Pharmacy Clinical Specialist - Inpatient Neurology

                    

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Job Title

Pharmacy Clinical Specialist - Inpatient Neurology

                        

Location

Cleveland

                    

Facility

Cleveland Clinic Main Campus

                     

Department

Inpatient Pharmacy-Medical Operations

                      

Job Code

T36059

                     

Shift

Day/Evening Rotation

                       

Schedule

7:00am-7:30pm

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

**This position is eligible for a sign-on bonus of $10,000

Join Cleveland Clinic's Main Campus where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world-class, and caregivers are family. Cleveland Clinic is recognized as one of the top hospitals in the country. At Cleveland Clinic, you will work alongside passionate and dedicated caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.     

As a Pharmacy Clinical Specialist – Inpatient Neurology at Cleveland Clinic Main Campus, you will provide advanced, decentralized clinical pharmacy care within one of the nation’s leading neuroscience programs. Embedded across neurology, neurosurgery, stroke and epilepsy services you will partner closely with neurologists, neurosurgeons, advanced practice providers, nurses and multidisciplinary care teams to support high-acuity, complex neurologic patients. This role plays a critical part in Comprehensive Stroke Center operations, responding to stroke activations, supporting thrombolytic therapy and participating in daily interdisciplinary rounds. You will also manage medication therapy for diverse neurosurgical populations, including spine, cerebrovascular, tumor, epilepsy and movement disorder patients, through clinical review, therapeutic monitoring, medication reconciliation and order set optimization. Working within small, highly collaborative care teams, this position offers the opportunity to influence patient outcomes at scale while practicing in a communication-driven, academically focused environment. 

A caregiver in this position works primarily day shift. Requirements include every 8th weekend with approximately 8 weeks of evening shifts per year. Holiday requirements one per year.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

• Perform pharmacotherapeutic monitoring and provision of pharmaceutical care for patients in service responsibility in a routine, continuous manner, considering the age and clinical condition of each patient. 

• Provide general and patient specific drug information to patients, physicians, nurses and, and other health care professionals. 

• Support clinical pharmacists in providing pharmaceutical care to patients by direct interaction, and formal educational programs. 

• Maintain expertise in areas of practice through continual learning, journal review and other educational activities. 

• Educate clinical pharmacists, technicians, pharmacy students, post graduate trainees, allied health professionals, nurses, and physicians in pharmacotherapy within in the specialty area. 

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• PharmD or Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from an accredited college of pharmacy and completion of a post-graduate residency or fellowship training 

• Specialty residency (is required, if hired for a specialty area where specialty residency training is available) 

• Current state licensure as a Registered Pharmacist (RPh) or eligible for reciprocation in current state within 90 days of hire  

• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross  and completion of a Board of Pharmacy approved course in the administration of immunizations or certification obtained within 90 days of hire (For individuals required to administer immunizations) 

• Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification and/or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification through Amer