Decentralized ICU & Floor Pharmacist

Decentralized ICU & Floor Pharmacist

We're hiring a Decentralized ICU & Floor Pharmacist to support our intensive care and floor adult patients by providing safe, accurate, and timely pharmaceutical care. In this role, you'll partner closely with physicians, nurses, and the care team to optimize medication therapy, enhance medication safety, and support positive patient outcomes across our cardiology services.

Shift: Day/Evening, Every 4th weekend | Holiday requirement included and on-call as needed

What you'll do:

• Participate in multidisciplinary rounds in adult ICU teams and internal medicine teaching teams
• Review and verify medication orders to ensure accuracy, appropriateness, and safety for each patient.
• Design and adjust therapeutic regimens and monitoring plans tailored to intensive care and floor patients.
• Prepare and dispense medications through accurate compounding, packaging, and labeling in compliance with all regulations.
• Serve as a trusted drug therapy resource by consulting with patients and care teams on dosing, interactions, side effects, and safe medication use.
• Document clinical pharmacy activities and interventions clearly and accurately in the medical record.
• Conduct medication reconciliation and resolve discrepancies at admission and discharge to ensure accurate, safe, and guideline directed therapy.
• Provide discharge medication counseling and coordinate with outpatient providers and pharmacies to support continuity of care and reduce readmissions.

Who you are:

• A licensed pharmacist with strong interest in ICU and acute care practice
• Knowledgeable in clinical pharmacotherapy and evidence-based medication management
• Comfortable collaborating with interdisciplinary healthcare teams in a fast-paced environment
• Detail-oriented with a strong commitment to patient safety and quality care
• Effective communicator who values education and shared decision-making

Department Description:

Serving the community since 1961, WakeMed Health & Hospitals is the leading provider of health services in Wake County. With a mission to improve the health and well-being of our community, we are committed to providing outstanding and compassionate care.

About WakeMed Pharmacy:

The WakeMed Pharmacy department provides decentralized clinical services to all inpatients and works collaboratively with physicians, advanced practice providers and nurses throughout the institution to provide care to patients with a diverse range of clinical problems. WakeMed Health & Hospitals offers a blend of both structured teaching services with medical residents from WakeMed, the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, and medical students from Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine, as well as multidisciplinary rounding services. Services with traditional medical teaching rounds include internal medicine, medical ICU, general pediatrics, and pediatric ICU. Other services with multidisciplinary rounds include cardiothoracic ICU, cardiovascular ICU, neonatal ICU, surgery/trauma ICU, neuro ICU, advanced heart failure, and antimicrobial stewardship. WakeMed Health & Hospitals has strong relationships with the University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy and Campbell University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and offers student rotations throughout the year. This affords pharmacists the opportunity to engage in teaching and precepting responsibilities on rotations throughout their year.

Licensure: Licensed pharmacist required

Education: Bachelor's degree in pharmacy required - or doctorate in pharmacy required

Experience: No experience required