Clinical Pharmacist Specialist - Critical Care

Join TriHealth as a Clinical Pharmacist Specialist – Critical Care Service Line

TriHealth is seeking a dedicated Clinical Pharmacist Specialist to support our Critical Care Service Line at Bethesda North Hospital in Cincinnati, OH. This full-time, day-shift position offers a unique opportunity to serve as a key member of the interdisciplinary critical care team, delivering direct, patient-centered care to critically ill patients.

Location:  Bethesda North Hospital at 10500 Montgomery Road, Cincinnati, OH 45242

Work Hours:

• Full time, 80 hours bi-weekly
• Day Shift
• Weekend and Holiday rotation

Job Overview:
This position is a for a clinical pharmacist specialist role dedicated to the critical care services lines.

The Clinical Pharmacist Specialists are responsible and accountable for the provision of safe, effective, and prompt medication therapy. Through various assignments within the department, they provide support of centralized and decentralized medication-use systems as well as deliver optimal medication therapy to patients with a broad range of disease states. Clinical Pharmacist Specialists proficiently provide direct patient-centered care and integrated pharmacy operational services in a decentralized practice setting with physicians, nurses, and other hospital personnel. These clinicians are aligned with target interdisciplinary programs and specialty services to deliver medication therapy management within specialty patient care services and to ensure pharmaceutical care programs are appropriately integrated throughout the institution. In these clinical roles, Clinical Pharmacist Specialists participate in all necessary aspects of the medication-use system while providing comprehensive and individualized pharmaceutical care to the patients in their assigned areas. 

They will serve as departmental resources and liaisons to other departments, hospital personnel, or external groups. The Clinical Specialists will also provide medication and practice-related education/training and actively serve as preceptors for Doctor of Pharmacy Students and pharmacy residents. 

Minimum Job Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in pharmacy; PharmD or Bachelor's of Science degree with equivalent decentralized hospital pharmacy experience (3years) OR accredited PGY-1, PGY-2 residency
• Pharmacist, Ohio Board of Pharmacy Licensure
• Clinical mastery of dedicated area of pharmacy practice that is consistent with the job posting
• 1-2 years' experience Clinical Pharmacy practice that is consistent with the job posting
• 1-2 years' experience Clinical Pharmacy Completion of ASHP-accredited PGY1 pharmacy residency or Board Certification in related area of practice  

Job Responsibilities:

• Assures pharmacy is an integral part of the health-care delivery system, leading assigned patient service lines, clinical areas, and therapeutic programs; and facilitating pharmaceutical care services, direct patient care programs, and medication utilization systems. Designs and implements stewardship activities and restriction/surveillance programs. Tracks and evaluates assigned pharmacy programs for operational, quality, and financial efficiency and routinely benchmarks against local and national best practices and identifies practice related issues. Develops and oversees policies and procedures. 
• Delivers direct patient care and clinical practice, including decentralized and service-based programs, maintaining proficiency in decentralized pharmacy services and clinical pharmacy programs. Is an active member of multidisciplinary team and collaborates with healthcare providers within decentralized patient care areas to provide patient-centered care. Identifies high-risk patients and implements interventions. Makes appropriate evidence-based, patient-centered medication recommendations, and provides discharge medication review, reconciliation, and counseling as appropriate. Participates in the management of medical emergencies.
• Provides pharmaceutical services throughout medical center, maintaining proficiency in hospital computer systems and medication ordering systems. Provides accurate, safe, timely, and appropriate medication therapy. Completes critical patient monitoring and reviews patient profile/chart to identify, prevent, or mitigate drug-related problems and treatment failures. Communicates effectively and appropriately with healthcare providers and caregivers. Participates in new pharmacist orientation and contributes regularly to intra-departmental needs. Works closely with others to facilitate effective pharmacy education and competency evaluation.
• Participates in pharmacy op