Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Cardiovascular Services

Job description

Position Summary
❤️‍🩹 Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Cardiovascular Services ❤️‍🩹
🕒 Full-Time Opportunity
📍 Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC)
Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center (OHORMC) is an 808-bed Level I Trauma Center and Comprehensive Stroke Center. We are seeking a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Cardiovascular Services to join our advanced cardiovascular care team. This specialist will play a critical role in optimizing medication continuity and transitions of care for high‑risk cardiovascular patients as they move from procedural areas through the CVICU/CVRR, S7B Cardiothoracic Stepdown Unit, and ultimately to discharge.
🏥 Facility & Department Overview
About ORMC
OHORMC is the flagship hospital of Orlando Health, one of Florida’s most comprehensive not‑for‑profit health systems.
• Central Florida’s only Level I Trauma Center and one of the busiest in the state
• Nationally recognized cardiovascular center offering advanced heart failure, structural heart, interventional cardiology, electrophysiology, cardiogenic shock, and cardiovascular critical care services
• Home to 250+ Medical Residents and Fellows across multiple specialties

Pharmacy Department Highlights
• 100+ pharmacy team members providing 24/7 services
• Clinical pharmacy specialists (PGY‑2 trained or PGY‑1 with equivalent experience) across Infectious Diseases, Critical Care, Cardiovascular Critical Care, Surgery/Trauma, Emergency Medicine, Oncology, Internal Medicine, and more
• Majority of clinical staff pharmacists are PGY‑1 residency trained
• Decentralized and satellite services supporting Critical Care, Burn/Trauma, Cardiology, Orthopedics, Surgery, Medicine, Oncology, and the OR
• Advanced technology: EPIC/CPOE, Alaris Smart Pumps, SwissLog BoxPicker, Omnicell
• Drug Information Center, Antimicrobial Stewardship Team, robust intranet resources
• Extensive new‑hire orientation and ongoing education programs
• Competitive salary and excellent benefits

🔍 Position Overview
This Cardiovascular Services specialist role offers an exceptional opportunity to directly influence patient outcomes, medication safety, discharge readiness, and readmission reduction across the cardiovascular inpatient episode.
Key Responsibilities
• Participate in multidisciplinary rounds for high‑risk cardiovascular patients in the CVICU/CVRR and S7B Cardiothoracic Stepdown Unit
• Manage medication continuity across transitions: procedural areas → CVICU/CVRR → stepdown → discharge
• Optimize high‑risk cardiovascular therapies including anticoagulants, antiplatelets, antiarrhythmics, vasoactive agents, heart failure medications, and post‑surgical regimens
• Support discharge readiness through medication reconciliation, patient/caregiver education, affordability solutions, and clear communication of final medication plans
• Provide consultative support to Cath Lab and Electrophysiology leaders; develop and refine medication‑use protocols, pathways, guidelines, and order sets
• Identify and implement cardiovascular medication‑use, quality, and safety initiatives to reduce variation, discharge barriers, and avoidable readmissions
• Collaborate with cardiovascular surgery, cardiology, nursing, case management, and pharmacy operations to strengthen medication handoffs
• Educate and serve as a clinical resource for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, residents, fellows, and learners
• Precept and mentor PGY‑1 and PGY‑2 pharmacy residents and pharmacy students

🎓 Desired / Required Credentials
• Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) plus one of the following:
• PGY‑2 Cardiology Pharmacy Residency preferred
• PGY‑2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency with significant cardiology experience
• Board Certification in Cardiology preferred or eligibility to sit within 3 years required
• Florida pharmacy licensure eligibility required