Pharmacy Clinical Specialist - Pediatric Critical Care

## At Cleveland Clinic Health System, we believe in a better future for healthcare. And each of us is responsible for honoring our commitment to excellence, pushing the boundaries and transforming the patient experience, every day. ## We all have the power to help, heal and change lives — beginning with our own. That’s the power of the Cleveland Clinic Health System team, and **The Power of Every One.** ### Job Title Pharmacy Clinical Specialist - Pediatric Critical Care ### Location Cleveland ### Facility Cleveland Clinic Main Campus ### Department Pharmacy Pediatrics-Main Campus Hospital ### Job Code T36059 ### Shift Days ### Schedule 7:30am-4:00pm ### Job Summary ### Job Details Join Cleveland Clinic’s Main Campus where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world class and caregivers are family. Here, you will work alongside a passionate and dedicated team, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world. The Pharmacy Clinical Specialist – Pediatric Critical Care provides advanced clinical pharmacy services for critically ill pediatric patients at Cleveland Clinic Main Campus. As an integral member of the multidisciplinary critical care team, this pharmacist collaborates with physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, and other caregivers to optimize medication therapy for some of the most complex neonatal and pediatric patient populations across the enterprise. The role primarily supports the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) while providing clinical coverage across the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (PCICU), and evening pediatric critical care services. Responsibilities include participating in direct patient care, therapeutic drug monitoring, medication management, interdisciplinary rounds, and evidence-based clinical decision-making to ensure safe, effective, and patient-centered care in a highly specialized pediatric critical care environment. **A caregiver in this position will work a combination of day and evening shifts, including 7:00am–3:30pm, 1:00pm–9:30pm, and 11:00am–10:25pm based on departmental needs. Caregivers participate in an every-eighth-weekend rotation and work one rotating holiday each year.** **This position is based at Main Campus and provides clinical coverage across multiple Pediatric Critical Care service lines, including the PICU, NICU, PCICU, and evening pediatric critical care services.** A caregiver who excels in this role will: - Routinely and continually provide pharmaceutical care for patients, considering their age and clinical condition. - Provide general and patient specific drug information to patients, physicians, nurses and, and other health care professionals. - Support Clinical Pharmacists in providing pharmaceutical care to patients by direct interaction and formal educational programs. - Maintain expertise in areas of practice through continual learning, journal review and other educational activities. - Educate Clinical Pharmacists, Technicians, Pharmacy Students, Post-Graduate Trainees and other caregivers in Pharmacotherapy within in the specialty area. Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: - PharmD or Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy from an accredited college of Pharmacy - Current state licensure as a Registered Pharmacist (RPh) or eligible 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 certification 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 th…