In this role, as Clinical Pharmacy Manager, you'll work closely with the Lead Clinical Pharmacy Manager, other Clinical Pharmacy Managers, and Operational Managers to implement quality patient care services. You'll provide collaborative pharmaceutical care to patients while working in conjunction with physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals. The Clinical Pharmacy Manager provides direct patient care and conducts teaching and research activities to promote optimal, cost-effective patient care.

Essential Job Duties:

Maintains a liaison relationship with the Oncology service covered through participation in patient care rounds in both inpatient and outpatient areas and involvement in joint projects with the Oncology service. This includes but is not limited to:

• Identification of problems/issues in specific patients and promotion of rational drug use on a case-by-case basis through the use of evidence-based therapies (includes therapy selection, monitoring and assessment of outcomes of therapy, sedation management)
• Provision of drug information to providers covering the service and the patients covered by the Service(s) identified
• Adverse Drug Reaction reporting for patients on service
• Participation in multi-disciplinary committees
• Patient education
• Chemotherapy order oversight

Develops, implements, manages and reports results pertinent to continuous quality improvement and expense reduction programs related to the patients serviced. Examples of such efforts should be:

• Medication use evaluations
• Treatment protocols/guidelines
• Clinical pathways
• Other products/services which fulfill these goals

Acts as secretary or member of multidisciplinary committee(s) of medical staff, charged by the Formulary and Therapeutics Committee or other Medical Board Subcommittee, which oversees, develops, implements and manages policies for the care delivered to the patients serviced.

Provides training and educational programs for undergraduate and graduate pharmacy students, PGY-1 and PGY-2 residents, universities, and health care providers at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.

Assists in the process of budget forecasting for pharmaceuticals based upon a knowledge base of ongoing research for new drugs and indications and trending of current consumption.

Develops and delivers educational programs for patients cared for at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.

Performs research in areas of interest, especially those which parallel departmental goals and objectives, and submits manuscripts for publication and/or presentation at local, state and/or national meetings.

Performs other special projects and duties as assigned.

Required Criteria:

• The successful candidate will be a graduate of an ACPE Accredited School of Pharmacy
• A related Master’s or Doctoral Level Academic degree and/or Doctor of Pharmacy degree is also required and completion of an accredited pharmacy residency in the specialty area is desirable
• Completion of a PGY1 Pharmacy Residency

Preferred Criteria:

• Completion of a PGY2 Residency in Oncology 
• 1-3 years of experience as a clinical pharmacist

About NewYork-Presbyterian

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is one of the most comprehensive university hospitals in the world, with leading specialists in every field of medicine. We are composed of three renowned medical centers, Columbia University Medical Center, Weill Cornell Medical Center, and Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, and affiliated with two Ivy League medical institutions, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons and Weill Cornell Medical College. With our dedicated staff, modern facilities, state-of-the-art technology, commitment to quality care, and role in educating future healthcare professionals, we are a recognized leader in health care. We offer ten PGY1 pharmacy residency positions, PGY2 positions in ambulatory care, critical care, emergency medicine, infectious diseases, informatics, internal medicine, oncology, pediatrics, solid organ transplantation, and health-system pharmacy administration. The residency is flexible and focuses on the goals of the resident in order to provide well-rounded clinical, research, practice management, and teaching experiences.

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