Clinical Pharmacist Specialist - Critical Care

Summary

Job Description

Clinical Pharmacist Specialist - Critical Care Full-time, first shift

Job Description

Clinical Pharmacist Specialists are responsible and accountable for the provision of safe, effective, and prompt medication therapy. Through various assignments within the department, they provide support of centralized and decentralized medication use systems as well as deliver optimal medication therapy to patients within their specialty. All pharmacists are responsible for drug preparation and distribution for medications; evaluating, inputting and verification of medication orders; assisting providers and other health care professionals by serving as a drug information resource; monitoring and managing medication regimens per protocol or per consult; and managing pharmacy inventory. Job Duties Provide safe, effective, and timely medication therapy for critically ill patients across assigned care areas Deliver clinical pharmacy services in both centralized and decentralized medication use systems Review, verify, and enter medication orders for appropriateness, including drug selection, dosing, route, frequency, allergies, interactions, contraindications, and therapeutic duplication Serve as the critical care medication expert for high-acuity therapies, including vasoactive infusions, sedatives, analgesics, neuromuscular blockers, and other high-risk medications Participate in multidisciplinary critical care rounds with intensivists and other healthcare team members, providing evidence-based pharmacotherapy recommendations Monitor and manage medication regimens per approved protocols, consults, and collaborative clinical practice standards Respond to medical emergencies, including Code Blues, stroke alerts, rapid response events, and other urgent clinical situations Assist with procedural sedations and rapid sequence intubations to ensure safe and accurate medication preparation and administration Support nursing staff in the safe use of programmable infusion pumps and other medication delivery technologies in critical care areas Provide drug information consultation and education to physicians, nurses, patients, and other members of the healthcare team Participate in antimicrobial stewardship, opioid stewardship, medication use evaluations, adverse drug event reporting, and quality improvement initiatives Support medication preparation, dispensing, distribution, and inventory management, including compliance with USP 795, 797, and 800 standards Assist with formulary management, medication policy development, automated dispensing cabinet optimization, and medication-related process improvement activities

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited College of Pharmacy (minimum bachelor’s degree as listed in the job description); PharmD preferred Minimum of three years of job-related experience, or completion of a PGY-1 or PGY-2 ASHP-accredited pharmacy residency in the area of practice in lieu of additional experience Current Kentucky Pharmacist License, as applicable to the site ACLS certification required within 6 months of hire if participation in codes is required Board Certification required within 1 year of hire Demonstrated competency in critical care pharmacotherapy, emergency response medication management, and protocol-based clinical monitoring Preferred Education and Experience: Completion of a PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency Completion of a PGY-2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency Prior experience in an intensive care unit, emergency response, or other high-acuity hospital practice setting Experience participating in multidisciplinary ICU rounds and emergency response teams Advanced training or experience in critical care pharmacotherapy, sedation, vasoactive agents, and high-risk infusion management Benefits: Tuition Assistance reimbursement program Company paid Maternity and Paternity leave Bereavement Leave (includes pets) Paid Time Off available upon hire Employee Assistance Program Retirement plans with company match Work Experience Education If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now! Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians. EEO Statement: Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing. NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMATION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056. Job Applicant Privacy Policy Statement - Job Applicant Privacy Policy