Public Health Pharmacy Fellow

Core responsibilities of this position include:

• Work collaboratively and productively with colleagues in the WSOP and URMC as well as local community and clinical sites
• Engage in scholarship activities, with both the WSOP and URMC in areas of public health and pharmacy, including designing, implementing, analyzing and presenting results based on original research
• Collaborate on grants and evaluate potential for grant submissions 
• Mentor student-based research projects through layers learning/mentoring
• Work collaboratively with WSOP and URMC to assist with and oversee community health initiatives, such as vaccine clinics, population health initiatives, health fairs, and educational events
• Provide comprehensive, patient- and family-centered clinical pharmacy services for ambulatory patients including, but not limited to the following:
  • Participation on inter-disciplinary patient care team rounds as appropriate
  • Consultative input on safe and effective drug therapy
  • Daily management of established clinical pharmacy programs or services
  • Monitor assigned patient populations for clinical progress including renal/hepatic function, culture results, and other applicable laboratory tests.  Recommends adjustments to therapy as necessary
• Participates in quality assurance and/or improvement processes such as reporting and following up on medication incidents, reporting medication adverse events and errors, etc.
• Implementation of research project and other site specific projects into clinical practice site
• Engage in public health and pharmacy advocacy including active engagement at state and federal levels
• Participate/join local, regional and/or national professional organizations in areas of public health and pharmacy, engaging in activities and attending meetings
• Disseminate research findings at pharmacy conferences or through publication
• Provide lectures and continuing educational presentations to SJF and WSoP students in areas of public health and research