Night Pharmacist

Emory Healthcare•Atlanta, GA

11d•$67 - $80•Onsite

About The Position

Provide leadership, clinical, educational, informational, and medication-distribution functions during the night shift at Emory Healthcare, an academic medical center serving a high-acuity patient population. Organize and prioritize pharmacy technical personnel’s workload and workflow, check their work according to departmental procedures, and manage pharmacy operations in the absence of an on-site supervisor, seeking management assistance when appropriate. The pharmacist may provide in-service education, act as a liaison with other departments, and represent the department on committees. Support safe medication use by reviewing medication orders for appropriateness, including age- and organ-specific factors, allergies, duplicate therapies, and drug interactions. Maintain accurate patient profiles, use the EMAR Summary to support dose scheduling and changes, prepare and dispense medications according to established policies, and ensure appropriate documentation for controlled substances and medication preparation. Participate in medical emergencies as assigned and recommend alternatives for non-formulary requests and medication shortages or recalls. Collect and organize patient-specific information to support safe, rational therapy. Identify, prevent, and resolve medication-related problems in collaboration with the healthcare team, including issues involving kinetics, renal dosing, anticoagulation, protocols, medication reconciliation, and core measures. Use departmental guidelines and nomograms, document applicable pharmaceutical-care activities and interventions, and enter patient-care notes in EeMR. Provide patient and caregiver counseling where applicable, and respond to medication questions. Participate in performance improvement, staff coaching and competency assessment, and professional development activities.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of pharmacy.
Eligible for Georgia licensure and must be licensed in Georgia before the official start date.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification in accordance with the American Heart Association, required within 90 days.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), required within 6 months if directly applicable to the practice specialty.

Nice To Haves

One year of hospital experience.
PGY1 residency.

Responsibilities

Provide leadership and clinical, educational, informational, and distribution functions on the night shift.
Prioritize pharmacy technical personnel’s workload and organize workflow based on available resources.
Check the accuracy of pharmacy technical personnel according to departmental procedures.
Manage pharmacy operations during the night shift in the absence of an on-site supervisor and seek management assistance as appropriate.
Conduct in-service programs, liaise with other departments, and participate in committee meetings as applicable.
Identify performance-improvement opportunities and recommend ways to improve clinical and distributive services and the medication process.
Review medication orders for appropriateness, including age- and organ-specific factors, allergies, duplication, and drug interactions, before preparing or permitting distribution of the first dose.
Maintain accurate patient profiles and use the EMAR Summary to help schedule doses, avoid duplication, and initiate dose changes correctly.
Prepare and dispense drug products using appropriate techniques and following Emory Healthcare policies and procedures.
Attend medical emergency codes as assigned and ensure that drug-distribution policies and procedures are followed.
Recommend appropriate alternatives for non-formulary requests and medication shortages or recalls.
Ensure accurate records for controlled substances, medication compounding, prepackaging, and sterile product preparation.
Counsel patients and caregivers on drug therapy, adverse effects, adherence, appropriate use, handling, and administration where applicable; respond to medication questions.
Collect and organize patient-specific information to support safe, rational therapy.
Prevent, detect, and resolve medication-related problems, including those involving kinetics, renal dosing, anticoagulation, protocols and guidelines, medication reconciliation, and core measures.
Collaborate with healthcare-team members to develop plans to prevent or resolve medication-therapy problems.
Use nomograms and departmental guidelines when making medication-related recommendations.
Document applicable pharmaceutical-care activities, adverse drug reactions, adverse drug events, and interventions; write patient-care notes in EeMR.
Participate in employee performance and competency assessment; coach and counsel staff and document as required.
Work with the manager on a professional-development plan, attend educational in-services, and participate in professional activities and organizations to maintain current knowledge.
Identify the requester’s actual drug-information need and use a systematic, efficient, and thorough procedure to retrieve drug information.