Job Description

Be a part of a world-class academic healthcare system, UChicago Medicine, as a Clinical Pharmacist Specialist in Investigational Drug Services (IDS).

As an IDS Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, you will be a registered pharmacist with responsibility and accountability for the safe, effective, and timely delivery of investigational therapies. You will provide specialized pharmacy services for patients enrolled in clinical trials and receiving treatment at our South/Southwest ambulatory locations, while collaborating with investigators, research teams, and the broader IDS Pharmacy team.

Eligible for a Sign-On Bonus up to $5,000

Join us as we expand the research pharmacy infrastructure at our southwest satellite sites, broadening research access beyond the academic medical center and bringing cutting-edge clinical studies directly into the community!

This Clinical Pharmacist Specialist position will provide IDS support for ​clinical, pharmacy, and research study teams at satellite sites within the UCM research network. Pharmaceutical care services include but are not limited to assessing patient needs, incorporating protocol-specific age and disease specific characteristics into drug therapy, adjusting care according to patient response, and providing clinical interventions to detect, mitigate, and prevent medication adverse events as specified in research protocols. The role will provide operational support for dose preparation/verification and drug storage/inventory management at satellite sites and ensure appropriate integrity and compliance with clinical trial protocols and research and pharmacy regulations.

Clinical Pharmacist Specialists serve as departmental resources and liaisons to other departments, hospital personnel, or external groups. They proficiently manage and facilitate the appropriate use of medications according to professional and regulatory standards. They also conduct clinical research and practice advancement projects as well as patient care quality and regulatory compliance initiatives designed to improve medication-use processes or pharmacy practice. Clinical Pharmacist Specialists provide medication and practice-related education/training and actively serve as preceptors for pharmacy learners (PGY1 and PGY2 residents; APPE and IPPE pharmacy students). The IDS pharmacist will also participate in Site Initiation Visits, study activation, proof of concept for studies, drug accountability, and other elements germane to IDS pharmacy.

Required Qualifications

• Graduate of an ACPE accredited School of Pharmacy

• Completion of ASHP accredited PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency

• Knowledge of contemporary hospital/clinical practice and service.

• Knowledge and understanding of general hospital operations and regulatory compliance.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to interact constructively with supervisors, peers, and support personnel.

• Ability to integrate clinical and distributive pharmacy services with quality improvement, teaching, research, and professional development activities.

• Significant general clinical knowledge and expertise in traditional therapeutics and patient centered care.

• Significant knowledge and expertise in advanced pharmacy practice, specialty medication therapy management, and specialty evidence-based medicine in area appropriate for clinical assignments.

• Strong teaching and precepting skills and expertise in experiential training.

• Eligible for licensure as a pharmacist in the state of Illinois or eligible (complete licensure process within 60 days of employment).

• Board Certification in area of expertise is required within 18 months of hire (e.g., BPS, SOCRA)

Preferred Qualifications

• Doctor of Pharmacy or another advanced degree

• PGY-2 Investigational Drug Research or clinical research pharmacy experience (2-4 years) in a hospital setting (required if no PGY-2 residency).

Position Details

• Job Type/FTE: Full Time (1.00)

• Shift: Day

• Location: Pharmacy Services- Southwest University of Chicago Medicine sites (Orland Park, New Lenox)

• Unit/Department: IDS Pharmacy

• CBA Code: Non-Union

We’ve been at the forefront of medicine since 1899. We provide superior healthcare with compassion, always mindful that each patient is a person, an individual. To accomplish this, we need employees with passion, talent and commitment… with patients and with each other. We’re in this together: working to advance medical innovation, serve the health needs of the community, and move our collective knowledge forward. If you’d like to add enriching human life to your profile, UChicago Medicine is for you. Here at the forefront, we’re doing work that really matters. Join us. Bring your passion.

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UChicago Medicine is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, civil union status, parental status, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status and other legally protected characteristics.

As a condition of employment, all employees are required to complete a pre-employment physical, background check, drug screening, and comply with the flu vaccination requirements prior to hire. Medical and religious exemptions will be considered for flu vaccination consistent with applicable law.

Compensation & Benefits Overview

UChicago Medicine is committed to transparency in compensation and benefits. The pay range provided reflects the anticipated wage or salary reasonably expected to be offered for the position.

The pay range is based on a full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) and is reflective of current market data, reviewed on an annual basis. Compensation offered at the time of hire will vary based on candidate qualifications and experience and organizational considerations, such as internal equity. Pay ranges for employees subject to Collective Bargaining Agreements are negotiated by the medical center and their respective union.

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