* Serves as a resource for staff in caring for complex patients in the specialty area.

* Provides oversight and development of the team concept for the designated clinical area.

* Serves as a role model for department staff and participates in special projects.

* Serves as a liaison with the medical and hospital staff in providing/developing services, protocols, and procedures to meet the needs of patients.

* Collaborates with other pharmacy leaders and the pharmacy team to achieve compliance with hospital and department specific policies and procedures.

* Educates medical, nursing, and pharmacy staff as it relates to the specialty practice area.

* Demonstrates engagement and fosters engagement in others.

* Serves on designated intra- and inter-departmental committees to improve patient care.

* Performs clinical services to optimize drug therapy and documents clinical interventions.

* Provides medication therapy management using evidence-based medicine, literature, guidelines, and protocols.

* Uses knowledge of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, therapeutic drug monitoring, and patient-specific data to maximize medication outcomes.

* Demonstrates knowledge in the utilization of pharmacy technologies such as electronic health records and clinical decision support/data mining tools/systems.

* Advises physicians and other prescribers of formulary medications and suggests alternative therapeutics regimens/options.

* Provides accurate, clinically relevant drug information to physicians, nurses and allied health professionals.

* Actively contributes to multi-disciplinary decision making in the specialty practice area.

* Reviews, interprets, and verifies physician orders accurately; screens for incompatibilities, interactions, duplications, and contraindications.

* Provides discharge medication patient counseling (new and previous home medications, using verbal and written communication) as needed.

* Processes inpatient and outpatient oncology/chemotherapy medications, supportive care, and pre-medication orders accurately and effectively.

* Identifies, prevents, and investigates potential adverse drug reactions and medication errors.

* May be required to process and/or dispense non-oncology related orders and medications depending on business needs.

* Develops programs, policies, and guidelines that support evidence-based standards of practice within the specialty practice area.

* Assists in the development and maintenance of a chemotherapy and immunotherapy formulary.

* Compiles and reports to the P&T committee data / metrics on chemotherapy use when requested.

* Promotes compliance with requirements of the HRSA 340(b) program, as appropriate.

* Supervises supportive personnel, licensed and non-licensed, and organizes/directs workflow.

* Exercises applicable legal and professional controls of controlled substances; documents waste from returned/expired/unusable controlled substances properly.

* Performs drug utilization reviews with appropriate/accurate documentation. * Reports adverse drug reactions, medication errors and good catches.

* Assists in maintaining basic drug supply from vendors.

* Pro-actively identifies opportunities for process improvement.

* Responsible for reporting any safety-related incident in a timely fashion through the Midas/RDE tool; attends all safety-related training programs; performs work in a safe manner; monitors work environment for possible safety issues and ensures others are also performing work in a safe manner.

* Stays current and complies with state and federal regulations/statutes and company policies that impact the employee's area of responsibility.

* If required for the position, ensures all certifications and/or licenses are up-to-date and valid prior to expiration dates.

* Completes all company mandatory modules and required job-specific training in the specified time frame.