Pharmacist Specialist - Emergency Medicine

BHS•Lexington, KY

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Pharmacist Specialist in Emergency Medicine works within Baptist Health Lexington’s Department of Pharmacy Services, which provides pharmaceutical services across the continuum of care. The role serves as a medication-management resource and provides clinical pharmacy services, medication counseling, medication reconciliation, and support for transitions of care. It also supports medication availability, safe dispensing, compounding, and pharmacy operations while working with interprofessional patient-care teams. The position provides technician oversight and routine supervisory support, assists with staff orientation and training, and serves as a preceptor for students and residents as applicable. The pharmacist maintains knowledge of relevant pharmacy regulations and medication-management standards, uses pharmaceutical references, and promotes formulary therapies through appropriate recommendations to medical staff. The role is full-time, second shift, in hospital pharmacy at Baptist Health Lexington in Lexington, Kentucky.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy.
Kentucky Board of Pharmacy license in good standing, as applicable to the practice site.
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.
Work with interprofessional patient-care teams on transitions of care, including preparation for patient discharge.
Participate as an active member of patient-care teams on units, including unit-based huddles and activities when available; understand unit metrics and goals and work with 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 treatment delays and support positive patient outcomes.
Oversee dispensing and reconciliation of medications, including controlled substances, expiration dates, and drug recalls.
Perform medication reconciliation for patients.
Provide technician oversight and assume supervisory responsibility for 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 cost-effectively.
Assist with orientation and training of pharmacists, technicians, students, and residents, and help perform staff competencies as requested by the manager or director.
Precept students and residents as applicable.
Maintain knowledge of local, state, and federal pharmacy practice regulations and applicable accrediting-body medication-management standards.
Use pharmaceutical references effectively.
Promote formulary therapies to medical staff, contact providers with alternatives, and make appropriate recommendations using knowledge of the formulary, current interchanges, and non-formulary medication processes.