ER Pharmacist

The ER Pharmacist provides clinical pharmacotherapy services and leads medication reconciliation efforts across all care transitions. Responsibilities include responding to cardiac/stroke codes and rapid responses, performing prospective order verification, and precepting pharmacy residents.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

Required Qualifications:             

• Graduate of an ACPE-accredited School of Pharmacy with a BS in Pharmacy, an MS in Pharmacy or a Doctor of Pharmacy.
• Completion of an ASHP Accredited Pharmacy Practice Clinical Residency (PGY-1)
• Licensed to practice in the State of NY.
• Emergency Room / Medication Reconciliation Experience
• ACLS, BLS, and PALS certification (required within 4 months of hire)
• Computer system experience, including web based applications, and Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
• Outstanding oral and written communication skills
• Ability to work collaboratively on a multidisciplinary team in a busy environment
• Health system pharmacy experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Board Certification in Pharmacotherapy, Critical Care, or Emergency Medicine
• Prior experience as a pharmacy residency preceptor (PGY-1 or PGY-2)
• Completion of a preceptor development or teaching certificate program

DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

• Perform order verification for ED medication orders, reviewing for appropriateness, dosing, drug-drug interactions, drug-allergy interactions, and contraindications prior to administration.
• Provide antimicrobial stewardship services including review of empiric antibiotic selection, dose optimization (e.g., extended infusions, renal dose adjustments), culture and sensitivity follow-up, and de-escalation recommendations.
• Serve as a toxicology resource for overdose and poisoning management, including antidote selection and dosing, decontamination recommendations, and collaboration with regional poison control centers. Support anticoagulation management including reversal agent selection and dosing (e.g., 4-factor PCC, idarucizumab), bridging decisions, and new oral anticoagulant dosing.
• Assist with rapid sequence intubation (RSI) by preparing medications, recommending induction and paralytic agent selection and dosing based on patient-specific factors.
• Support procedural sedation by recommending medication selection, dosing, and monitoring parameters.

Performance Improvement and Education

• Detect and report suspected adverse drug events accurately and in a timely manner.
• Participate in the development and implementation of PI and MUE activities related to medication reconciliation.
• Collect and analyze data related to PI and MUE activities.  Maintain documentation of all activities.
• Collect and submit medication reconciliation data for Leapfrog Hospital Surveys on a quarterly basis and benchmark reconciliation performance against national standards (e.g., Joint Commission NPSG.03.06.01, Leapfrog, CMS).
• Develop and provide education to healthcare professionals, as directed and/or as deemed appropriate
• Sustain professional competence and professional growth via participation in on-site and off-site continuing education programs, inservices, workshops, seminars, and professional organizations.
• Maintain ACLS, BLS, and PALS certifications throughout employment.
• Complete ASHP-required preceptor development activities, including a minimum of preceptor education credits per the institution's residency program requirements (e.g., teaching core and clinical core activities)
• Attend preceptor development workshops, teaching certificate programs, or equivalent training to enhance skills in clinical instruction, feedback delivery, and learner assessment
• Supervise and instruct pharmacy students and support personnel, as directed.
• Serve as a primary or contributing preceptor for PGY-1 pharmacy residents rotating through the emergency department, including development of rotation-specific learning objectives, direct instruction, modeling, coaching, and facilitation of clinical problem-solving skills
• Provide timely, constructive feedback to residents on clinical performance, including formal midpoint and final evaluations using ASHP PharmAcademic platform 
• Design and facilitate simulation-based training exercises for pharmacy residents, including cardiac arrest, rapid sequence intubation, stroke, sepsis, and toxicology scenarios 
• Participate in residency advisory committee (RAC) activities and residency program development, as directed
• Maintain preceptor development requirements per ASHP accreditation standards, including completion of required preceptor education credits and ongoing professional development in teaching skills

This range serves as a good faith estimate and actual pay will encompass a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience. The salary range or rate listed does not include any differential pay or other forms of compensation that may be applicable to this job and it does not include the value of benefits.

At Catholic Health, we believe in a people-first approach. In addition to the estimated base pay provided, employees are eligible for generous benefits packages, generous tuition assistance, a defined benefit pension plan, and a culture that supports professional and educational growth