Clinical Pharmacist Specialist - Emergency Medicine

Summary

Job Description:

Clinical Pharmacist Specialist-Emergency Medicine

Full Time ISecond Shift

Corbin, KY

Clinical Pharmacist Specialists are responsible and accountable for the provision of safe, effective, and prompt medication therapy. Through various assignments within the department, they provide supportofcentralized and decentralized medication use systems as well as deliveroptimalmedication therapy to patients within their specialty. All pharmacists are responsible fordrug preparation and distribution for medications; evaluating, inputting and verification of medication orders;assisting providers and other health care professionals by serving as a drug information resource;

monitoring and managing medication regimens per protocol or per consult; and managing pharmacy inventory.

Job Duties

• Provide safe, effective, andtimelymedication therapy for emergency medicine patients
• Deliver clinical pharmacy services in both centralized and decentralized medication use systems
• Review, verify, and enter medication orders for appropriateness, including drugselection, dosing, route, frequency, allergies, interactions, contraindications, and therapeutic duplication
• Serve as the emergency medicineexpert for high-acuity therapies, including vasoactive infusions, sedatives, analgesics, neuromuscular blockers, and other high-risk medications
• Monitor and manage medication regimens per approved protocols, consults, and collaborative clinical practice standards
• Respond to medical emergencies, including Code Blues, stroke alerts, rapid response events, and other urgent clinical situations
• Assist with procedural sedations and rapid sequence intubations to ensure safe andaccuratemedication preparation and administration
• Support nursing staff in the safe use of programmable infusion pumps and other medication delivery technologies inthe emergency department
• Provide drug information consultation andeducationto physicians, nurses, patients, and other members of the healthcare team
• Participate in antimicrobial stewardship, opioid stewardship, medication use evaluations, adverse drug event reporting, and quality improvement initiatives
• Support medication preparation, dispensing, distribution, and inventory management, including compliance with USP 795, 797, and 800 standards
• Assist with formulary management, medication policy development, automated dispensing cabinet optimization, and medication-related process improvement activities

Requirements:

• Graduate of an accredited College of Pharmacy.
• Minimum of three years of job-related experience, or completion of a PGY-1 or PGY-2 ASHP-accredited pharmacy residency in the area of practice in lieu ofadditionalexperience.
• Current Kentucky Pharmacist License, as applicable to the site.
• ACLS certificationrequiredwithin 6 months of hire.
• Board Certificationrequiredwithin 1 year of hire.
• Demonstrated competency in emergency medicine pharmacotherapy, emergency response medication management, procedural sedation support, rapid sequence intubation (RSI), antimicrobial stewardship, and protocol-based clinical monitoring.

Benefits:

• Tuition Assistance reimbursement program
• Company paid Maternity and Paternity leave
• Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
• Paid Time Off available upon hire
• Employee Assistance Program
• Retirement plans with company match

Work Experience

Education