Emergency Medicine Pharmacist Specialist — High-Impact Care

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Corbin (KY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition assistance

Maternity/Paternity leave

Bereavement leave

Paid time off

Employee assistance program

Retirement plans

Work experience education

Job summary

Baptist Health in Corbin, KY is seeking a Clinical Pharmacist Specialist in Emergency Medicine to provide safe, effective medication therapy and to support both centralized and decentralized medication use systems.

The role emphasizes collaboration with physicians and nurses, handling high-acuity therapies, rapid sequence intubation, and adherence to USP standards. The position requires Kentucky license, ACLS, board certification within a year, and a PGY residency if needed.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited College of Pharmacy.
• Minimum of three years of job-related experience, or completion of a PGY-1 or PGY-2 ASHP-accredited residency in the area of practice in lieu of additional experience.
• Current Kentucky Pharmacist License.
• ACLS certification within 6 months of hire.
• Board Certification within 1 year of hire.
• Demonstrated competency in emergency medicine pharmacotherapy, emergency response medication management, procedural sedation support, rapid sequence intubation (RSI), antimicrobial stewardship, and protocol-based clinical monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe, effective, and timely medication therapy for emergency medicine patients.
• Deliver clinical pharmacy services in centralized and decentralized medication use systems.
• Review, verify, and enter medication orders for appropriateness, including drug selection, dosing, route, frequency, allergies, interactions, contraindications, and therapeutic duplication.
• Serve as the emergency medicine expert for high-acuity therapies, including vasoactive infusions, sedatives, analgesics, neuromuscular blockers, and other high-risk medications.
• Monitor and manage medication regimens per approved protocols, consults, and collaborative clinical practice standards.
• Respond to medical emergencies, including Code Blues, stroke alerts, rapid response events, and other urgent clinical situations.
• Assist with procedural sedations and rapid sequence intubations to ensure safe and accurate medication preparation and administration.
• Support nursing staff in the safe use of programmable infusion pumps and other medication delivery technologies in the emergency department.
• Provide drug information consultation and education to physicians, nurses, patients, and other members of the healthcare team.
• Participate in antimicrobial stewardship, opioid stewardship, medication use evaluations, adverse drug event reporting, and quality improvement initiatives.
• Support medication preparation, dispensing, distribution, and inventory management, including compliance with USP 795, 797, and 800 standards.
• Assist with formulary management, medication policy development, automated dispensing cabinet optimization, and medication-related process improvement activities.

Skills

Emergency medicine pharmacotherapy

Rapid sequence intubation support

Drug information consultation

Antimicrobial stewardship

Education

Pharmacy degree (Doctor of Pharmacy)

Kentucky Pharmacist License

ACLS certification

Board Certification (EM or related)

PGY-1/PGY-2 ASHP residency

Job description

Baptist Health in Corbin, KY is seeking a Clinical Pharmacist Specialist in Emergency Medicine to provide safe, effective medication therapy and to support both centralized and decentralized medication use systems.

The role emphasizes collaboration with physicians and nurses, handling high-acuity therapies, rapid sequence intubation, and adherence to USP standards. The position requires Kentucky license, ACLS, board certification within a year, and a PGY residency if needed.