The Johns Hopkins Hospital is seeking a motivated individual to assume an Anticoagulation Clinical Pharmacy Specialist role. The individual will work collaboratively with members of the healthcare team, including physicians, advance practice providers, nurses, and other pharmacists to provide comprehensive medication management. The Clinical Pharmacy Specialist will be responsible for the provision and oversight of anticoagulation pharmacotherapy for patients in an ambulatory anticoagulation clinic (at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center) and in the Center for Perioperative Optimization (at The Johns Hopkins Hospital). The specialist will also collaborate with the hemostatic and antithrombotic stewardship program and support transitions of care for patients.
The Clinical Pharmacy Specialist will work with the multi-disciplinary team to develop therapeutic plans, monitor for desired outcomes, and provide patient education. The pharmacist has the opportunity for advanced practice via a drug therapy management agreement to initiate, modify, continue, and discontinue medication therapy.
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 pharmacy practice and PGY-2 specialty practice programs. Additionally, the Clinical Pharmacy Specialist will support and lead quality improvement and research projects and participate as an active member of hospital and departmental committees. Faculty appointments are available through affiliations with the University of Maryland College of Pharmacy, the University of Notre Dame of Maryland College of Pharmacy, and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Contact Information:
Michelle K. Azar, PharmD, MBA, BCPS Operations Manager, Ambulatory Pharmacy Division The Johns Hopkins Hospital 600 North Wolfe Street Carnegie 180 Baltimore, Maryland 21287 Email: mazar6@jhmi.edu
Requirements:
Preferred qualifications for this position include the completion of a PharmD degree, PGY-1 residency or equivalent experience, and PGY-2 specialty residency or equivalent experience in thrombosis and hemostasis management, ambulatory care, internal medicine, or pharmacotherapy. Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) certification is required within two years of start date.
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