Responsibilities: The key responsibilities of the Clinical Specialist, Medication Management and Optimization include the following: Lead and co-chair a UNC Health System Pharmacy and Therapeutics Subcommittee(s), including material preparation, meeting facilitation, and decision implementationWork collaboratively with multidisciplinary stakeholder groups across the health care system to ensure success of initiatives (eg, prescribers, pharmacists, nurses, Pharmacy Analytics and Outcomes team, Pharmacy Supply Chain Center team, Pharmacy Revenue Integrity team, group purchasing organization, pharmaceutical vendors)Write, review, and present accurate, high-quality, evidence-based documents, such as class reviews, drug monographs, SBARs, medication-use evaluations, therapeutic interchanges, provider and nurse education, and newslettersMaintain an evidence-based hospital and clinic medication formulary that promotes therapeutic appropriateness, medication safety, and financial stewardshipMonitor medication formulary compliance, including adjudication of patient specific, non-formulary drug requestsIdentify, analyze, design, and execute system-level medication-use optimization initiativesOversee routine functions of the drug information call center, including identifying, critically analyzing, and summarizing medication researchDevelop and maintain multidisciplinary and Department of Pharmacy medication-use policies and clinical guidelinesServe as a primary preceptor of pharmacy students and PGY1 and PGY2 pharmacy residentsDeliver didactic and other learning experiences within relevant UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy courses, as neededParticipate in and contribute to quality assurance and other programs that maintain regulatory compliance (eg, TJC, NC Board of Pharmacy)Perform other functions as needed. This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Health Care System, in a department that provides shared services to operations across UNC Health Care; except that, if you are currently a UNCHCS State employee already working in a designated shared services department, you may remain a UNCHCS State employee if selected for this job.