Clinical Pharmacy Supervisor – Internal Medicine - Orlando Health

Position Overview

This position offers an excellent opportunity to directly impact patient care, medication safety, and decrease readmission.

Orlando Regional Medical Center, an 808-bed tertiary care teaching facility, seeks a highly qualified clinical pharmacist to participate in direct patient care activities in Internal Medicine and to support the delivery and development of pharmacotherapy programs.

Organization, Facility, and Department Overview

Orlando Regional Medical Center is the flagship hospital of Orlando Health, one of Florida’s most comprehensive not-for-profit Health Systems that includes 10 wholly owned hospitals.

· Central Florida’s only Level I Trauma Center with over 4,000 trauma patients per year

· Internal Medicine Group of 80 hospitalists serving approximately 450 patients per day and 4 Internal Medicine Teaching Service teams.

· More than 350 Medical Residents and Fellows and 10 Pharmacy Residents (PGY-1 Pharmacy Residents (4), PGY-2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residents (2), PGY-2 Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Resident (1) , PGY-2 Pediatric Pharmacy Residents (2), PGY-2 Oncology Pharmacy Resident (1)

· 115 Team Member Pharmacy Department providing service 24 hours/ 7 days per week

· A team of 17 PGY-2 or equivalent trained Clinical Pharmacy Specialists focusing on Internal Medicine, Medical Critical Care, Surgical Critical Care, Neurocritical Care, Surgery/Trauma, Nutrition Support, Emergency Medicine, Hematology/Oncology, and Infectious Diseases.

· Majority of Clinical Staff Pharmacists are PGY-1 Residency trained

· Decentralized and Satellite services specializing in Critical Care, Burn/Trauma, Intermediate Critical Care, Cardiology, Orthopedics, Surgery, Medicine, Oncology, and the Operating Room.

· CPOE / EPIC, Alaris Smart IV Pumps, SwissLog BoxPicker, Omnicell

· Available resources: Drug Information Center, Medical library with librarian support, Drug information databases, Pharmacy Intranet Resources.

· Extensive committee involvement, including but not limited to, Pharmacotherapy, Medication Use Subcommittee, Bioethics, Geriatric Quality Improvement, Antimicrobial Stewardship Team, Pain Management Subcommittee, Diabetes Safe Team, and Heart Failure Taskforce.

· Extensive New Hire Orientation and Ongoing Staff Education Programs

· Excellent Benefits plus Competitive Salary

Responsibilities

· Develop and facilitate the transitions of care program by participating and coordinating the review of patients’ readiness for discharge, discharge medication reconciliation, discharge education, and follow- up calls.

· Conduct outcome tracking and analysis for readmission rates and other desired outcomes of the transition of care program.

· Serve as a supervisor for decentralized clinical pharmacists involved in the transitions of care program and internal medicine clinical specialists.

· Serve as a supervisor for medication reconciliation pharmacy technicians

· Provide support for the Internal Medicine Hospitalist Group and Medical Teaching Service

· Offer continuous quality improvement through creation and revision of order sets, protocols, guidelines and policies.

· Assist in the enhancement of our computerized medical record to optimize the care of our internal medicine patients, throughout our organization and facility. This includes, but is not limited to, contributing to the development of reports, alerts, and clinical content.

· Collaborate on various multidisciplinary and corporate committees

· Participate in multi-disciplinary clinical translational research projects.

· Precept PGY-1 pharmacy residents and pharmacy students for rotations, research projects, seminars, MUEs and drug monographs.

· Participate in quality management initiatives such as, but not limited to: medication use evaluations, adverse drug reaction and medication error reporting, and guideline development and assessment.

Desired/Required Credentials

Doctor of Pharmacy degree combined with PGY-1 residency. PGY-2 residency experience in internal medicine, pharmacotherapy, or equivalent experience and/ or leadership experience preferred. Florida pharmacy licensure eligibility required.