Job Title: Pharmacist Specialist
Location: Clara Maass Medical Center
Department Name: Pharmacy
Req #: 0000271962
Status: Salaried
Shift: Day
Pay Range: $152,200.00 - $191,900.00 per year
Pay Transparency:
The above reflects the anticipated annual salary range for this position if hired to work in New Jersey.
The compensation offered to the candidate selected for the position will depend on several factors, including the candidate's educational background, skills and professional experience.
Pharmacist Specialist – RWJBarnabas Health
At RWJBarnabas Health, the Pediatrics Clinical Pharmacist Specialist plays a critical role in patient care and operational excellence. Operating with a high level of independence, they perform complex clinical review and medication therapy optimization according to strict medical, legal, and professional pharmaceutical standards. They are responsible for exercising professional judgment during therapeutic evaluations, ensuring accurate medication dosing, delivering age-specific care, and maintaining seamless workflow collaboration within the multidisciplinary pediatric department.
A typical day for a Pharmacist Specialist may include:
- Prepares patient-centered medication therapy plans, clearly explains the process, and incorporates age-specific and disease-specific characteristics into drug therapy and patient education
- Operates clinical software, electronic health systems, computers, and pharmacy applications necessary to ensure a safe and accurate diagnostic and therapeutic procedure support
- Assist physicians and interdisciplinary care teams during decentralized clinical rounds by managing complex medication therapies, adjusting care to patient response, and tracking clinical interventions
- Sets up evidence-based protocols and practice advancement initiatives following regulatory guidelines, handles clinical research projects, and reviews quality metrics to improve medication-use processes
- Calibrates, maintains, and adjusts specialized clinical pharmacy workflows, and reports adverse drug events, medication errors, or compliance variances immediately to department leadership
- Monitors and calls out patient therapeutic responses and lab readings, alerting the care team immediately to detect, mitigate, and prevent adverse events
- Utilizes hospital pharmacy and documentation systems to enter accurately identified and verified clinical records of patients, and retrieves old medical histories when necessary
- Demonstrates working knowledge of specialized pharmacy protocols including evidence-based medicine, regulatory compliance initiatives, safety, and quality enhancement techniques
- Collaborates professionally in a decentralized clinical environment, serving as a departmental liaison while educating pharmacists, pharmacy residents, students, and interprofessional staff
- Demonstrates initiative, flexibility, and the ability to assume multi-task duties and function under significant time pressures
This role might be for you if:
- Clear, compassionate communication defines how you interact with patients, families, and colleagues
- Attention to detail and clinical precision guides your work every day, understanding that errors have serious consequence
- You remain calm and highly adaptable while managing a fast-paced retail environment
- Patient safety, accurate drug evaluation, and delivering high-quality pharmaceutical care are your top priorities
- You enjoy working collaboratively with providers, nurses, and interdisciplinary care teams
- Continuous learning, inventory awareness, and operational efficiency motivate you
- Creating a positive, reassuring, and legally compliant patient experience is central to your approach
To be considered for this Pharmacist Specialist opportunity:
- Graduate of an ACPE-accredited College of Pharmacy or holds FPGEC certification with required internship hours
- Problem-solving, critical thinking, decisive judgment, collaboration, and the ability to work with minimal supervision
- Active, unrestricted New Jersey Pharmacist License upon date of hire
- Completion of an ASHP-accredited PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency OR Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) Certification within 1 year of hire plus a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience
- Significant knowledge and expertise in advanced pharmacy practice, specialized medication therapy management, and specialty evidence-based medicine
- Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) or other advanced degree is preferred
- Completion of a PGY-2 Specialized Pharmacy Residency OR 3 years of relevant clinical pharmacy experience in a hospital setting is preferred
- Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) Certification upon hire is preferred
At RWJBarnabas Health, our market-competitive Total Rewards package provides comprehensive benefits and resources to support our employees physical, emotional, social, and financial health.
