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Emory•Decatur, GA

12d•Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Emergency Medicine practices as a clinical expert in the specialty area and provides direct patient care while ensuring appropriate medication therapy and clinical outcomes. The role is based at Emory Decatur Hospital, covering the Emergency Department on a 7-on/7-off schedule, with 10-hour shifts from 05:30 to 15:30 (70 hours per pay period). The specialist provides patient-centered, interdisciplinary pharmaceutical care; reviews patient profiles and medication orders; identifies and resolves drug-related problems; monitors therapy; and makes evidence-based recommendations. The role develops and promotes clinical practice, protocols, guidelines, order sets, policies, nomograms, and medication-use processes, and contributes to patient safety, quality improvement, formulary decisions, and financial stewardship. Additional duties include patient and staff education, transitions-of-care coordination as appropriate, precepting students and residents, training and competency support, responding to drug information questions, scholarly activity, committee participation, and oversight of pharmacy work and medication-use systems in the specialty area. The specialist also documents clinical activities, adverse drug events, medication variances, and interventions, and performs other duties as assigned or requested.

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.

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.
Ensure appropriate medication therapy and clinical outcomes for the institution in the specialty area.
Develop and promote advanced clinical practice based on recent evidence-based practice.
Practice under existing collaborative practice agreements and establish new agreements to enhance pharmaceutical care.
Proactively review and process medication orders accurately and efficiently.
Prevent and resolve drug-related problems by consulting with prescribers and documenting appropriately.
Review patient profiles in depth, monitor drug therapy, and recommend or make protocol-based modifications as applicable.
Evaluate, implement, and document clinical interventions beyond institutional protocols and guidelines, supporting recommendations with critical analysis of literature.
Lead development of system nomograms, guidelines, protocols, and order sets.
Promote documentation of clinical activities and adverse drug events; attend medical codes as applicable.
Develop system policies and processes for medication dosing, storage, handling, dispensing, and administration, including compounded products.
Participate in clinical practice initiatives, multidisciplinary or system committees, and coordination of transitions of care as appropriate.
Develop and use patient education materials and techniques addressing drug therapy, adverse effects, compliance, appropriate use, handling, and administration.
Maintain clinical competency and knowledge of current trends through external professional activities; develop accredited continuing education activities every two years.
Precept pharmacy students and residents as available; support department training and competency assurance for the specialty area.
Train and educate pharmacy and other disciplines, and assist pharmacists seeking to advance their clinical skills.
Answer drug information questions using in-depth knowledge of research designs, methodologies, and biostatistics.
Participate in scholarly activities and routinely submit publications or national presentations.
Identify process failures and engage in analysis and improvement efforts; lead an annual medication-use evaluation or quality-improvement project in the specialty area.
Oversee work performed by pharmacy students, technicians, and pharmacists to ensure performance standards and compliance with applicable regulations.
Document adverse drug reactions and medication variances, review trends, and recommend patient-safety solutions.
Promote ideas that improve quality or overcome barriers to advancing the profession in the specialty area.
Provide pharmacy financial stewardship for the specialty area, including medication-use policies and processes, formulary review, medication selection, cost-saving initiatives, insurance authorization review as applicable, and understanding of 340b practices as applicable.
Perform other duties as assigned or requested.