Night Pharmacist

Overview

Where you matter as much as the work you do

Emory Healthcare is an academic medical center with a high acuity patient population. Our pharmacy staff work side by side with our fellow health care providers creating an interdisciplinary team approach to patient care. The Pharmacy at Emory’s goal is to provide patient- and-family centered medication management to the patients we serve and defining a new standard of care for humankind.

Join Emory Healthcare (EHC) if you’re looking for an opportunity with one of the nation's leading Atlanta hospitals in cardiology and heart surgery, cancer, neurology, and more! EHC is where those around you are dedicated to the power of teamwork, fostering an environment where you can learn, grow, and innovate with similarly passionate professionals.  Work with us to improve the quality of life throughout Georgia through partnerships with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Georgia Institute of Technology, and other organizations and make a bigger, greater impact than you ever thought possible. 

Description

JOB DESCRIPTION:

With the focus on the patient as the primary beneficiary, provide leadership, clinical, educational, informational, and distribution functions on the night shift.

• Prioritize the workload and organize the workflow of pharmacy technical personnel on the night shift, taking into account available resources. Follow departmental procedures for checking the accuracy of the pharmacy technical l personnel in assigned areas. May conduct in-service programs for medical, pharmacy and nursing staff. May act as the liaison between pharmacy services and other departments and/or participate on committee meetings as a department representative. Identify performance improvement opportunities and make recommendations of ways to improve clinical and distributive services.
• Proactively work to improve the medication process. Where applicable, use effective patient education techniques to provide counseling to patients and caregivers including information on drug therapy, adverse effects, compliance, appropriate use, handling and drug administration. May respond to questions from patients regarding their medications. Identify the requester¿s actual drug information need. Employ a systematic, efficient, and thorough procedure of retrieving drug information. Effectively manages pharmacy operations on the night shift in the absence of an on-site supervisor; seeks assistance from management as appropriate. Actively participates in employee performance and competency assessment.
• Coaches and counsels staff and documents as required. Prioritize theworkload and organize the workflow of pharmacy technical personnel on the night shift, taking into account available resources. Follow departmental procedures for checking the accuracy of the pharmacy technical l personnel in assigned areas. May conduct in-service programs for medical, pharmacy and nursing staff. May act as the liaison between pharmacy services and other departments and/or participate on committee meetings as a department representative.
• Identify performance improvement opportunities and make recommendations of ways to improve clinical and distributive services. Proactively work to improve the medication process.Assure the appropriateness of a medication order including age-specific and organ-specific factors, allergy checking, duplicate checking and drug interaction checking before preparing or permitting the distribution of the first dose. Maintain the accuracy of patient profiles according to Emory HealthcaresPolicies and Procedures.
• Utilize EMAR Summary to help with scheduling doses, avoiding duplicated doses and correctly initiating change in doses. Prepare drug products using appropriate techniques and following the Emory Healthcares Policies and Procedures. Dispense drug products in accordance with established policies and procedures. Exercise skill as a team member in the management of medicalemergencies by attending codes as assigned. Ensure that policies and procedures related to drug distribution are followed. Recommend appropriate alternatives related to non-formulary requests and shortages/recalls.
• Ensure the accuracy of records pertaining to controlled substances, medication compounding, prepackaging, and sterile product preparation.Where applicable, use effective patient education techniques to provide counseling to patients and caregivers including information on drug therapy, adverse effects, compliance, appropriate use, handling and drug administration. May respond to questions from patients regarding their medications.
• Collect and organize all patient-specific information (medication work-up) needed to assure rational, safe therapy for patients on assigned areas. This shall include prevention, detection and resolution