Job Summary

Provides direct, real-time clinical and operational pharmacy services within the Emergency Department and designated critical care areas to support safe, effective, and timely medication use. Works as an integrated member of the interdisciplinary healthcare team to deliver patient care in high-acuity and time-sensitive situations.

The role is primarily responsible for hands-on patient care activities, medication order processing, preparation, and dispensing, and is driven by patient volume, emergent events, and physician orders. Clinical judgment is exercised within established protocols, physician-directed care plans, and organizational policies.

Job Responsibilities

•    Reviews, verifies, processes, prepares, and dispenses medication orders in accordance with established policies, protocols, and provider orders.
•    Prepares sterile and non-sterile compounded medications following regulatory and safety standards.
•    Ensures appropriate medication selection, dosing, and monitoring based on patient-specific factors (e.g., age, weight, renal/hepatic function) within established clinical guidelines.
•    Provides drug information and medication recommendations to healthcare providers using approved references and protocols.
•    Documents clinical and operational activities as required.
•    Provides bedside pharmacy support in the Emergency Department and other designated critical care areas.
•    Responds in person to emergency situations, including cardiac arrests, trauma activations, stroke alerts, sepsis alerts, and other high-acuity events.
•    Participates in emergency response activities (e.g., ACLS), including: 

Medication preparation and compounding
Dose calculation and verification
Real-time medication support during resuscitation

•    Prepares, verifies, and dispenses high-risk and time-sensitive medications (e.g., rapid sequence intubation agents, vasopressors, emergency infusions).
•    Provides medication-related recommendations within established emergency protocols, order sets, and physician-directed care plans.