Clinical Faculty (Open Rank)/Clinical Pharmacist, Clinical Coordinator, Specialty (SPS)

/Description: The University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) Retzky College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy Practice is seeking a full time Clinical Faculty (Open Rank)/Clinical Pharmacist, Specialty Pharmacy Clinical Coordinator. The Specialty Clinical Coordinator assists and supports the Director of Ambulatory Pharmacy Services in maintaining the specialty pharmacy business in accordance with departmental standards, internal and external reporting requirements, accreditation standards, and pharmacy laws and regulations.

The coordinator has the qualifications to perform clinical oversight for the services provided. The coordinator supports the SPS objective to have qualified SPS clinicians accountable to SPS for decisions affecting patients. The coordinator oversees the SPS Patient Management Program to ensure patient management is in alignment with evidence-based treatment guidelines, creates and optimizes tools and documentation for clinical monitoring and evaluates the clinical proficiency of the patient management pharmacists.

The Retzky College of Pharmacy at UIC, with campuses in Chicago and Rockford, is the #1 college of pharmacy in the state of Illinois and the #15 college in the US ranked by US News & World Report. More information about the College and Department of Pharmacy Practice can be found at https://pharmacy.uic.edu and https://dpp.pharmacy.uic.edu. Duties: Clinical Faculty responsibilities of the position include the provision of didactic and clinical experiential teaching/training in the College of Pharmacy’s Doctor of Pharmacy Program.

In addition, the coordinator is expected to participate in the education of PGY1 and PGY2 residents, international pharmacists, and other pharmacy staff by serving as a preceptor and role model as defined by the guidelines and requirements of the Department of Pharmacy Practice. Clinical Pharmacist responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Provide direct patient care in SPS, in accordance with all policies and procedures, at a high level in accordance with the clinical leadership role.

Serve as a clinical content expert through participation in continuing education activities, review and implementation of evidence-based guidelines, reading professional literature, and attending professional meetings, as appropriate. Coordinator responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Provides education, training, and clinical oversight for patient management services. Evaluates and identifies areas to create or optimize patient management services, based on objective criteria, in accordance with evidence-based guidelines.

Ensures patient management and documentation are aligned with current evidence-based practice. Maintains, and collaborates on the development of, the Patient Management Program supportive materials including policies, procedures, protocols and collaborative practice agreements. Updates documentation and monitoring templates and standards.

Provides guidance to SPS staff regarding patient care management decisions. Collaborates with clinic pharmacists and pharmacists in ambulatory care pharmacies to coordinate patient care activities. Develops quality improvement programs that relate to patient care, measure performance, create action plans, coordinate and execute action plans, and reports progress and results to the Director and the Quality Management Committee.

Oversees activities performed by students, externs and residents. Provide, or oversee (as appropriate), onboarding and ongoing disease state and medication training for SPS staff, and document training activities. Collaborate with the SPS team on the identification of new indications and new medications and creation of supportive materials for patient management and monitoring.

Optimize electronic medical record and other technologies to support the effective management, monitoring and documentation of patient care activities. Attend, and actively participate in, departmental, college, team, university and UIH committees. Identify, plan and participate in/lead research, or demonstration, grant opportunities for Ambulatory Pharmacy Services.

Prepare grant applications for such opportunities. Provide education of nursing staff, medical staff, and other members of the healthcare team.