Job Description
The Cedars-Sinai Angeles Clinic & Research Institute has established an international reputation for developing new cancer therapies, providing the best in experimental and traditional treatments, and expertly guiding and training the next generation of clinicians. We are committed to bringing innovative therapeutic options to all patients with cancer. Our board-certified fellowship-trained medical oncologists, surgeons, immunotherapists, pathologists, and dermatologists work closely together to advance cancer care.
Days/Hours: Monday - Friday, day shift
As a Research Pharmacist Coordinator at the Cedars-Sinai Angeles Clinic in Los Angeles, California on Wilshire Blvd, you will assist in providing therapeutic recommendations and answering medication and patient-related questions from other healthcare providers.
Responsibilities
• Identifies, resolves, and prevents potential and actual medication-related problems including untreated indications, improper drug selection, sub-therapeutic dosage, overdosage, failure to receive medication, adverse drug reactions, drug interactions, and medications without indication. • Provides patients and other healthcare providers with education on medication use, side effects, and drug interactions when appropriate. • Communicates with physicians and pharmacists to recommend changes in medication therapy to optimize patient outcomes (i.e. labs not at goal, discontinuation of medication). • Strongly meets/exceeds reviews which includes consistently passing competency assessments. • Precepts students and residents. • Participates in protocol development and/or updates. • Participates in initiatives and projects to support the department. • Participates in training other pharmacists and pharmacy support specialists and may serve as a champion for competency assessment(s) content and sign off based on years of experience and knowledge. • Supports the process of completing medication prior authorizations as needed. • Documents patient progress and outcomes for future reporting. • Assures ongoing performance improvement of the pharmaceutical care services provided. • Provides physician education through presentations and "Pharmacy Hot Topics" Cedars-Sinai Medical Group internal monthly newsletter.
Qualifications
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)
Licenses/Certification: Ca Pharmacist license BLS card within 180 days
Experience: • Maintains research drug accountability logs. • Mixes chemotherapy blinded study drugs, and research clinical trial drugs as needed. • Dispenses oral research drugs and educates patients regarding trial regimens. • Along with the nursing team, monitors serious adverse events (SAEs) of the clinical trial regimens. • Available to the clinical trial monitors during audits and visits.
Requirements: • 1 year Comprehensive knowledge of medical terminology as related to drug usage. • 1 year Current eligibility to obtain NPI number. • 1 year Ability to comprehend patient medical management plans. • 1 year Board certification and/or certificates in area(s) of expertise - preferred • 1 year Research experience (for Research Pharmacist)
Physical Demands:
• Stand statically in one place to perform a function without changing location. • Occasionally Sit at a desk or table with some walking, standing, bending, stooping, or carrying of light objects. • Occasionally Perform continuous operation of a personal computer for four hours or more. • Occasionally Use hands and fingers to handle and manipulate objects and/or operate equipment. • Frequently Climb stairs and/or ladders. • Rarely Bend, crouch, stoop, stretch, or crawl. • Rarely Bend upper torso and reach up and out with hands and arms. • Rarely Perform unaided lifting of objects, please list the amount of weight that would be lifted, along with the frequency required.
Cedars Sinai is one of the largest nonprofit academic medical centers in the United States, and it is the largest private academic medical center in the Western United States. The Cedars Sinai main campus, which encompasses nearly 24 acres, is located at the point where the cities of Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, and West Hollywood meet. Cedars Sinai has been recognized annually by U.S. News & World Report’s top 10 best hospitals in the U.S. The institution most recently placed No. 7 among a select group of 20 Honor Roll hospitals and ranked nationally in a dozen specialties. In addition, Cedars Sinai ranked No. 3 in California and No. 2 in the Los Angeles metro area.
Within Cedars Sinai, the Institute for Research on Health Aging conducts multi-disciplinary research that prioritizes the prevention of cardiovascular disease, neurocognitive disease, and cancer. Our focus is on translating new research discoveries into pragmatic interventions aimed at promoting healthy aging across diverse populations. Our approach involves human physiology, cohort, and clinical trial studies and our team includes established experts in population, clinical, translational, basic, and data science.