Night Pharmacist

Emory•Atlanta, GA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Emory Healthcare is an academic medical center with a high acuity patient population. Our pharmacy staff work side by side with our fellow health care providers creating an interdisciplinary team approach to patient care. The Pharmacy at Emory’s goal is to provide patient- and-family centered medication management to the patients we serve and defining a new standard of care for humankind.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of pharmacy.
Eligible for Georgia Licensure.
Candidate is required to be licensed in Georgia prior to official start date.
Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification in accordance with the American Heart Association required within 90 days.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support required within 6 months, if directly applicable to practice specialty.

Nice To Haves

One year of hospital experience
PGY1 residency

Responsibilities

Provide leadership, clinical, educational, informational, and distribution functions on the night shift.
Prioritize the workload and organize the workflow of pharmacy technical personnel on the night shift, taking into account available resources.
Follow departmental procedures for checking the accuracy of pharmacy technical personnel in assigned areas.
Conduct in-service programs for medical, pharmacy and nursing staff.
Act as the liaison between pharmacy services and other departments and/or participate on committee meetings as a department representative.
Identify performance improvement opportunities and make recommendations of ways to improve clinical and distributive services.
Proactively work to improve the medication process.
Use effective patient education techniques to provide counseling to patients and caregivers including information on drug therapy, adverse effects, compliance, appropriate use, handling and drug administration.
Respond to questions from patients regarding their medications.
Identify the requester's actual drug information need.
Employ a systematic, efficient, and thorough procedure of retrieving drug information.
Effectively manage pharmacy operations on the night shift in the absence of an on-site supervisor; seek assistance from management as appropriate.
Actively participate in employee performance and competency assessment.
Coach and counsel staff and document as required.
Assure the appropriateness of a medication order including age-specific and organ-specific factors, allergy checking, duplicate checking and drug interaction checking before preparing or permitting the distribution of the first dose.
Maintain the accuracy of patient profiles according to Emory Healthcares Policies and Procedures.
Utilize EMAR Summary to help with scheduling doses, avoiding duplicated doses and correctly initiating change in doses.
Prepare drug products using appropriate techniques and following the Emory Healthcares Policies and Procedures.
Dispense drug products in accordance with established policies and procedures.
Exercise skill as a team member in the management of medical emergencies by attending codes as assigned.
Ensure that policies and procedures related to drug distribution are followed.
Recommend appropriate alternatives related to non-formulary requests and shortages/recalls.
Ensure the accuracy of records pertaining to controlled substances, medication compounding, prepackaging, and sterile product preparation.
Collect and organize all patient-specific information (medication work-up) needed to assure rational, safe therapy for patients on assigned areas.
Identify the presence of medication therapy problems in patients current medication therapy; develop a plan to prevent or resolve the problem in collaboration with members of the healthcare team.
Utilize nomograms and other departmental guidelines when providing medication-related recommendations.
Document pharmaceutical care activities which require documentation including adverse drug reactions, adverse drug events and interventions.
Write effective notes when documenting patient care in EeMR.
Work with manager to formulate plan for professional development.
Attend educational in-services as appropriate.
Participate in professional activities and organizations to maintain knowledge of current trends, practices, and developments.