Clinical Night Pharmacist/ ICU/ ED

Emory•Atlanta, GA

43d•Onsite

About The Position

This role provides leadership, clinical, educational, informational, and distribution functions on the night shift. The pharmacist will prioritize workload and organize the workflow of pharmacy technical personnel, ensuring accuracy and adherence to departmental procedures. Responsibilities include conducting in-service programs, acting as a liaison between pharmacy services and other departments, participating in committee meetings, identifying performance improvement opportunities, and proactively working to improve the medication process. The role involves patient counseling on drug therapy, adverse effects, compliance, and proper use. The pharmacist will manage pharmacy operations in the absence of an on-site supervisor, participate in employee performance and competency assessments, and coach/counsel staff. Key clinical duties include assuring the appropriateness of medication orders (considering age-specific and organ-specific factors, allergies, duplicates, and drug interactions), maintaining patient profiles, utilizing EMAR Summary for dose scheduling and adjustments, preparing and dispensing drug products according to policies, attending medical emergencies (codes), recommending alternatives for non-formulary requests or shortages, and ensuring accuracy of records for controlled substances and sterile products. The pharmacist will also collect patient-specific information for medication work-ups, identify and resolve medication therapy problems in collaboration with the healthcare team, utilize nomograms and departmental guidelines, and document pharmaceutical care activities such as adverse drug reactions, events, and interventions. The role also includes writing effective notes in EeMR, working with management on professional development plans, attending educational in-services, and participating in professional activities to stay current with trends. Retrieving drug information will be done using a systematic, efficient, and thorough procedure.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of pharmacy.
Eligible for Georgia Licensure.
Candidate is required to be licensed in Georgia prior to official start date.
Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification in accordance with the American Heart Association required within 90 days.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support required within 6 months, if directly applicable to practice specialty.
One year of hospital experience.

Nice To Haves

PGY1 residency

Responsibilities

Provide leadership, clinical, educational, informational, and distribution functions on the night shift.
Prioritize workload and organize the workflow of pharmacy technical personnel on the night shift, considering available resources.
Follow departmental procedures for checking the accuracy of pharmacy technical personnel in assigned areas.
Conduct in-service programs for medical, pharmacy, and nursing staff.
Act as a liaison between pharmacy services and other departments and/or participate in committee meetings as a department representative.
Identify performance improvement opportunities and make recommendations to improve clinical and distributive services.
Proactively work to improve the medication process.
Use effective patient education techniques to provide counseling to patients and caregivers on drug therapy, adverse effects, compliance, appropriate use, handling, and drug administration.
Respond to questions from patients regarding their medications.
Manage pharmacy operations on the night shift in the absence of an on-site supervisor.
Actively participate in employee performance and competency assessment.
Coach and counsel staff and document as required.
Assure the appropriateness of a medication order, including age-specific and organ-specific factors, allergy checking, duplicate checking, and drug interaction checking before preparing or permitting the distribution of the first dose.
Maintain the accuracy of patient profiles according to Emory Healthcares Policies and Procedures.
Utilize EMAR Summary to help with scheduling doses, avoiding duplicated doses, and correctly initiating changes in doses.
Prepare drug products using appropriate techniques and following Emory Healthcares Policies and Procedures.
Dispense drug products in accordance with established policies and procedures.
Exercise skill as a team member in the management of medical emergencies by attending codes as assigned.
Ensure that policies and procedures related to drug distribution are followed.
Recommend appropriate alternatives related to non-formulary requests and shortages/recalls.
Ensure the accuracy of records pertaining to controlled substances, medication compounding, prepackaging, and sterile product preparation.
Collect and organize all patient-specific information (medication work-up) needed to assure rational, safe therapy for patients on assigned areas.
Identify the presence of medication therapy problems in patients' current medication therapy and develop a plan to prevent or resolve the problem in collaboration with members of the healthcare team.
Utilize nomograms and other departmental guidelines when providing medication-related recommendations.
Document pharmaceutical care activities that require documentation, including adverse drug reactions, adverse drug events, and interventions.
Write effective notes when documenting patient care in EeMR.
Work with manager to formulate a plan for professional development.
Attend educational in-services as appropriate.
Participate in professional activities and organizations to maintain knowledge of current trends, practices, and developments.
Identify the requester's actual drug information need.
Employ a systematic, efficient, and thorough procedure of retrieving drug information.