Description
Full Time
Pharmacy-Institutional
7503 Surratts Road
Pharmacy
Day / Evening Shift with rotating weekend
1.00
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Clinical Pharmacist- Emergency Medicine is an active member of the health care team maintaining the professional knowledge and skills necessary to assure patients receive quality medication therapy along with the resolution of practical and strategic problems, resolving conflict, implementing constructive change, and adhering to legal and regulatory requirements.
The Clinical Pharmacist - Emergency Medicine, works cooperatively with pharmacy management to maintain daily workflow, identify additional duties or change of duties that would enhance pharmacy operation and supports the direction and achievement of the hospital's short and long-range goals.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Requires Pharm D. OR BS in pharmacy with 5 years of hospital pharmacy experience.
Pharmacy Practice PGY1 residency or Board Certification.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Completed a PGY2 residency in Emergency Medicine or Critical Care.
The major job responsibilities are:
* Provide comprehensive pharmaceutical care to Emergency Department
* Participate in daily patient care activities.
* Discuss medication order clarifications with the prescriber.
* Document any changes in patient records and inform others of medication order changes.
* Monitor drug therapy to evaluate appropriateness of use dose, dosage form, regimen, route, therapeutic duplication, and drug interaction.
* Provide pharmacokinetic consultations and other dosing as required.
* Prevent, detect, monitor, document, and report adverse drug reactions and medications errors.
* Participate in the drug therapy management of medical emergencies (i.e. code, trauma, stroke alerts, poisoning etc.).
* Promote the use of the formulary by converting nonformulary orders to formulary, when possible, but coordinates procurement of non-formulary drugs when necessary.
* Maintain and update patient profiles with allergies and current medications, as warranted.
* Reconcile pharmacy and nursing medication records, as necessary.
* Facilitate discharge/admission/transfer for Emergency Department patients including preparation and dispensation of outpatient prescriptions, as necessary.
* Provides patient specific medication use teaching for discharge medications when appropriate.
* Expedite antibiotic administration by all appropriate mechanisms
* Optimize pharmacotherapy regimens utilizing current evidence-based recommendations.
* Maintains current hospital pharmacy knowledge, professional expertise and skills necessary to assure the proper interpretation, safe preparation and dispensing of medications for all patients.
* Provide operational support in the Emergency Department and Central Pharmacy as determined by departmental need.
* Review medication orders for accuracy and appropriateness.
* Order entry for assigned areas.
* Resolves drug distribution related issues. Resolves automatic dispensing cabinet (Pyxis) and sterile product related issues.
* Develop and conduct target drug programs and medication use evaluations as needed and report results to the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee or relevant subcommittees.
* Document clinical consultations and cost avoidance as part of the departmental clinical documentation program.
* Monitor the use of expensive medications to assure their use is consistent with approved criteria (e.g., alteplase, Factor VII, etc.)
* Provide in-services for emergency department nursing and medical staff.
* Participate in the development of medication use management programs within MedStar Health including clinical guidelines, critical pathways, disease management, and drug use programs.
* Facilitate the personnel development in emergency medicine for pharmacists.
* Participate on corporate and hospital committees.
* Participate actively in emergency medicine team meetings and conferences.
* Performs other related duties as required.
