Emergency Medicine Pharmacist: Trauma & Critical Care

EM pharmacists; Peoria (IL); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center seeks an Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacist to join the ED team, delivering direct patient care at the bedside, performing medication therapy assessments, and optimizing pharmacotherapy for critically ill and injured adults and children.

The role emphasizes education, quality improvement, research, protocol development, and collaboration with physicians, nurses, EMS, and pharmacy staff to advance emergency medicine practice.

Qualifications

• PharmD degree required with Illinois license or eligibility.
• Completion of PGY1 and PGY2 Emergency Medicine Residency preferred.
• BCEMP or BCPS with substantial Emergency Medicine experience considered.
• ACLS and PALS certifications preferred.
• Experience in a Level I Trauma Center preferred.
• Experience precepting pharmacy learners preferred.
• Research and quality improvement experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Direct Patient Care in the Emergency Department setting.
• Provide bedside medication order verification and clinical review.
• Perform comprehensive medication therapy assessment and optimization.
• Respond to medical emergencies including trauma activations, cardiac arrest, stroke alerts, STEMI activations, sepsis, rapid sequence intubation, toxicologic emergencies, pediatric emergencies, and massive transfusion activations.
• Recommend medication selection, dosing, monitoring, administration, and adverse effect management.
• Provide pharmacokinetic consultation when appropriate.
• Facilitate transitions of care from the Emergency Department to inpatient services.

Skills

Emergency pharmacotherapy

Critical care pharmacotherapy

Trauma resuscitation

Toxicology

Cardiovascular emergencies

Neurologic emergencies

Infectious diseases

Pediatric emergency medicine

Medication safety

Interprofessional communication

Clinical decision-making under pressur

Evidence appraisal

Protocol development

Teaching and precepting

Education

Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)

Illinois Pharmacist License or eligibility

Job description

OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center seeks an Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacist to join the ED team, delivering direct patient care at the bedside, performing medication therapy assessments, and optimizing pharmacotherapy for critically ill and injured adults and children.

The role emphasizes education, quality improvement, research, protocol development, and collaboration with physicians, nurses, EMS, and pharmacy staff to advance emergency medicine practice.