Clinical Pharmacist - Emergency Department -Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center
About The Position
The Clinical Pharmacist provides pharmaceutical care to patients across inpatient and outpatient settings, ensuring safe, effective, evidence-based medication use. The role includes reviewing and verifying medication orders, monitoring therapeutic outcomes, making clinical recommendations, collaborating with healthcare professionals, and participating in quality improvement and patient safety initiatives. The pharmacist documents clinical assessments and interventions and ensures compliance with hospital, departmental, and regulatory policies. In the Emergency Department, the pharmacist participates in daily patient care, supports medication history and reconciliation, and provides recommendations for acute treatment. The role includes clinical guidance and medication-preparation support during emergencies and resuscitations, including Code Blue, Code Stroke, STEMI, sepsis, trauma activations, and rapid sequence intubation. The pharmacist provides drug information, including for acute toxicologic emergencies, recommends therapeutic drug monitoring, and helps prevent, detect, monitor, document, and report adverse drug reactions and medication safety events. The position also contributes to emergency medicine quality and safety projects, medication-use evaluations, and collaborative research, with findings suitable for presentation or publication. The pharmacist participates in site and system-wide ED committees and serves as a preceptor and mentor to pharmacists, residents, and students.
Requirements
- Graduation from an accredited School of Pharmacy with a PharmD.
- Current active registration and licensure with the State of New Jersey Board of Pharmacy.
- PGY1 or PGY2 pharmacy residency training, or two years of clinical pharmacy experience in the assigned area.
Nice To Haves
- Two or more years of previous hospital pharmacy experience.
Responsibilities
- Review patient medication regimens and recommend therapy optimization based on clinical guidelines and best practices.
- Conduct medication reconciliation to support medication accuracy and safety during transitions of care.
- Educate patients and caregivers about medication use, side effects, and adherence strategies.
- Collaborate with healthcare providers to develop and implement patient-specific care plans.
- Monitor patient outcomes and adjust therapy as needed to achieve therapeutic goals.
- Participate in interdisciplinary rounds and provide pharmacotherapy recommendations.
- Provide drug information to healthcare professionals and patients.
- Contribute to medication-use quality improvement and patient safety initiatives.
- Document interventions, clinical assessments, and recommendations in the electronic health record.
- Stay current with developments in pharmacotherapy and evidence-based medicine.
- Serve as a preceptor and mentor for pharmacists, pharmacy residents, and students.
- Participate in daily emergency department patient care, including acute management recommendations and medication history and reconciliation activities.
- Provide clinical guidance and medication-preparation support for medical emergencies, resuscitations, Code Stroke, STEMI, sepsis, neurologic disorders, and trauma activations.
- Respond to cardiac arrest and post-arrest targeted temperature management, acute ischemic stroke, and rapid sequence intubation situations.
- Provide drug information and education, including management of acute toxicologic emergencies.
- Provide therapeutic drug monitoring recommendations as appropriate.
- Prevent, detect, monitor, document, and report adverse drug reactions and medication safety events.
- Participate in emergency medicine quality, safety, and other project work.
- Conduct medication-use evaluations and collaborative research to identify opportunities to optimize medication use, with publication and/or presentation at local or national meetings.
- Participate in site and system-wide emergency department committees.
- Precept pharmacy residents and pharmacy students.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage for eligible team members working 22.5 hours per week or above.
- Life and AD&D insurance.
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage, with options to supplement.
- 403(b) retirement plan with employer match and an additional non-elective contribution.
- PTO and paid sick leave.
- Tuition assistance, advancement opportunities, and academic advising.
- Parental, adoption, and surrogacy leave.
- Backup and on-site childcare.
- Well-being rewards.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Fertility benefits and Healthy Pregnancy Program.
- Flexible spending and commuter accounts.
- Pet, home, auto, identity theft, and legal insurance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
