Clinical Pharmacist II

Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. Our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today. 

This position will support the launch of a new transition of care program at City of Hope in addition to working as part of the general medicine pharmacy team. The team will cover surgery, hospitalist teams, the transition of care program, and participate in general medicine management activities within the acute care setting.

The Clinical Pharmacist II plays a key role in providing high-level clinical care as part of a multidisciplinary healthcare team, focusing on direct patient care. In this role, the inpatient hospital clinical pharmacist oversees workflows and processes within their area of expertise and actively contributes to the design, implementation, documentation, and monitoring of comprehensive medication management (CMM) and therapeutic care plans. Through close collaboration with patients and providers, they ensure positive, patient-centered outcomes. Additionally, the pharmacist serves as a vital link between Pharmacy Services and Hospital & Specialty Oncology Services, supporting discharge planning and care coordination to enhance patient care and outcomes. 

As a successful candidate, you will: 

• Provides comprehensive medication management services, coordinating all clinical pharmacy functions for the acute care areas as assigned to help achieve positive patient centric outcomes through direct and indirect interactions with patients, providers, and interdisciplinary teams.
• Completes patient profile reviews and participates in daily clinical care rounds, huddles, and meetings as an integrated member of a multidisciplinary team.
• Reviews medication regimens for appropriateness, contraindications, and potential interactions.
• Works directly with patients, families, and caregivers to provide comprehensive education about medications and related disease state(s). Verifies patient understanding of the medication including its intended purpose, proper use, expected outcomes, and how to obtain refills/renewals. Ensures an updated medication profile and list of medications are provided.
• Collaborates with pharmacy supervisors, leadership, and staff to develop policies, procedures, and processes for more efficient processing within the pharmacy Enterprise and area of practice.
• Works with multidisciplinary teams to develop, implement, evaluate, and update EHR order sets, Treatment and Supportive Plans to promote best practice care.
• Ensures compliance with medication management standards outlined by The Joint Commission (TJC), COH, and other accrediting bodies.
• Exhibits expert understanding of regulatory and quality standards for their program area.
• Serves as a liaison between Pharmacy Service and Hospital and Specialty Oncology Services staff.
• Develops an understanding of therapeutic clinical studies in their areas of expertise and manage patients’ treatment based on study requirements and specifications. 
• Participates in Oncology research and contribute to cancer discoveries and the clinical trials being conducted by investigators and doctors at City of Hope.
• Assists in designing, developing, conducting, and presenting the results of QI initiatives, Medication Use Evaluations (MUEs), and other projects related to patient outcomes.
• Participates as a primary preceptor for pharmacy resident projects.
• Performs all other duties as assigned by pharmacy leadership.

Your qualifications should include: 

• Graduate of ACPE-accredited Pharmacy School or School with ACPE accreditation pending
• PGY1 and PGY2 residencies, or PGY1 plus two years of experience in an acute care hospital pharmacy, or Five years of experience in an acute care hospital pharmacy
• Current CA Pharmacist License
• BLS through the American Heart Association

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