Pharmacist Specialist - Emergency Medicine

Baptist Healthcare System•Lexington, KY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Pharmacist Specialist-Emergency Medicine works in the Department of Pharmacy Services at Baptist Health Lexington, providing pharmaceutical services across the continuum of care. The role serves as a medication-management and drug-information resource and delivers decentralized or clinical pharmacy services, including anticoagulation management, pharmacokinetic and renal dosing, nutritional support, antimicrobial and opioid stewardship, and patient counseling. The pharmacist collaborates with interprofessional care teams on patient care and transitions, including discharge preparation, and participates in unit huddles and activities where available. The role also oversees medication dispensing and reconciliation, pharmacy production, and technician activities, and supports staff training and competency assessment. The position is full-time, second shift, in Lexington, Kentucky, and includes a $15,000 sign-on bonus for qualified individuals.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy.
Kentucky Board of Pharmacy license in good standing, as applicable to the practice site.
Must obtain ACLS within six months if required to attend codes.

Nice To Haves

One to three years of related work experience or completion of an ASHP-accredited pharmacy residency program is preferred.

Responsibilities

Serve as a drug information expert and resource regarding medication management.
Provide decentralized or clinical pharmacy services, including anticoagulation management and monitoring, pharmacokinetic dosing, renal dosing, and nutritional support services.
Participate in antimicrobial stewardship and opioid stewardship.
Provide medication counseling to patients.
Collaborate with interprofessional patient care teams to support transitions of care, including discharge preparation.
Serve as an active member of interprofessional teams on patient care units and participate in unit-based huddles and activities when available.
Understand unit metrics and goals and work with unit staff to help achieve them.
Review medication orders for correct drug, dosage, route, frequency, allergies, therapeutic duplication, interactions, contraindications, and potential adverse events for patients of all ages served.
Ensure medications are available when needed to avoid delays in therapy and promote positive patient outcomes.
Oversee medication dispensing and reconciliation, including controlled substances, expiration dates, and drug recalls.
Perform medication reconciliation for patients.
Provide technician oversight and supervise routine daily activities.
Supervise or perform production of sterile and nonsterile, hazardous and nonhazardous compounded products for first doses, scheduled deliveries, and batches.
Plan, organize, and direct pharmacy activities in a cost-effective manner.
Assist with orientation and training of pharmacists, technicians, students, and residents, and help perform new-hire and annual staff competencies as requested by the manager or director.
Act as a preceptor for students and residents as applicable.
Maintain knowledge of local, state, and federal pharmacy regulations and applicable accrediting-body medication-management standards.
Use pharmaceutical references effectively.
Promote formulary therapies to medical staff, contact providers about alternatives, and make recommendations using knowledge of the formulary, current interchanges, and non-formulary medication processes.