Job Postings

Job Title: Ambulatory HIV Pharmacist

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Contact: Ambulatory Pharmacist - UCLA Health Careers - Job #9357 - Los Angeles, CA

Details: 

Ensure the delivery of exceptional ambulatory-focused pharmacy services at a health system with features four award-winning hospitals and dozens of primary/specialty care practices and urgent care centers throughout Southern California as well as the David Geffen School of Medicine.

Pharmacist will be reporting to the Pharmacy supervisor — Ambulatory Pharmacy, you will perform various pharmacist functions pertaining to ambulatory pharmacy. Some of these functions include: – Supporting the Pharmacy Supervisor in ensuring compliance to rules, policies and regulations – Overseeing support staff – Performing medication dispensing activities and clinical pharmacy program optimization to deliver outstanding patient care – Cultivating and modeling a collegial, professional, cooperative relationship with pharmacy staff, medical professionals, support, and administrative staff – Demonstrating effective, innovative problem-solving – Adapting to the challenges of a rapidly changing health care environment – Advancing a patient-centric focus to treat illness with integrity, innovation, and commitment Bargaining Unit: HX-UPTE Schedule: Varied hours, depending on department needs, including weekends and holidays. Hourly Salary Range: $83.37-$97.65

We’re seeking a strong, independent clinical leader with current California Pharmacy licensure, a PharmD degree and: • Strong communication, organizational, prioritizing, and follow-through skills • Knowledge of clinical, ambulatory, specialty, transitions of care and dispensing workflows • HIV certification or equivalent board certification preferred • Advanced Practice Pharmacist (APh) licensure is desirable.

Inpatient Infectious Diseases/Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Pharmacy Specialist

Job ID: 47003

Entity: Rhode Island Hospital

Location: Providence, RI

Work Type: Full Time

Hours per Week: 40.00

Shift: Day

Position Description:

• Provide direct pharmaceutical care services by promoting the safe and effective use of anti-infective agents
• Coordinate and maintain the antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) program in collaboration with the AMS physician director and affiliate-wide AMS/ID pharmacists. These responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Conduct daily AMS activities including prospective audit of antimicrobial use, review of all positive blood culture results, respiratory viral panel results, and Accelerate Pheno^® results for Gram negative rod bacteremia with real-time intervention and feedback
• Implement AMS initiatives to promote optimal antimicrobial use and measure impact of interventions
• Report on applicable AMS metrics, including antimicrobial utilization and identify opportunities to optimize antimicrobial use and patient care
• Participate in anti-infective/AMS quality improvement projects in collaboration with pharmacy, infectious diseases, clinical microbiology, infection prevention, nursing, and quality
• Assist in developing and maintaining the anti-infective formulary, anti-infective guidelines and use evaluations, infectious disease related clinical pathways, and order sets
• Serve as an active member of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Committee and Infection Prevention Committee
• Ensure TJC, CMS and other AMS regulatory compliance
• Round with infectious diseases consult service(s)
• Attend Wednesday and Friday ID Conference and Microbiology Rounds
• Serve as a preceptor to pharmacy residents, students, and infectious diseases physician fellows
• Provide didactic lectures to local pharmacy, nursing, and physician assistant schools
• Provide in-services to pharmacists, providers, nurses, and other healthcare staff on but not limited to AMS, protocols, guidelines, and department initiatives
• Serve as a liaison between the Department of Pharmacy and Division of Infectious Diseases
• Maintain competency in the pharmacy dispensing system through participation in practice coverage in the inpatient pharmacy. Weekend rotation is typically every 4th weekend and two holidays
• Demonstrate ongoing professional development including meeting continuing education requirements, keeping abreast of current literature as it relates to clinical, financial and safety outcomes in the area of infectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship
• Contribute to pharmacy practice and medical community through research project presentations at state/national meetings and/or publication in reviewed journals.  Specialist may serve as a mentor on resident research projects

Qualifications:

• Graduate of an accredited College of Pharmacy, Doctor of Pharmacy degree
• Licensed to practice pharmacy in the State of Rhode Island or eligible for licensure
• Completed an ASHP-Accredited PGY1 pharmacy residency and an ASHP-Accredited PGY2 in infectious diseases or applicable fellowship or equivalent experience
• Ability to function independently and collaboratively within a team setting. Highly motivated; effective communication, problem solving, and organizational skills required

ID Clinical Pharmacy Team at Lifespan: 

We currently have seven Clinical Pharmacist Specialists in Infectious Diseases across the Lifespan System: four Antimicrobial Stewardship/Inpatient ID pharmacists (one specialist at The Miriam Hospital, two at Rhode Island Hospital, and one at Newport Hospital) and three ID/HIV pharmacists at The Miriam Hospital ID & Immunology Clinic. The ID pharmacists work closely as a team and collaborate with one another to ensure optimal transitions of care between the inpatient and ambulatory settings. Additionally, the team works together on projects, guidelines, protocols, and implementation of system-wide initiatives. The ID pharmacists are members of the Lifespan Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee and attend Infection Control meetings regularly at their respective sites.

About Rhode Island Hospital and Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (ASP):

A not-for profit organization, Lifespan is Rhode Island’s first healthcare system committed to providing patient-centered care. Lifespan health system has five hospitals in Rhode Island including Rhode Island Hospital, The Miriam Hospital, Hasbro Children’s Hospital, Bradley Hospital, and Newport Hospital. Lifespan Hospitals utilize Epic for their electronic medical record system.

Rhode Island Hospital is an acute care hospital and the principal teaching hospital of The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. At 719 beds, Rhode Island Hospital is the state’s largest and only Level 1 trauma and accredited burned centers. Rhode Island Hospital provides comprehensive diagnostic and treatment services including but not limited to oncology, cardiology, diabetes, emergency medicine, neurosciences, and orthopedics.

The Brown Infectious Diseases division has 34 active providers within the Lifespan system. Rhode Island Hospital includes four inpatient infectious diseases adult consult services: three general ID services (teaching and non-teaching) and one ID transplant and hematology/oncology service. The Miriam Hospital has three infectious diseases adult consult services: two general ID services (teaching and non-teaching) and an immunology/HIV service. Newport Hospital has one ID consult non-teaching service.

The Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (ASP) at Rhode Island Hospital was implemented in 2014 and encompasses a multi-disciplinary approach. The Lifespan antimicrobial stewardship committee includes representation from the Division of Infectious Disease, Pharmacy, Nursing, Infection Prevention, and Microbiology from ASPs across Lifespan hospital affiliates. Prospective audit and feedback (including blood culture review) and restricted antibiotics are core strategies. ASP rounds are conducted daily with the ASP directors at each respective site. In addition, the ASP has a collaborative relationship with microbiology and is instrumental in implementing rapid diagnostics.

Interested candidates should send an email with a letter of interest and CV to:

Contact: Emerald O'Rourke, PharmD

Contact Title: Infectious Diseases/Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Pharmacy Specialist

Contact E-mail: eorourke1@lifespan.org

Please click the link below for more information or to apply. 

https://jobs.lifespan.org/search/jobdetails/clinical-pharmacist-specialist---infectious-disease/72a90422-e1b7-4ff3-afe4-234f19af09ab 

The University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy is recruiting for a full-time Assistant Professor position (non-tenure track) with a practice site in Infectious Diseases with our affiliated teaching hospital, Prisma Health.  The practice site will be focused in infectious diseases consults and antimicrobial stewardship.  This person would be heavily involved in the PGY1, Infectious Diseases PGY2 and Clinical Fellowship training programs, for both pharmacy and medicine.   The College of Pharmacy is a leader in training and education across the country providing robust opportunities both locally and abroad to facilitate the growth of future leaders in our profession.  For more information, please contact Michaela Almgren, PharmD (Search Committee Chair, almgren@cop.sc.edu) or Brandon Bookstaver (ID faculty, bookstaver@cop.sc.edu).  

Evaluation of applicants will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. The University of South Carolina is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity institution. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. The University embraces family-friendly policies that provide flexible work environment and an academic culture supportive of faculty members and their families. 

To be considered for this position, candidates must apply at the University of South Carolina Employment website, https://uscjobs.sc.edu/, posting # FAC00138PO23.

A curriculum vitae, letter of intent, and three letters of recommendation are required.

More Information/Apply Here

Clinical Pharmacist - Infectious Diseases Specialist

Regions Hospital is looking for an experienced Infectious Diseases (ID) Clinical Pharmacy Specialist to coordinate our Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (ASP) activities and other ID initiatives for Regions Hospital as well as the entire HealthPartners health system. The Regions Hospital ID Clinical Pharmacy Specialist will join a team of systemwide ID pharmacists and work collaboratively with ID physicians, infection prevention, microbiology, clinical pharmacy, medicine, nursing, and information technology to improve care delivered across our system of eight hospitals. The ID Clinical Pharmacy Specialist will work to implement quality improvement initiatives and generate data that drives improvements in patient care in addition to develop and maintain policies and procedures that enhance patient outcomes through safe, effective, cost-efficient, and appropriate medication therapy and use of diagnostic tests. Additional responsibilities include clinical patient case consultation, education of medical and pharmacy staff, promotion of evidence-based medicine, leadership of local antimicrobial stewardship initiatives, and standardization of practices across the continuum of care. The ID Clinical Pharmacy Specialist will perform all duties in a manner that promotes the mission and values of the organization.

More Information/Apply Here 

Disease Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Infectious Disease - FT/Day

Job Title: Disease Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Infectious Disease - FT/Day

Location: Mercy Hospital South, St. Louis, Missouri

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Our mission is clear. We bring to life a healing ministry through our compassionate care and exceptional service.

At Mercy, we believe in careers that match the unique gifts of unique individuals – careers that not only make the most of your skills and talents, but also your heart. Join us and discover why Modern Healthcare Magazine named us in its “Top 100 Places to Work.”

Overview: 

Coordinate Antimicrobial Stewardship at Mercy Hospital South.  Responsible for all aspects of promoting and managing drug therapy based on expert knowledge in the area of Antimicrobial Pharmacotherapy.  Coordinate with the Infectious Disease department, as well as other services, in promoting appropriate use of antimicrobials with the goal of enhancing patient health outcomes while minimizing adverse events, reducing antimicrobial resistance, and decreasing unnecessary costs.  Responsible for maintaining the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, acting as a liaison between Pharmacy Services, Medical Service and Nursing Services, as well as providing education to all health care professionals.  Serve as co-chair and facilitate meetings for Antimicrobial Stewardship Subcommittee, which is an advisory committee that reports to the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee.  Serve and participate on the system Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee.     

Perform all the functions of the Clinical Pharmacist Specialist as assigned. Responsible for monitoring and assisting in the management of drug use in targeted patient populations. Provides drug information services and adverse event monitoring as required for the Health System. Serves as a mentor to staff and clinical staff pharmacists in regards to clinical judgment and clinical practices. This responsibility encompasses inpatient, managed care outpatient, and long-term segments of care delivery. Ensures compliance with rules and regulations that pertain to the targeted populations. Maintain/enhance pharmacotherapeutic skills through the reading of primary literature, national guidelines and/or medical references. Performs related duties as assigned. 

Responsible for monitoring and assisting in the management of drug use in targeted patient populations. Provides drug information services and adverse event monitoring as required for the Health System. Serves as a mentor to staff and clinical staff pharmacists in regards to clinical judgment and clinical practices. This responsibility encompasses inpatient, managed care outpatient, and long-term segments of care delivery. Ensures compliance with rules and regulations that pertain to the targeted populations. Maintain/enhance pharmacotherapeutic skills through the reading of primary literature, national guidelines and/or medical references Performs related duties as assigned.

For more information or to apply, click below.

https://careers.mercy.net/jobs/914305?lang=en-us

Pediatric Infectious Diseases Pharmacist – Chicago

Advocate Children’s Hospital – Oak Lawn in Chicago is hiring for a pediatric ID clinical pharmacy specialist.  This is an exciting clinical pharmacy specialist opportunity for any pharmacist with infectious diseases and/or advanced pediatric pharmacy practice experience, including: 

• daily handshake antimicrobial stewardship rounds with the infectious diseases physician team,
• development of system pediatric infectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship policy,
• ambulatory care of pediatric cystic fibrosis patients as part of a multidisciplinary care team,
• resident precepting, and
• an opportunity to serve as the residency program coordinator of the PGY2 ID residency program at Christ Medical Center.

https://aah.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job/Advocate-Christ-Hospital--Medical-Center---4440-W-95th-St/Clinical-Pharmacy-Specialist--Pediatric-Infectious-Diseases_R83972

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hours Per Week:

40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

Hours are approximately 8am to 5pm, Monday through Friday.

Description:

The Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Pediatric Infectious Diseases performs a variety of clinical and administrative support services to optimize antimicrobial use and antimicrobial use outcomes for Advocate Health patients.  Serving as liaison between the pediatric infectious diseases physician service line and the pharmacy department the Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Pediatric Infectious Diseases provides antimicrobial use oversight through routine culture-based and medication-based surveillance as well as handshake stewardship.  In this role the Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Pediatric Infectious Diseases is expected to provide clinical infectious diseases pharmacotherapy expertise and support to both the medical and pharmacy staff across Advocate Health. 

Based at Advocate Children’s Hospital – Oak Lawn (ACH-OL) the Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Pediatric Infectious Diseases performs routine surveillance for patients at ACH-OL and other Advocate sites in Illinois while regularly precepting pharmacy residents.  Additionally, the Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Pediatric Infectious Diseases will serve as the residency program coordinator for the ASHP accredited PGY2 Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Residency at Advocate Christ Medical Center (n=1 resident).  As a core member of the Advocate Antimicrobial Stewardship Team the Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Pediatric Infectious Diseases works with other Advocate Health infectious diseases pharmacists and a multidisciplinary group of physicians and non-physician team members to develop and enforce antimicrobial use policy for the entire health-system.

The Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Infectious Diseases would be joining a large team of infectious diseases pharmacists across Advocate Health.  While hours would be approximately 8am to 5pm, Monday through Friday, the position is salaried and the Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Pediatric Infectious Diseases is expected to provide infectious diseases pharmacotherapy support to pharmacists and providers after-hours and on weekends as needed.

Licenses & Certifications

Pharmacist license issued by the state of Illinois.

Degrees

Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy or Doctor of Pharmacy.

Required Functional Experience

• Typically requires 3-5 years of experience in infectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship.
• Specialty certification in infectious diseases (BCPS, AQ-ID or BCIDP) and/or specialty certification in pediatrics (BCPPS)
• ASHP accredited PGY2 residency in infectious diseases or pediatrics strongly preferred

Contact: Tom Dilworth, thomas.dilworth@aah.org.

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Clinical Pharmacist- Antimicrobial Stewardship

Charleston, SC

Hourly Full Time (80 hrs every two weeks - benefited)

Req# 285124

Job Summary:

Provide professional pharmaceutical care for Roper St. Francis Healthcare inpatients and outpatients by establishing, practicing, and promoting high standards of quality care.

Minimum Qualifications: 

Education:  Graduate of an accredited A.C.P.E. College of Pharmacy; Pharm. D. Degree preferred.  In lieu of a Pharm. D. degree, at least 5 years of Clinical Pharmacy experience required.

Experience:  Previous hospital experience or suitable hospital experience during pharmacy education or internship is required.  Pharmacy Practice Residency (or equivalent) preferred. Infectious disease and antimicrobial stewardship experience preferred. 

Licensure/Certification:  Licensed by the Board of Pharmacy to practice the profession of pharmacy in South Carolina.

Link to apply

Contact:

David Garbarz, PharmD

Clinical Pharmacy Supervisor

Roper St. Francis Healthcare 

david.garbarz@rsfh.com

This 1.0 FTE position currently designed as 0.5 FTE for pediatric Infectious Diseases/Antimicrobial Stewardship and 0.5 FTE within NICU at Lee Health-Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida.  We are located a few miles from the beaches of Southwest Florida including Sanibel and Captiva. Great opportunity to enjoy the change in environments, ability to be part of interdisciplinary teams for both areas, and being a part of our pharmacy leadership team. Antimicrobial stewardship program management activities and precepting of pharmacy trainees and residents are anticipated. 

Lee Health is the 4^th largest public community health system in the US. It is a not-for-profit, community health care system, with 5 acute care facilities and 1812 total beds, and a Level II Trauma Center. 

The Pharmacy Mission is Optimizing Patient Outcomes Through Interdisciplinary Medication Management.  Services are provided by more than 200 pharmacists and 180 pharmacy technicians, in 14 pharmacies and other decentralized locations.  Pharmacy education at Lee Health includes PGY1 pharmacy residency programs (acute care and community-based), and PGY2 residencies in Infectious Diseases, Critical Care, Health System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership, and Pediatrics. Our preceptors accept APPE students from colleges of pharmacy both within and outside of the state of Florida. The system also supports medical residency and education programs, including a family medicine residency program, an internal medicine residency program, and medical student rotations. 

Link to position: Clinical Specialist – Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Infectious Disease–SIGN ON BONUS AVAILABLE

Location: Cleveland Clinic Euclid Hospital and Cleveland Clinic Lutheran Hospital- Cleveland, OH

Contact: Nichole Vencl, vencln@ccf.org 

Job Description 

Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacy- HIV/ID Clinic

https://uva.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UVAJobs/job/Ambulatory-Care-Clinical-Pharmacy--HIV-ID-Clinic_R0050923

Charlottesville, VA

Full time

The Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacist for HIV and Infectious Diseases collaborates to provide medication management, medication access, and patient education in order to optimize clinical outcomes. This position primarily supports a large multidisciplinary team within the UVA Health Ryan White HIV Clinic. Clinical activities include but are not limited to: 1) rapid initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART), 2) cabotegravir/rilpivirine coordination, 3) medication adherence counseling, 4) complex ART optimization, and 5) assistance with polypharmacy, drug-drug interactions, adverse drug events, dosing adjustments, and primary care management for patients with HIV. Similar drug therapy expertise for General Infectious Diseases clinics is also provided upon request. Education-related expectations include: serving as a rotation and/or project preceptor for APPE students and residents (PGY1, PGY2 Ambulatory Care, PGY2 Infectious Diseases), and didactic lectures/in-services for staff and trainees. This individual will promote UVA Specialty Pharmacy’s culture of caring and communication, which fosters patient empowerment through education and support.

The Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacist provides evidence-based pharmaceutical care to patients in the ambulatory clinical setting. The delivery of care by the Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacist includes, but is not limited to: designing, implementing, assessing, monitoring, and documenting therapeutic plans utilizing best evidence and most effective and most economical medication treatments; helping to achieve positive patient outcomes through interactions with patients, providers, and interdisciplinary teams in the ambulatory clinical setting. When appropriate, pharmacists who provide ambulatory care services may perform patient assessments, participate in collaborative practice agreements to provide medication management, provide collaborative drug therapy management, order, interpret, monitor medication therapy-related tests, coordinate care and other health services for wellness and prevention of disease, provide education to patients and caregivers, and document care plans in the medical record.

• Enters prescribing clinician orders into the appropriate computer application. 
• Processes prescribing clinician’s orders (prescriptions).
• Oversees pharmacy technicians’ work. 
• Provides drug information to patients caregivers and providers.
• Performs pharmacy functions according to Federal State local Health System and Department statutes regulations and published guideline documents.

Position Compensation Range: $52.46 - $83.94 Hourly

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Education: Bachelor's Degree required
Experience: No experience required
Licensure: Commonwealth of Virginia State Board of Pharmacy License. American Heart Association (AHA) Health Care Provider BLS certification required.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Job requires standing and traveling for prolonged periods. Proficient communicative, auditory and visual skills; Attention to detail and ability to write legibly; Ability to lift/push/pull < 20lbs. May be exposed to chemicals.

https://uva.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UVAJobs/job/Ambulatory-Care-Clinical-Pharmacy--HIV-ID-Clinic_R0050923