Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Palliative Care

The Johns Hopkins Hospital

*NEW*

The Johns Hopkins Hospital is seeking a motivated individual for expansion of the Palliative Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist team. The individual will work collaboratively with members of the healthcare team, including physicians, nurses, social workers, and other pharmacists to provide comprehensive medication management to palliative medicine patients. The Clinical Pharmacy Specialist will be responsible for the provision and oversight of pharmacotherapy for patients on the palliative medicine consult service in the acute care setting.  The specialist will also collaborate with the ambulatory pain and palliative medicine clinical pharmacy specialist and support some ambulatory palliative medicine patient care services.

The Clinical Pharmacy Specialist will work with the multi-disciplinary palliative medicine team to modify medication therapy, monitor for desired outcomes, and provide patient education. The pharmacist serves as a resource to the team for symptom management, appropriate dosing, and drug information.

The Clinical Pharmacy Specialist will also provide education to students, residents, pharmacists, and other health care practitioners and serve as a preceptor for pharmacy residents of ASHP-accredited PGY-1 and PGY-2 pharmacy practice and specialty practice programs. Additionally, the Clinical Pharmacy Specialist will support drug research conducted by the institution and participate as an active member of hospital and departmental committees to assist with formulary management and policy development.

Preferred qualifications for this position include the completion of a PharmD degree, PGY-1 residency, and PGY-2 specialty residency in geriatrics or pain and palliative care. Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) certification is required within two years of start date.

Contact Information:

Anand Khandoobhai, PharmD, MS

Director, Weinberg Oncology Pharmacy Division

The Johns Hopkins Hospital – Department of Pharmacy

600 North Wolfe Street – Carnegie 180

Baltimore, MD 21287

akhando1@jhmi.edu

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