Clinical Pharmacist - Emergency Department -Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center

Provides pharmaceutical care to patients across inpatient and outpatient settings, ensuring safe, effective, and evidence-based medicine. Includes reviewing and verifying medication orders, monitoring therapeutic outcomes, and providing clinical recommendations to the healthcare team. Collaborates with other healthcare professionals to optimize patient care, participates in quality improvement and patient safety initiatives, ensures compliance with hospital, departmental, and regulatory policies

• Reviewing patient medication regimens and providing recommendations to optimize therapy based on clinical guidelines and best practices.
• Conducting medication reconciliation to ensure accuracy and safety during transitions of care.
• Educating patients and caregivers on proper medication use, side effects, and adherence strategies.
• Collaborating with healthcare providers to develop and implement patient-specific care plans.
• Monitoring patient outcomes and adjusting therapy as necessary to achieve therapeutic goals.
• Participating in interdisciplinary rounds and providing pharmacotherapy recommendations.
• Providing drug information to healthcare professionals and patients as needed.
• Contributing to quality improvement initiatives related to medication use and patient safety.
• Documenting interventions, clinical assessments, and recommendations in the electronic health record.
• Staying current with developments in pharmacotherapy and evidence-based medicine.
• Serve as a preceptor and mentor for pharmacists, pharmacy residents and students as needed.

Emergency Medicine

• Participate in daily patient care in the emergency department including providing recommendations for acute management and supporting medication history/reconciliation activities.
• Participate in drug therapy management of medical emergencies, including providing clinical guidance and medication preparation support during acute care resuscitation, code stroke, STEMI, Sepsis, neurologic disorders, and trauma activations.
• Respond to emergency situations including cardiac arrest (Code Blue) and post-arrest targeted temperature management, acute ischemic stroke (Code Stroke), and rapid sequence intubation.
• Provide drug information including management of acute toxicologic emergencies, and education .
• Provide therapeutic drug monitoring recommendations as appropriate.
• Prevent, detect, monitor, document and report adverse drug reactions and medication safety events.
• Participate in quality, safety and other project work related to emergency medicine.
• Conduct medication use evaluations and research projects in collaboration with other healthcare professionals to identify areas of medication use optimization with publication and/or presentation at local and/or national meetings.
• Participate in site and system wide ED committees.
• Precept pharmacy residents and pharmacy students

Education/Experience

• Graduation from an accredited School of Pharmacy with PharmD required
• Current active registration and licensure with the State of New Jersey Board of Pharmacy required
• Previous hospital pharmacy experience (2+ years) preferred.
• PGY1 or PGY2 pharmacy residency training OR 2 years of clinical pharmacy experience in the assigned area

At Atlantic Health, our promise to our communities is; Anyone who enters one of our facilities will receive the highest quality care delivered at the right time, at the right place, and at the right cost. This commitment is also echoed in the respect, development and opportunities we give to our more than 22,000 team members. Headquarters in Morristown, New Jersey, we are one of the leading non-profit health care systems in the nation. Our facilities and sites of care include:

• Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ
• Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ
• Atlantic Health Newton Medical Center, Newton, NJ
• Atlantic Health Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains, NJ
• Atlantic Health Hackettstown Medical Center, Hackettstown, NJ
• Atlantic Health Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ
• Atlantic Health CentraState Healthcare System, Freehold, NJ
• Atlantic Medical Group
• Atlantic Visiting Nurse
• Atlantic Mobile Health
• Atlantic Rehabilitation

We have more than 900 community-based healthcare providers affiliated through Atlantic Medical Group.

We have received awards and recognition for the services we have provided to our patients, team members and communities. Below are just a few of our accolades:

• Chosen for 17 years by Fortune as one of the magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For."
• Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook Named by Newsweek as two of the “World’s Best Hospitals” in 2026.
• Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook ranked within the top three hospitals in New Jersey by U.S. News & World Report’s 2025-2026 Best Hospital rankings.
• Atlantic Health scored four “A” grades by The Leapfrog Group in its Fall 2025 Hospital Safety Grades, performance measures reflecting errors, accidents, injuries and injections, as well as systems hospitals have in place to prevent harm.
• Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook are New Jersey's only hospitals to be named among America's 50 Best hospitals by Healthgrades in 2026.
• Named by Becker's Healthcare as one of the "165 Top Places to Work in Healthcare – 2026.
• Atlantic Health Morristown, Atlantic Health Overlook, Atlantic Health Chilton and Atlantic Health Newton all Forbes Top Hospitals for 2026.
• Named by Newsweek as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Inclusion & Diversity 2025.
• Atlantic Health rated LEVEL 9 - 2025 CHIME Digital Health Most Wired.

Named one of America's 50 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades, a World’s Best Hospital by Newsweek and recognized as a Best Regional Hospital in the NY Metro area by U.S. News & World Report.

Our Atlantic Neuroscience Institute is the region’s leader in neuroscience care. A hub for the New Jersey Stroke Network, we offer a broad range of advanced neurological, neurosurgical and neurodiagnostic services. We are also certified as a Level IV Epilepsy Center and home to the Gerald J. Glasser Brain Tumor Center, where more brain tumor surgeries are performed than anywhere else in New Jersey. Our CyberKnife® program is the largest and most experienced in the state. We also have a satellite emergency department in Union, NJ, which treats about 40,000 emergency cases each year.

Committed to providing exceptional care, Overlook Medical Center has achieved the prestigious Magnet® recognition. This designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center is the highest national honor for nursing excellence. What’s more, Overlook Medical Center has advanced certification from The Joint Commission for perinatal care and is designated an Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center. Additional Joint Commission-certified services include behavioral health care, spine surgery, wound care, and primary care medical home (PCMH).

Atlantic Health offers a competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards package that supports the health, financial security, and well-being of all team members. Offerings vary based on role level (Team Member, Director, Executive). Below is a general summary, with role-specific enhancements highlighted:

Team Member Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription Coverage (22.5 hours per week or above for full-time and part-time team members)
• Life & AD&D Insurance.
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability (with options to supplement)
• 403(b) Retirement Plan: Employer match, additional non-elective contribution
• PTO & Paid Sick Leave
• Tuition Assistance, Advancement & Academic Advising
• Parental, Adoption, Surrogacy Leave
• Backup and On-Site Childcare
• Well-Being Rewards
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Fertility Benefits, Healthy Pregnancy Program
• Flexible Spending & Commuter Accounts
• Pet, Home & Auto, Identity Theft and Legal Insurance

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Note: In Compliance with the NJ Pay Transparency Act (effective Sunday, June 1, 2025), all job postings will include the hourly wage or salary (or a range), as well as this summary of benefits. Final compensation and benefit eligibility may vary by role and employment status and will be confirmed at the time of offer.

EEO STATEMENT

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