Emergency Medicine - Clinical Pharmacist - Full-Time - 12p-8p - Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center

The Clinical Pharmacist delivers comprehensive, patient-centered pharmaceutical care across a variety of specialty areas, including Behavioral Health, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Infectious Disease, Pediatrics/Neonates, Oncology, Inpatient Transitions of Care, Investigational Drug Services, and Opioid Stewardship, and other. Responsibilities include reviewing and optimizing medication therapy, performing medication reconciliation, monitoring therapeutic outcomes, managing adverse drug events, and providing patient and caregiver education. The pharmacist collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to develop individualized care plans, participates in clinical rounds, and provides drug information and pharmacotherapy recommendations. Additionally, the role contributes to quality improvement initiatives, policy and protocol development, and clinical projects. The Clinical Pharmacist conducts medication use evaluations and research, and ensures compliance with institutional, state, and federal regulations to support safe, effective, and evidence-based medication use.

Emergency Medicine

• Participate in daily patient care in the emergency department including providing recommendations for acute management and supporting medication history/reconciliation activities
• Participate in drug therapy management of medical emergencies, including providing clinical guidance and medication preparation support during acute care resuscitation, code stroke, STEMI, Sepsis, neurologic disorders, and trauma activations
• Respond to emergency situations including cardiac arrest (Code Blue) and post-arrest targeted temperature management, acute ischemic stroke (Code Stroke), and rapid sequence intubation
• Provide drug information including management of acute toxicologic emergencies, and education
• Provide therapeutic drug monitoring recommendations as appropriate
• Prevent, detect, monitor, document and report adverse drug reactions and medication safety events
• Participate in quality, safety and other project work related to emergency medicine
• Conduct medication use evaluations and research projects in collaboration with other healthcare professionals to identify areas of medication use optimization with publication and/or presentation at local and/or national meetings
• Participate in site and system wide ED committees

• Precept pharmacy residents and pharmacy students