Pharmacist- Emergency Department

EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PHARMACIST 

• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to optimize drug therapy.
• Provide direct patient care, including treatment assessment and medication management activities.
• Clinically evaluate all patients in specified area on a daily basis with relevant documentation placed in the medical record recommendations, and Interpret medication orders, profile orders and oversee the packaging, labeling and distribution of medications.
• Perform drug therapy monitoring and intervene as necessary on drug dosing, drug administration, drug interactions, side- effects and monitoring issues; complete therapeutic drug monitoring consults and adverse drug reaction reports.
• Provide accurate and timely drug information to physicians, nurses and other health professionals.
• Respond to level 1 trauma, code blue massive blood transfusion emergencies.
• Provide direct patient care and medication therapy monitoring, including antibiotic stewardship, pharmacokinetic drug dosing, renal and hepatic dosing, and patient education.
• Develop, implement, and monitors clinical protocols.
• Provides consultative services and clinical expertise to evaluate and improve medication usage and therapeutic outcomes.
• Process orders and prescriptions to provide medications and pharmaceutical supplies ordered by physicians and authorized medical practitioners.
• Facilitate discharge planning and smooth transition to alternate sites of care from a pharmacy perspective.
• Maintain and updates a patient profile with demographics, diagnosis, allergies, and current medications.
• Discuss medication order clarifications with the prescriber, document clinical interventions and cost avoidance as part of the departmental documentation program.
• Educate patients on discharge medications.
• Provide cost-effective management of drug utilization within the clinic.
• Monitor process and outcome of patient care relating to drug therapy.
• Monitor polypharmacy and high dose pharmaceutical dosing to prevent adverse effects.

Minimum of one year of pharmacy experience. Previous inpatient experience is preferred.  Board Certification Preferred but not required.

Bachelor’s degree in pharmacy. Graduate from a college or university accredited by the Accreditation Council on Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE).

Licensure/Registration: Current, valid, full and unrestricted license in one of the 50 states and/or the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or territories of the United States.

Certification-BLS American Heart Association

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) – Emergency Department Pharmacists only

Or

Degree-Doctor of Pharmacy degree (Pharm.D.)

EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PHARMACISTS:  Successful completion of an ASHP-accredited post-graduate year one (PGY1) residency training program and ASHP-accredited post-graduate year two (PGY2) in Emergency Medicine Pharmacy or Critical Care Pharmacy OR ASHP-accredited post-graduate year one (PGY1) residency training program and three (3) years of clinical practice experience in Emergency Medicine Pharmacy with BPS board certification. Option to waive the PGY-2 or 3 years of advanced training requirement to be reviewed in coordination with the Chief, Department of Pharmacy, and approved by the Contracting Officer. Meets standards of an ASHP-Qualified Residency Preceptor within one year of employment.  Required training:  American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification American Heart Association Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification for all acute care pharmacists (i.e. critical care, cardiology, infectious disease, emergency medicine, internal medicine)