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.
The cardiology clinical pharmacist position will focus on providing direct patient care to our cardiology patients, primarily, our advanced heart failure patients. This pharmacist will work with a team of pharmacists to provide inpatient and outpatient services. This includes but is not limited to:
Providing pharmacy services for the inpatient advanced heart failure team, including rounding services, discharge counseling, and consult completion.
Participating in outpatient advanced heart failure clinics including collaborative care agreement managing warfarin for VAD patients. Will also provide support for pulmonary hypertension, ventricular assist devices, and cardiac amyloidosis patients.
Developing protocol, policies, order sets, and guidelines.
Precepting PGY-2 cardiology residents, PGY-1 pharmacy residents, and pharmacy students.
PharmD or Bachelor's of Science degree with equivalent decentralized hospital pharmacy experience (3years) OR accredited PGY-1 and PGY-2 residency in area of specified clinical practice.
Desired requirement is BCCP or elidable to sit for board exam.
Bethesda and Good Samaritan Hospital joined together to form TriHealth in 1995, bringing together two of Cincinnati's finest health care organizations. Through these two acute care hospitals and more than 130 sites of care, TriHealth provides a wide range of clinical, educational, preventive and social programs. TriHealth's non-hospital services include physician practice management, fitness centers and fitness center management, occupational health centers, home health and hospice care.
Mission and Vision:
The mission of TriHealth is to improve the health status of the people we serve. We pursue our mission by providing a full range of health-related services, including prevention, wellness and education. Our service identity is rooted in our Mission and Core Values, which serve as guiding principles in our healing ministry. Learn more.
Facts and Figures:
TriHealth is the integrated health care system that formed as a partnership between Good Samaritan Hospital and Bethesda Hospital, Inc. TriHealth is a full-service, not-for-profit health system that provides a wide range of clinical, educational, preventive and social programs.
TriHealth at a Glance:
Established in 19...95 as an operating company for a hospital system
One of the top integrated health systems in Greater Cincinnati
4th largest employer in the city of Cincinnati, with approximately 11,500 team members