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Emory Healthcare•Lithonia, GA

12d•$67 - $80

About The Position

The Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in the Emergency Department practices as a clinical expert in the specialty area and provides direct patient care. The position ensures appropriate medication therapy and clinical outcomes, develops advanced evidence-based practice, and uses collaborative practice agreements to enhance pharmaceutical care. The schedule is an evening 7-on/7-off rotation consisting of seven consecutive 10-hour shifts, generally 12:30 PM–11:00 PM. Shift times may vary with departmental needs. The rotation follows a two-week pay period and includes every other weekend and holidays that fall within the scheduled rotation. The specialist provides patient-centered interdisciplinary care; reviews and processes medication orders; identifies, resolves, documents, and prevents medication-related problems; reviews patient profiles; monitors therapy; and recommends or makes protocol-based modifications. The role supports medication safety, quality improvement, financial stewardship, system medication-use policies and processes, protocols, guidelines, order sets, formulary decisions, and clinical practice initiatives. It also includes education and training, precepting students and residents when available, scholarly activity, continuing education development, committee participation, and oversight of pharmacy work in the specialty area.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of pharmacy.
ASHP-accredited Post Graduate Year 1 and 2 residency or fellowship, or equivalent experience in the specialty area.
Eligible for Georgia licensure and licensed in Georgia before the official start date.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification in accordance with the American Heart Association within 90 days.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification within six months if directly applicable to the practice specialty.
Ability to meet the stated physical requirements, including lifting up to 50 pounds, carrying objects up to 25 pounds, and standing, walking, and sitting as described.

Nice To Haves

Relevant Pharmacy Specialty Board Certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

Practice as a clinical expert in the specialty area and provide direct, patient-centered, interdisciplinary pharmaceutical care.
Develop and promote advanced clinical practice based on current evidence and use or establish collaborative practice agreements.
Ensure appropriate medication therapy and institutional clinical outcomes in the specialty area.
Review and process medication orders accurately and efficiently; conduct in-depth patient profile reviews and monitor drug therapy.
Prevent and resolve drug-related problems in consultation with prescribers, and document interventions and adverse drug events.
Evaluate, intervene in, and document clinical situations beyond institutional protocols, supporting recommendations with critical analysis of literature.
Make recommendations or modify medication regimens according to protocol; develop system nomograms, guidelines, protocols, and order sets.
Attend medical codes as applicable.
Develop system policies and processes for medication dosing, storage, handling, dispensing, and administration, including compounded products.
Participate in system clinical practice initiatives and multidisciplinary or Emory Healthcare committees.
Serve as a role model in complex clinical and ethical situations and resolve conflict constructively.
Develop and promote patient education materials and techniques covering drug therapy, adverse effects, compliance, appropriate use, handling, and administration.
Coordinate transitions of care as appropriate and support service completion and patient satisfaction.
Maintain clinical competency through external professional activities and develop accredited continuing education activities every two years.
Precept pharmacy students and residents as available; provide department training and competency assurance; train and educate pharmacy and other disciplines; assist pharmacists in advancing clinical skills.
Answer drug information questions using in-depth knowledge of research design, methodologies, and biostatistics.
Participate in scholarly activities and routinely submit publications or national presentations.
Recognize process failures and participate in analysis and improvement efforts; lead an annual medication-use evaluation or quality-improvement project in the specialty area.
Oversee pharmacy students, technicians, and pharmacists to maintain performance standards and compliance with state, federal, and organizational regulations.
Review medication safety trends and recommend solutions; promote ideas that improve quality or overcome barriers in the specialty area.
Provide departmental pharmacy financial stewardship; develop and reinforce medication-use policies and processes that support financial stewardship; participate in formulary review and medication selection; and support cost-saving initiatives.
Review medication insurance authorization status and maintain understanding of 340B practices as applicable.
Oversee medication-use systems in the specialty area.
Perform other duties as assigned or requested.