Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacy Specialist Augusta

Wellstar Health System; Augusta (GA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

The Wellstar Health System is seeking an Emergency Medicine Pharmacist to provide evidence-based medication care in the ED at Wellstar MCG Health Medical Center in Georgia. Shifts are daytime or evening in rotation with the EM group, focusing on transitions of care from ED to inpatient floors or ICU.

You will verify orders for adult ED patients, educate patients and teams, participate in quality and safety initiatives, and support the Pharmacy Department's education and compliance with system

Qualifications

• Active Georgia pharmacist license required at time of employment.
• PGY1 and/or PGY2 residency in critical care or emergency medicine preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides clinical pharmaceutical care to and verifies orders for adult ED patients.
• Prevents, detects, and resolves medication-related problems with evidence-based, patient-centered recommendations as a member of the ED team.
• Provides medication education to patients, families, and interdisciplinary teams.
• Participates in quality improvement, patient safety initiatives, and adverse event reporting.
• Precepts pharmacy residents and students when possible.
• Complies with Wellstar Health System policies and procedures.

Skills

Critical care

Emergency medicine

Clinical pharmacy

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Patient education

Education

Georgia Pharmacist license

Job description

How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives.

Work Shift

Various (United States of America)

About The Facility

Learn more about Wellstar MCG Health Medical Center, including our teams, culture, and campus environment:

Wellstar MCG Health Medical Center | Wellstar Health System

Job Summary

The emergency medicine pharmacist is responsible for appropriate, evidence-based, medication use for the institution, focusing on our emergency department. The shifts will largely be daytime or evening in rotation with the EM group. They will work to ensure medication therapy needs are met for patients in the ED areas as well as assist with transitions of care from the emergency department to the inpatient floors or the ICU.

Core Responsibilities And Essential Functions

• Provides clinical pharmaceutical care to and verifies orders for adult ED patients
• Prevents, detects, and resolves medication-related problems and makes appropriate evidence-based, patient-centered medication therapy recommendations as an effective member of interdisciplinary adult critical care team(s)
• Provides effective medication education to patients, families, and interdisciplinary teams
• Actively participates in the development and implementation of:
• performance/quality improvement and patient safety initiatives
• medication event/adverse reaction reporting
• clinical guideline development/disease management
• medication use evaluation/improvement with consideration of cost containment
• Demonstrates proficiency, quality, safety, and efficiency in pharmacy distributive services
• Supports interdisciplinary education and professional development of the Pharmacy Department
• Has opportunities to precept pharmacy residents and pharmacy students
• Completes medical center/pharmacy competency requirements by deadlines
• Complies with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

Required Minimum License(s) And Certification(s)

All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated.

• (Required) Reg Pharmacist: Active pharmacy license in the state of Georgia by time of employment
• (Preferred) PGY1 and/or PGY2 residency in critical care or emergency medicine

Required Minimum Experience

Minimum 2 years practicing as a critical care or EM pharmacist (or equivalent residency experience)

Preferred PGY1 and/or PGY2 residency in critical care or emergency medicine

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