ER CLINICAL PHARMACIST

ER CLINICAL PHARMACIST

Position Purpose : The Pharmacist is responsible for educating, assisting, and interacting with patients in an outpatient clinic setting with regards to health promotion and wellness.

Duties and Responsibilities :

§ Works collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams to optimize drug therapy.

§ Provide direct patient care, including treatments assessment and medication management activities.

§ Clinically evaluate all patients in a specified area daily.

§ Ensure documentation is placed in the medical record regarding pharmacy recommendations, plans, intervention and medication reconciliation in medical records.

§ Review patients drug regimen for an appropriate indication, dosing, allergy verification, potential drug interactions, lab monitoring, duplication of therapy, and medical documentation.

§ 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 monitor clinical protocols.

§ Provide consultative services and clinical expertise to evaluate and improve medication usage and therapeutic outcomes.

§ Process orders and prescriptions to provide medication and pharmaceutical supplies ordered by physicians and authorized medical practitioners.

§ Facilitate discharge planning and smooth transition to alternate sites for care from a pharmacy perspective.

§ Provide cost-effective management of drug utilization within the clinic.

§ Monitor polypharmacy and high dose pharmaceutical dosing to prevent adverse effects.

§ Provide drug information to patients and their families.

§ Demonstrate professional communication with patients, family members, professional and support personnel involved in the delivery of patient care

Requirements :

§ Completion of ASHP accredited PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency AND completion of ASHP-accredited PGY2 in Emergency Medicine Pharmacy or Critical Care Pharmacy OR

§ Completion of ASHP accredited PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency AND 3 years of practical clinical practice experience in Emergency Medicine with BPS board certification.

§ American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

§ American Heart Association Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification.

§ Meets standards of an ASHP-Qualified Residency Preceptor within one year of employment.

§ Bachelors degree in pharmacy. Must be obtained from a college or university accredited by the Accreditation Council on Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE).

§ Minimum of one year of pharmacy experience within the last three years