High-Impact Emergency Medicine Pharmacist

BHS; Corbin (KY); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition Assistance reimbursement

Maternity/Paternity leave paid by the-

Bereavement Leave

Paid Time Off

Employee Assistance Program

Retirement plans with company match

Job summary

Baptist Health in Corbin, KY seeks a Clinical Pharmacist Specialist – Emergency Medicine to provide safe, effective, and prompt medication therapy. The role supports centralized and decentralized medication use systems and serves as the emergency medicine pharmacotherapy expert.

Responsibilities include managing high-acuity therapies, participating in antimicrobial and opioid stewardship, and collaborating with physicians, nurses, and other health professionals to optimize patient outcomes in

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 for the site.
• ACLS certification required within 6 months of hire.
• Board Certification required within 1 year of hire.
• Competency in emergency medicine pharmacotherapy, emergency response medication management, procedural sedation support, RSI, antimicrobial stewardship, and protocol-based monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe, effective, and timely medication therapy for emergency medicine patients.
• Deliver clinical pharmacy services in both centralized and decentralized medication use systems.
• Review, verify, and enter medication orders for appropriateness, including dosing, route, frequency, allergies, interactions, contraindications, and therapeutic duplication.
• Serve as the emergency medicine expert for high-acuity therapies and high-risk medications.
• Monitor and manage medication regimens per approved protocols and consults.
• Respond to medical emergencies (Code Blues, stroke alerts, rapid response events).
• Assist with procedural sedations and rapid sequence intubations.
• Support nursing in safe use of infusion pumps and other delivery technologies in ED.
• Provide drug information education to physicians, nurses, patients, and healthcare team.
• Participate in antimicrobial and opioid stewardship, medication use evaluations, adverse event reporting, and quality improvement.
• Support formulary management, policy development, and automation optimization.

Skills

Emergency medicine

Pharmacotherapy

Drug information

Clinical monitoring

Team collaboration

Education

PharmD or pharmacy degree

Tools

ACLS certification

Job description

Baptist Health in Corbin, KY seeks a Clinical Pharmacist Specialist – Emergency Medicine to provide safe, effective, and prompt medication therapy. The role supports centralized and decentralized medication use systems and serves as the emergency medicine pharmacotherapy expert.

Responsibilities include managing high-acuity therapies, participating in antimicrobial and opioid stewardship, and collaborating with physicians, nurses, and other health professionals to optimize patient outcomes in