Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Emergency Medicine en Orlando Health

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Emergency Medicine

Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC)

Variable Full Time

Summary

Orlando Regional Medical Center, an 808-bed tertiary care teaching facility, seeks a highly qualified clinical pharmacist to participate in direct patient care activities in the Emergency Department and to support the delivery and development of pharmacotherapy programs.

Organization, Facility, and Department Overview

Orlando Regional Medical Center is the flagship hospital of Orlando Health, one of Florida’s most comprehensive not-for-profit Health Systems that includes 25 hospitals and 12 free standing EDs.

• Central Florida’s only Level I Trauma Center with over 4,000 trauma patients per year
• More than 350 Medical Residents and Fellows and 10 Pharmacy Residents (PGY-1 Pharmacy Residents (4), PGY-2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residents (2), PGY-2 Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Resident (1) , PGY-2 Pediatric Pharmacy Residents (2), PGY-2 Oncology Pharmacy Resident (1)
• 115 Team Member Pharmacy Department providing service 24 hours/ 7 days per week
• A team of 17 PGY-2 or equivalent trained Clinical Pharmacy Specialists focusing on Internal Medicine, Medical Critical Care, Surgical Critical Care, Neurocritical Care, Surgery/Trauma, Nutrition Support, Emergency Medicine, Hematology/Oncology, and Infectious Diseases.
• Majority of Clinical Staff Pharmacists are PGY-1 Residency trained
• Decentralized and Satellite services specializing in Critical Care, Burn/Trauma, Intermediate Critical Care, Cardiology, Orthopedics, Surgery, Medicine, Oncology, and the Operating Room.
• CPOE / EPIC, Alaris Smart IV Pumps, SwissLog BoxPicker, Omnicell
• Available resources: Drug Information Center, Medical library with librarian support, Drug information databases, Pharmacy Intranet Resources.
• Extensive committee involvement, including but not limited to, Pharmacotherapy, Medication Use Subcommittee, Bioethics, Geriatric Quality Improvement, Antimicrobial Stewardship Team, Pain Management Subcommittee, and Heart Failure Taskforce.
• Extensive New Hire Orientation and Ongoing Staff Education Programs
• Excellent Benefits plus Competitive Salary

Position Overview

This emergency medicine pharmacy specialist position works with our ED pharmacy team of approximately 5 FTEs to provide 24/7 coverage for the emergency department. This position will be a mixture of ED shifts including morning, mid, and evening shifts. Overnight ED pharmacy coverage is provided by dedicated overnight ED pharmacists and is not an expectation of this position. ED pharmacy specialists at ORMC provide immediate, evidence-based medication expertise in the emergency department to optimize patient care, improve safety, and support rapid decision- making during critical situations. They collaborate with other ED healthcare members to manage acute pharmacotherapy, prepare high risk medications, and guide treatment at the bedside.

• Manages medication therapy in collaboration with the healthcare team; develops, recommends, implements, monitors, and redesigns drug therapy regimens to optimize therapy
• Attends emergent situations as they arise and assists with drug optimization and bedside delivery, including but not limited to trauma alerts, stroke alerts, code blue 90, rapid sequence intubations, procedural sedation, STEMIs, and mass casualty/ disaster response.
• Provides drug and clinical information to other healthcare professionals.
• Provides support to an ORMC affiliated free standing emergency department.
• Evaluates and provides recommendations on pharmacokinetic or nutrition consultations.
• Offer continuous quality improvement through creation and revision of order sets, protocols, guidelines and policies.
• Assist in the enhancement of our computerized medical record to optimize the care of our patients in the emergency department, throughout our organization and facility. This includes, but is not limited to, contributing to the development of reports, alerts, and clinical content.
• Collaborate on various multidisciplinary and corporate committees
• Participate in multi-disciplinary clinical translational research projects.
• Precept PGY-1 and PGY-2 pharmacy residents and pharmacy students for rotations, research projects, seminars, MUEs and drug monographs. 
• Participate in quality management initiatives such as, but not limited to: medication use evaluations, adverse drug reaction and medication error reporting, and guideline development and assessment. 

Desired/Required Credentials

• Doctor of Pharmacy degree combined with PGY-1 residency. PGY-2 residency experience in emergency medicine/ critical care preferred or equivalent ED hospital experience. Florida pharmacy licensure eligibility required.