This Clinical Pharmacist will help provide comprehensive pharmaceutical care to the transplant and cellular therapy program (TCTP) at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. Work related activities may include drug selection, drug information, regimen creation and ordering, monitoring and toxicity management, formulary management, protocol and pathway development, Beacon review, outcome evaluations, and patient or staff education/counseling. This person will join a team of inpatient hematology/oncology clinical pharmacists (3), outpatient hematology clinical pharmacists (3), outpatient medical oncology clinical pharmacists (2), and inpatient/outpatient transplant and cellular therapy clinical pharmacists (4) at the University of Miami Hospital & Clinics. The Clinical Pharmacist is key to identifying quality initiatives to improve patient outcomes, continued overview of policies, and/or guidelines, and other clinical pharmacy initiatives. The TCTP program has 4 clinical pharmacists that rotate between inpatient (autologous and cell therapy & allogeneic services) and several outpatient clinics including administrative responsibilities to support the rapidly growing program. 

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provides comprehensive and individualized clinical pharmacy services to adult outpatient oncology patients as a member of interdisciplinary teams
• Educates patients and their families to ensure their understanding of the administration schedule and toxicity management of their treatment
• Anticipates patient needs and proactively identify solutions
• Provides in-services and educates pharmacy, medical, and nursing staff and trainees on evidence-based best practice and stewardship of appropriate utilization of medications
• Contributes to the development, maintenance, and management of medication related guidelines
• Continuously identifies service-related issues which require evaluation and facilitates research projects and quality improvement initiatives as needed to advance practice
• Serves as preceptor for and maintains active involvement in the PGY-2 Oncology residency program
• May provide precepting mentorship for PGY-1 pharmacy residents and pharmacy students
• Participates in Pharmacy and collaborative departmental subcommittees, including but not limited to Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee
• Involvement in external presentations, publications, and professional organizations is strongly encouraged

• This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary

• Additional pharmacist staff (full time and PRN) positions available. See online for options.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Requires current licensure in good standing in the State of Florida and a degree in Pharmacy from an accredited College of Pharmacy.
• PharmD is required; consideration will be given to all candidates who have been grandfathered by the state of Florida to keep their licenses active/current if obtained before the changes to the Pharmacists’ licenses (PharmD requirement) took place, this also includes candidates from other countries that have obtained a Florida license.
• PGY-1 and PGY-2 Hematology/Oncology Residency or Board Certification in Oncology Pharmacy required.