Clinical Pharmacist - Oncology Specialist

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Participates in the provision of patient-focused services. Provides pharmaceutical care to patients receiving chemotherapy. Evaluates chemotherapy regimens for appropriateness of use, dose, dosage form, regimen, route, therapeutic duplication, and drug interactions.

Discusses medication order changes/clarifications with the prescribers, documents any changes in patient and pharmacy records, and informs others of medication order changes. Provides patient consultations as requested for chemotherapy and drug information. Detects, monitors, documents, and reports adverse drug reactions and medication errors.

Develop, monitor, and maintain oncology services. Collaborates with hematology/oncology physicians, pharmacy clinical directors/managers, nursing, clinical laboratory staff, and other healthcare professionals.  Must be able to develop interventional strategies to optimize appropriate chemotherapy utilization. Improve patient outcomes by creating oncology guidelines, clinical pathways, restriction criteria, policy development, new laboratory methods, and formulary management.

Establishes a means to report and monitor ongoing chemotherapy utilization and identified metrics showing the effectiveness of oncology services. Identify opportunities for improvement regarding chemotherapy use, lab monitoring, and communication, including but not limited to performing medication use evaluations (MUEs or QA) and conducting prospective audits. Actively participates on the hematology/oncology committees, pharmacy and therapeutics committees, and other appointed committees as needed.

Performs formulary evaluation and chemotherapy class reviews for anti-neoplastic agents and presents to the P&T committee. Documentation of all activities/ interventions for cost savings and outcome purposes.

Collaboration and ongoing education of hospital and pharmacy department staff.  Collaborates with hospital and pharmacy staff to insure timely resolution of problems and questions. Fosters teamwork and takes responsibility to ensure delivery of high-quality care. Provides ongoing education to hospital staff and pharmacists by developing educational material and competencies and providing in-services as needed.  Demonstrates awareness and understanding of documenting information in the medical record, TJC standards, and State Board of Pharmacy requirements. Demonstrates awareness and understanding of departmental and hospital policies, and health-system initiatives.

GENERAL DUTIES

Patient Care Activities:

Directs and initiates development, implementation and maintenance of clinical pharmacy services.  Provides clinical consultation to the Medical Staff and other health care providers within the appropriate team or unit(s), suggests appropriate cost-effective therapeutic alternatives as needed.  Communicates and documents all activities/interventions (i.e., medication order changes/clarifications with the prescriber, pharmacokinetic dosing/monitoring, adverse drug reactions and errors etc.).  Fosters teamwork and takes responsibility to ensure delivery of high-quality patient care.  Performs staff duties as needed.

Collaboration and Education of Health Care Providers:

Collaborates with all health care providers to ensure timely resolution of concerns and questions.  Provides ongoing education and timely drug information to physicians, nursing, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals by developing educational materials and competencies and providing in-services as needed.

Development of Clinical Guidelines and Protocols:

Facilitates the development and implementation of treatment guidelines, pathways, protocols, formulary changes, medication use evaluations, and any other appropriate drug information reports as approved by the appropriate committee(s).

Committee Membership and Awareness of Regulatory Standards:

Actively participates on clinical committees including pharmacy and therapeutics committee and other appointed committees as needed. Acts as a liaison to other healthcare practitioners. Fosters a good working relationship with physicians, medical staff, nursing, and other healthcare professionals. Demonstrates awareness and understanding of documenting information in the medical record, JCAHO and CMS standards, and State Board of Pharmacy requirements. Demonstrates awareness and understanding of departmental and hospital policies, and health-system initiatives.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS

Combination of appropriate education and work experience is required:

Hospital Pharmacy: Pharm.D. Degree with 2 - 3 years of experience in inpatient pharmacy hospital/clinical capacity or completion of Pharmacy Residency.

PGY 1 Residency Program; required

PGY 2 in Oncology, preferred

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

Currently licensed or registered to practice pharmacy in Louisiana.

Board-certified oncology pharmacist (BCOP), preferred.

WORK SHIFT:

Days (United States of America)

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The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities.  LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.

 

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