH), which is a 763-bed academic medical center affiliated with the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine.  As an academic facility with a Level 1 trauma center, this tertiary care institution has numerous post-graduate training programs, including multiple medical and surgical residencies and fellowships.

Carilion is launching an accredited solid organ transplant program, beginning with kidney transplant, and a pharmacy specialist will be an integral part of the multidisciplinary team to develop and build the program infrastructure.  The transplant pharmacist will play an integral role in the development and maintenance of treatment protocols, guidelines, and order sets for all phases of care.  The transplant pharmacist will influence formulary management to enhance the safety and efficacy of medications utilized in this population, while minimizing costs to help maintain the financial sustainability of the program.

After the infrastructure is established, the solid organ transplant pharmacist will assume direct patient care responsibilities throughout the entire continuum of care.  Involvement is expected starting from the initial patient selection by a multidisciplinary committee, to the ambulatory preoperative transplant clinic visits and counseling, through rounding on the inpatient service during the acute transplantation period, to follow-up clinic visits post-discharge to ensure ongoing medication adherence.  Optimizing the medication regimen throughout the phases of care is key to promoting allograft preservation.  This includes monitoring and adjusting immunosuppressive medications while also managing treatments for comorbid disease states.  The transplant pharmacist will also provide extensive medication education to patients and their families throughout transitions of care.  In the event of acute and/or chronic allograft injury or rejection, the transplant pharmacist will facilitate appropriate treatment selection through use of protocols tailored to the causes of rejection.

Long-term, this pharmacist will be expected to serve as a preceptor for pharmacy students and residents, offering an elective rotation for solid organ transplant.  Opportunities exist for longitudinal projects including research, medication use evaluation, and process improvement initiatives

Qualified candidates must be a graduate of a College of Pharmacy accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and must possess a current Virginia pharmacist license or be eligible for licensure. An ASHP-accredited PGY1 Pharmacy Residency is required and specialized PGY2 residency training in Solid Organ Transplantation is preferred.  Applicants must possess excellent leadership, communication, interpersonal and teamwork skills, as well as demonstrate advanced skills in critical thinking and analysis. Must be able to effectively budget time, work efficiently and accurately, and follow procedures with minimum supervision.

The Specialty Pharmacist

• Dispenses medications and reviews and verifies medication orders for accuracy.

• Assures accurate delivery of medications in a timely manner.

• Oversees billing of specialty medications including, verification of insurance, and benefits for Specialty Pharmacy services – inclusive of new referrals and therapy changes, adjudication of claims and obtaining the initial authorization for medications from commercial insurers. 

• Oversees completion of prior authorizations, appeals on behalf of patients and providers, and oversee the dispensing of medications to patients in a timely manner.

• Works with patients, coordinators, pharmacy technicians, pharmacy support liaisons and other clinical teams to ensure that required clinical documentation is obtained prior to acceptance onto service. 

• Documents encounters and pertinent information into the software systems used by Carilion and the specialty pharmacy. 

•  Provides counseling to patients and caregivers on disease states and medications used to treat them.

• Develops goals for care and actively works with patients towards meeting care goals.

• Works with patients and providers to optimize therapeutic outcomes.

• Works with pharmacy support liaisons (PSLs) who provide initial patient set up t