Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Stewardship

Full-time position at University Hospitals St. John Medical Center in Westlake, OH.

About the role

The Clinical Pharmacy Specialist provides a wide range of services in their area of expertise, including rounding with physicians and other healthcare providers to drive evidence-based and institution guideline-directed medication therapy management, active participation in the training of pharmacy students and pharmacy residents, assisting with policy and guideline development, and active participation in local and system-level committees and workgroups.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical pharmacy services such as drug information, drug therapy monitoring, patient-specific consultations, healthcare staff education, pharmacoepidemiology, and pharmacoeconomic evaluations in selected patient populations.
• Work directly with Infectious Diseases (ID) providers in the care of ID consult patients.
• Perform prospective audit and feedback for various antimicrobial stewardship monitoring on both ID consult and non-ID consult patients.
• Function as co-lead of the local antimicrobial stewardship committee.
• Participate in System Anti-Infective Committee, local Pharmacy, Nutrition, and Therapeutics (PNT) Committee, local Infection Prevention and Control Committee, and other committees pertaining to specialty area, as needed/requested.
• Investigate, research, and report adverse drug reactions.
• Participate in Medication Safety and Therapeutics (MS&T) Committee process: evaluate requests for new drug usage and old formulary drug relevance, review therapeutic classes for relevance, and assist in maintaining and updating the system formulary.
• Serve as an informational and patient problem-solving resource for Clinical Pharmacists and other healthcare professionals.
• Provide continuing education to Clinical Pharmacist staff and medical residents.
• Document clinical activities.
• Serve as a preceptor for pharmacy residents and pharmacy students.

Qualifications

• Doctorate Degree in Pharmacy with completion of an ASHP-accredited residency/residencies or 3-5 years of experience in the practice area (Preferred).
• PGY2 ASHP Residency or Board Certification in Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy (Preferred).

Pay

$114,358.00 - $178,859.00 Annually