Pharmacy Clinical Coordinator - Surgical Services

It is an exciting time at Cleveland Clinic Main Campus as we continue to expand clinical support for our surgical patients and service lines. We are recruiting a highly engaged pharmacist to help shape and develop the pharmacy surgical service line from the ground up.

In this role, the coordinator will partner closely with leadership to drive the strategic direction of the service, build relationships with providers and institute leaders, and lead the clinical direction of the surgical pharmacy team. The position will primarily focus on supporting surgical service lines in the G/H building, including trauma surgery, colorectal surgery, orthopedics, and general surgery. The coordinator will also collaborate closely with pharmacy leaders across other surgical areas, including cardiovascular, neurology, critical care, to ensure alignment across services. As the role evolves, there will be opportunities to expand clinical support and medication optimization within the operating rooms.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Identifies needs and implements standardized clinical pharmacy services across pharmacy service lines (e.g., Critical Care, Oncology).
• Provides mentoring to pharmacists, residents and students.
• Provides ideas regarding new clinical services, cost savings initiatives, and practice innovation through active participation in strategic planning efforts.
• Establishes processes to evaluate quality assurance within service line.
• Identifies pharmacy representation for academic responsibilities and interdisciplinary committees.
• Under the direction of the manager, directs, coordinates and provides feedback to staff regarding clinical services for assigned service line.
• Participates in interviewing and recommends selection of candidates.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Doctor of Pharmacy degree from an American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) accredited university.
• Current state licensure as a Registered Pharmacist (RPh) or eligible for reciprocation in current state within 90 days of hire

• For individuals required to administer immunizations, current Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross and completion of a Board of Pharmacy approved course in the administration of immunizations or certification obtained within 90 days of hire are required.
• For individuals required to respond to adult or pediatric cardiopulmonary arrest events, current Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Certification through American Heart Association (AHA), or certification obtained within one (1) year of hire, is required.
• Completion of a post-graduate year 2 residency (PGY2) plus a minimum of 1 year of experience providing pharmaceutical care in the relevant specialty area or
• Completion of a post-graduate year 1 (PGY-1) residency plus a minimum of 3 years of experience providing pharmaceutical care in the relevant specialty area or
• Minimum of 5 years of experience providing pharmaceutical care in the relevant specialty area

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Board certification through the Board of Pharmacy Specialties that aligns to practice area strongly preferred at time of hire and required within one year.
• Previous leadership experience

• Typical physical demands include ability to perform functions of the job while reaching and stretching, and manual dexterity sufficient to perform computer functions of job.

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility. 

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