Clinical Pharmacist Critical Care - Part-Time - Evening - Morristown

General Responsibilities

• Reviewing patient medication regimens and providing recommendations to optimize therapy based on clinical guidelines and best practices.
• Conducting medication reconciliation to ensure accuracy and safety during transitions of care.
• Educating patients and caregivers on proper medication use, side effects, and adherence strategies.
• Collaborating with healthcare providers to develop and implement patient-specific care plans.
• Monitoring patient outcomes and adjusting therapy as necessary to achieve therapeutic goals.
• Participating in interdisciplinary rounds and providing pharmacotherapy recommendations.
• Providing drug information to healthcare professionals and patients as needed.
• Contributing to quality improvement initiatives related to medication use and patient safety.
• Documenting interventions, clinical assessments, and recommendations in the electronic health record.
• Staying current with developments in pharmacotherapy and evidence-based medicine.

• Participate in multidisciplinary rounds with the critical care team
• Design, modify, and evaluate medication therapy regimens for critically ill patients' patient-specific factors
• Intervene on medication therapy including, but not limited to, renal dosing, anticoagulation choice, dosing, and monitoring, IV to PO interchange, concentration optimization, glycemic control, and pre-admission medication reconciliation
• Perform therapeutic drug monitoring for vancomycin, aminoglycosides, anticoagulants, anti-epileptic medications, and other high-risk medications and order labs as necessary
• Prevent, detect, monitor, document and report adverse drug reactions and medication safety events
• Respond to emergency situations including cardiac arrest (Code Blue) and post‑arrest targeted temperature management, acute ischemic stroke (Code Stroke), and rapid sequence intubation
• Provide drug information and education
• Patient/family education
• Participate in quality, safety and other project work related to critical care
• Conduct medication use evaluations and research projects in collaboration with other healthcare professionals to identify areas of medication use optimization with publication and/or presentation at local and/or national meetings
• Participate in site and system wide Critical Care committees
• Precept pharmacy residents and pharmacy students

Education/

Experience:

• Graduation from an accredited School of Pharmacy required
• Current active registration and licensure with the State of New Jersey Board of Pharmacy required
• Previous hospital pharmacy experience (2+ years) preferred.
• PGY1 or PGY2 pharmacy residency training OR 2 years of clinical pharmacy experience in the assigned area preferred

• Minimum Salary (Hourly Rate): 58.560000
• Maximum Salary (Hourly Rate):
• Assignment Category:
  Part time - Benefits
• Hours per Week: 22.5
• Primary Shift: Evenings
• Salary Admin Plan: ALH

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