Pharmacy Clinical Specialist – Emergency Medicine

Coordinates and provides the pharmaceutical care of patients for an assigned clinical unit and participates in patient care rounds with medical staff personnel.

• Performs pharmacotherapeutic monitoring and provision of pharmaceutical care for patients in the area of service responsibility in a routine, continuous manner, taking into account the age and clinical condition of each patient.
• Provides general and patient specific drug information to patients, physicians, nurses and, and other health care professionals.
• Interacts routinely with physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals to provide optimal pharmaceutical care to patients.
• Supports clinical pharmacist and technician educational development by participating in departmental staff development programs and provides leadership in the education of staff involved in providing pharmaceutical care to patients.
• Supports clinical pharmacists in providing pharmaceutical care to patients by direct interaction, and formal educational programs.
• Supports and participates in pharmaceutical related research in area of specialty.
• Maintains expertise in areas of practice through continual learning, journal review and other educational activities.
• Educates clinical pharmacists, technicians, pharmacy students, post graduate trainees, allied health professionals, nurses and physicians in pharmacotherapy within in the specialty area.
• Other duties as assigned.

• PharmD or Bachelors of Science degree in Pharmacy from an accredited college of pharmacy and completion of a post-graduate residency or fellowship training required.