Clinical Pharmacy Specialist | Specialty Pharmacy | Variable | Full Time

Experience personal and professional fulfillment as a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Specialty Pharmacy.

This opportunity offers the chance to practice at the top of your license within a growing specialty pharmacy program, while working in a collaborative, patient-centered care model. Will also play a key role in innovative care delivery and the expansion of service lines, contributing to meaningful advancements in patient care.

UF Health Shands Specialty Pharmacy is URAC and ACHC accredited.

Our patients and our people are the heart of what we do. Delivering the best patient care requires the best care for our team.

Make your next career move to UF Health Shands Hospital and take advantage of our benefits:

• Competitive healthcare plans, retirement plans, and much more
• Student loan financial support
• Tuition reimbursement
• Relocation assistance in-state and out-state

The Specialty Pharmacist is responsible for the clinical management, dispensing, and coordination of care for patients receiving specialty medications. This role ensures safe, effective, and cost-efficient medication use while optimizing patient outcomes through collaboration with providers, payers, and interdisciplinary care teams. The Specialty Pharmacist supports patients with complex, chronic, or rare conditions requiring high-touch clinical oversight and medication access support.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Care & Patient Management

• Provide comprehensive medication therapy management for patients receiving specialty medications
• Assess patient appropriateness for therapy, including indication, dosing, contraindications, and monitoring parameters
• Educate patients and caregivers on medication use, administration, side effects, and adherence strategies
• Monitor therapy outcomes, adverse events, and adherence; intervene as needed to optimize care
• Collaborate with prescribers to adjust therapy based on clinical response and evidence-based guidelines

Operational Excellence

• Ensure accurate and compliant dispensing of specialty medications
• Maintain documentation in accordance with regulatory, accreditation, and organizational standards
• Support specialty pharmacy accreditation requirements (e.g., URAC, ACHC)
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives and performance metrics tracking

Work Environment

• Practice setting may include specialty pharmacy or ambulatory clinic
• May require occasional evening or weekend coverage based on operational needs

Key Competencies

• Strong clinical knowledge and critical thinking skills
• Excellent communication and patient counseling abilities
• Ability to manage complex workflows and multiple priorities
• Experience working in interdisciplinary care teams

High attention to detail and commitment to quality and compliance

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:

• Graduate of an ACPE accredited School of Pharmacy.
• PharmD or equivalent education and hospital or ambulatory training / experience required, based on practice area of the position.
• PGY2 residency or equivalent experience required.
• PGY 2 residency training is preferred. Two to four years-experience in a relevant practice area will be considered equivalent to each year of residency training.
• Board certification is preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to interact effectively with medical, nursing, and pharmacy staff, pharmacy residents, and students is required.
• Knowledge and understanding of general hospital and outpatient clinic operations.
• Ability to integrate clinical services, and educational activities is required.
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Motor Vehicle Operator Designation: Employees in this position: Will operate vehicles for an assigned business purpose as a non-frequent driver.

Licensure/Certification/Registration:: Registered pharmacist in Florida or eligible for same.

Additional Requirement: As a condition of employment within the Pharmacy Services Department of Shands Hospital all employees must be accessible by telephone. This requires each employee to provide a valid telephone number to the department Staff Assistant, in order for the department to reach them in the event of hospital need and/or emergency.