Job DescriptionProvides pharmaceutical care to patients across inpatient and outpatient settings, ensuring safe, effective, and evidence-based medicine. Includes reviewing and verifying medication orders, monitoring therapeutic outcomes, and providing clinical recommendations to the healthcare team. Collaborates with other healthcare professionals to optimize patient care, participates in quality improvement and patient safety initiatives, ensures compliance with hospital, departmental, and regulatory policies
- Reviewing patient medication regimens and providing recommendations to optimize therapy based on clinical guidelines and best practices.
- Conducting medication reconciliation to ensure accuracy and safety during transitions of care.
- Educating patients and caregivers on proper medication use, side effects, and adherence strategies.
- Collaborating with healthcare providers to develop and implement patient-specific care plans.
- Monitoring patient outcomes and adjusting therapy as necessary to achieve therapeutic goals.
- Participating in interdisciplinary rounds and providing pharmacotherapy recommendations.
- Providing drug information to healthcare professionals and patients as needed.
- Contributing to quality improvement initiatives related to medication use and patient safety.
- Documenting interventions, clinical assessments, and recommendations in the electronic health record.
- Staying current with developments in pharmacotherapy and evidence-based medicine.
- Serve as a preceptor and mentor for pharmacists, pharmacy residents and students as needed.
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
QualificationsEducation/Experience:- Graduation from an accredited School of Pharmacy with PharmD required
- Current active registration and licensure with the State of New Jersey Board of Pharmacy required
- Previous hospital pharmacy experience (2+ years) preferred.
- PGY1 or PGY2 pharmacy residency training OR 2 years of clinical pharmacy experience in the assigned area
About the TeamAtlantic Health System Pharmacy Departments service multiple outpatient areas, including several infusion centers, retail pharmacy services, and health clinics. At Morristown Medical Center and Newton Medical Center we have full-service retail pharmacies. They provide prescription medication services to patients and the local community in a convenient location on the first floor of the hospital, inside the Corner Store Gift Shop at Morristown and behind the coffee shop at Newton adjacent to the main entrance. A convenient service provided in our retail pharmacies is having your prescriptions you receive at discharge filled and ready for pick-up before you leave to go home. That means the discharge process will be a little easier for you and your family or friends since there is no need to stop at your retail pharmacy on the way home. The Pharmacy Department also works with physicians and nurses to ensure that medications used at Atlantic Health System are safe and effective. Pharmacists are integrated into your care teams to provide real time medication information and help you get the most benefit from your medications.
