Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Clinical Quality Assurance & Medication Safety - Full Time - Warren
Join a leading healthcare organization - Henry Ford Health - as a full-time Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Clinical Quality Assurance & Medication Safety at our Warren campus. Be part of a collaborative team dedicated to advancing patient safety and clinical excellence.
GENERAL SUMMARY:
Location: Henry Ford Warren Hospital
Schedule: Monday–Friday, with up to 40% staffing responsibilities. Hours may vary based on departmental needs for special projects or urgent situations.
Assures the appropriate selection, dosing, administering, and dispensing of medication orders in specialized areas, such as nuclear medicine, oncology, cardiology. Serves as a subject matter expert in pharmacy discipline and provides guidance across pharmacies and to clinical leadership.
About Henry Ford Warren Hospital: Henry Ford Warren Hospital delivers specialty care and 24/7 emergency care along with a Level III Adult Trauma Center. We provide advanced surgical care for serious and life-threatening injuries and illnesses. Our care teams listen to understand your health needs and deliver care that's right for you. We offer specialty care — including heart, cancer, stroke care, orthopedics and women’s health.
PRINCPLE DUTIES & RESPONSBILITIES:
- Lead Medication Safety Program: Review and trend RL reports and ADEs, monitor naloxone use, develop an annual Medication Safety Plan, and establish and lead the local Medication Safety Committee.
- Clinical Quality Assurance: Ensure compliance with Sentri7 through proactive monitoring and data analysis. Conduct audits and deliver constructive feedback to optimize clinical service performance.
- Medication Use: Conduct medication use evaluations as needed for medications with criteria for use, ensuring adherence to criteria. Trend nonformulary medication use.
- Policies: managed assigned local clinical and multidisciplinary policies.
- Education & Training: Assist with ongoing education to pharmacy staff, support professional development, and assist with onboarding and clinical training of new pharmacists.
- Committee Participation: Serve as a leader and active member on local and system-level committees, including SERT, Medication Safety, and others as assigned. Act as Coordinator for the Henry Ford Warren and Madison Heights Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee.
- Academic Engagement: Act as a preceptor for pharmacy students and contribute to academic programming.
- PGY1 Residency Program Director: Create and serve as the Residency Program Director for a PGY1 accredited residency program.
This posting represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and duties. It should be understood, therefore, that employees may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described above.
EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION REQUIRED:
Bachelor's or advanced degree in Pharmacy required
- 3 years of hospital pharmacy experience or a PGY1 Residency Highly preferred:
- PGY2 in Emergency Medicine or Critical Care preferred.
Experience as a residency preceptor preferred
Board Certification from the Board of Pharmacy Specialties preferred or within 2 years of hire date.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification preferred
CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURES REQUIRED:
- Pharmacist credentialed from the Michigan Board of Pharmacy obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date required.
Additional Details
This posting represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that incumbents may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described above.
Overview
Henry Ford Health partners with millions of people on their health journey, across Michigan and around the world. We offer a full continuum of services – from primary and preventative care to complex and specialty care, health insurance, a full suite of home health offerings, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care and other health care retail. With former Ascension southeast Michigan and Flint region locations now part of our team, Henry Ford’s care is available in 13 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations. Based in Detroit, Henry Ford is one of the nation’s most respected academic medical centers and is leading the Future of Health: Detroit, a $3 billion investment anchored by a reimagined Henry Ford academic healthcare campus. Learn more at henryford.com/careers.
Benefits
The health and overall well-being of our team members is our priority. That’s why we offer support in the various components of our team’s well-being: physical, emotional, social, financial and spiritual. Our Total Rewards program includes competitive health plan options, with three consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs), a PPO plan and an HMO plan. Our team members enjoy a number of additional benefits, ranging from dental and eye care coverage to tuition assistance, family forming benefits, discounts to dozens of businesses and more. Employees classified as contingent status are not eligible for benefits.
Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer Henry Ford Health is
committed to the hiring, advancement and fair treatment of all individuals without regard to
race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, size, height,
weight, marital status, family status, gender identity, sexual orientation, and genetic information,
or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal and state laws.