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Posted: 14-Nov-23

Location: New Haven, Connecticut

Type: Full Time

Categories:

Clinical Pharmacist

Pharmacy

Job Setting:

Hospital/Institutional

Requirements:

Residency Required

Specialty Practice Areas:

Oncology

Required Education:

PharmD

Overview

To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the YNHHS Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These values - integrity, patient-centered, respect, accountability, and compassion - must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day.

As members of a High Reliability Organization (HRO), every employee should practice CHAMP behavior and strive to make patient safety a top priority. To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the YNHHS Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These values-integrity, patient-centered, respect, accountability, and compassion - must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day. The clinical pharmacist II supports the vision, mission, and goals of YNHHS and the Department of Pharmacy and demonstrates proficiency in all basic clinical pharmacist skills. The clinical pharmacist II must have met all general requirements of the clinical pharmacist position, in addition to requirements as set forth by the department Career Ladder.

Responsibilities

The major job responsibility of the hematology clinical pharmacist is to provide comprehensive pharmaceutical care to patients on the inpatient and outpatient hematology service, working in conjunction with an experience team of other hematology pharmacists as well as an interdisciplinary team consisting of hematologists, advanced practice providers, nurses, and others.

Inpatient: Participate in daily patient care rounds and ensure appropriate and optimized medication therapy management for patients on the service. Respond to drug information questions and evaluate/implement/design medication and monitoring regimens related to the care of patients with hematologic malignancies. 

Outpatient: Working closely with the interdisciplinary team, ensure appropriate and optimized medication therapy management for patients being treated in the hematology infusion clinic. Disease states include lymphoma, leukemia, multiple myloma, T cell malignancies, etc. The pharmacist will be involved in the review of anti-cancer treatment, the education of patients receiving therapy, assisting with drug information questions and other responsibilities.

Clinical pharmacists will have the responsibility to precept PGY2 and/or PGY2 residents within the Yale-New Haven Health System. They will have opportunities to service on committees and provide education to trainee.

• 1. Customer Service Quality
• 1.1 Demonstrate and promote CHAMP behaviors
• 2. Medication Management
• 2.1 Conduct timely, accurate medication order review that considers all patient characteristics including laboratory values and vital signs
• 3. Medication Preparation and Distribution
• 3.1 Demonstrate competency in pharmacy automation and technology as applicable to work area
• 4. Medication Safety, Regulatory Affairs, and Quality Assurance
• 4.1 Adhere to all departmental policies, procedures, protocols, and guidelines
• 5. Leadership
• 5.1 Provide education and training to other pharmacy staff members, pharmacy students and residents, and health care team members.
• 6. Financial/Volume Results
• 6.1 Contribute to departmental cost-reduction/revenue generation

Completion of an ASHP-accredited PGY2 oncology pharmacy residency or equivalent experience is preferred, but not required. Minimum of two years of relevant experience specific to practice area is required.

About Yale New Haven Health

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