Acute Care Clinical Pharmacist- Emergency Department

15 days ago
Lewistown, PennsylvaniaFull TimePharmacy

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Job Description

About the Role

Join Geisinger as a Acute Care Clinical Pharmacist – Emergency Department in United States.

Key Responsibilities

  • Assumes responsibility for the delivery of pharmaceutical care to the specific patient care area in which the pharmacist is scheduled to work.
  • Coordinates the use of human, material, and informational resources such that timely, efficient, cost effective and appropriate care is consistently rendered.
  • Receives and interprets physicians' medication orders and clarifies or corrects orders with the physician.
  • Reviews patient medication profiles to guard against drug sensitivities, contraindications, duplications, and major drug interactions.

Requirements

  • inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job. Additional competencies and skills outlined in any department
  • specific orientation will be considered essential to the performance of the job related to that position. Position Details: Education: Bachelor's Degree
  • Pharmacy (Required), Doctoral Degree
  • (Preferred) Experience: Certification(s) and License(s): Licensed Pharmacist (Pennsylvania) within 90 days

Benefits & Compensation

  • for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners.
  • Perhaps just as important, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality.
  • We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger.
  • Our patients, members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all.

Work Schedule

  • Full-Time position.
  • No explicit call, weekend, or night shift information provided.

Apply to join Geisinger as a Acute Care Clinical Pharmacist – Emergency Department.

Key Skills

Clinical pharmacyPharmacotherapyMedication therapy managementDrug informationSterile compoundingAseptic techniquesPharmacokineticsPatient monitoringMedication reconciliationEmergency department pharmacyTeamworkSupervisionClinical roundingFormulary management
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Position Insights

Pharmacy — Pharmacist Career Context

This Pharmacy position at Geisinger is open to pharmacist candidates.

Pharmacists are expanding beyond traditional dispensing roles into clinical consulting, medication management, and remote pharmacy services.

Location & Logistics

This position is based in Lewistown, Pennsylvania.

Skills, Responsibilities & Benefits

Key skills and qualifications: Clinical pharmacy, Pharmacotherapy, Medication therapy management, Drug information, Sterile compounding, Aseptic techniques, Pharmacokinetics, Patient monitoring. Candidates with experience in these areas may be especially well-suited for this Pharmacy role.

Core responsibilities: The pharmacist is responsible for providing safe, efficacious, and cost-effective medication therapy for patients in the emergency department. Duties include interpreting medication orders, monitoring patient parameters, compounding sterile products, and collaborating with the medical team to optimi...

Benefits package: Health Insurance, Dental, Vision, Domestic Partner Benefits. A comprehensive benefits package is an important factor in evaluating total compensation beyond base salary.

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