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