Pharmacist, Oral Anticancer Education

About the position

The Oral Anticancer Education Pharmacist II is responsible for providing education to patients starting oral anticancer agents and other specialty medications in a home setting. This role involves collaborating with other healthcare disciplines to optimize pharmaceutical care, ensuring patients receive follow-up monitoring for adherence and toxicity. The position also includes training new staff and pharmacy residents, with a work location that is primarily remote but requires occasional on-campus presence in Boston.

Responsibilities
? Provide comprehensive education to patients and caregivers receiving oral anticancer therapies and specialty medications.
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? Ensure medication orders and prescriptions are appropriate, accurate, and complete based on patient-specific parameters and clinical data.
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? Provide clinical consultation and evidence-based recommendations for treatment plans, supportive care, dose adjustments, and monitoring plans.
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? Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team through workflow and patient care-related meetings.
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? Document clinical care activities in the specialty management system and EHR, communicating recommendations and changes in care plans to involved staff.
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? Participate in clinical administrative duties such as formulary addition/change requests, patient record auditing, and metrics reporting.
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? Engage in scholarly and educational activities, including quality/process improvement and continuing education presentations.
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? Develop workflow design, teaching documents, education, and monitoring tools to improve and expand the program.

Requirements
? Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy or Doctor of Pharmacy degree from an accredited college of Pharmacy.
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? 3 years of hospital pharmacy experience with at least one year in oncology or patient education, or three years of outpatient/specialty pharmacy experience with at least one year in specialty pharmacy patient education.
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? Experience in oral anticancer education preferred or completion of a PGY1 residency.
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? Must be licensed to practice pharmacy in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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? Ability to effectively communicate both orally and in writing with others inside and outside the department.
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? Ability to work within a collaborative team-focused environment.
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? Ability to use all technology required to perform primary job functions.
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? Ability to prioritize and adapt to changes in the work setting.
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? Ability to accurately assess drug therapeutic appropriateness based on patient-specific parameters and clinical data.
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? Demonstrated critical thinking skills and ability to resolve common problems.

Nice-to-haves
? Experience in oral anticancer education preferred.
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? Completion of a PGY1 residency.

Benefits
? Remote work flexibility with occasional on-campus requirements.
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? Opportunities for professional development and training.

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