Infectious Disease Clinical Pharmacist – Sharp Tri-City Medical Center – Day Shift – Full Time

150 Sharp Tri-City Medical Center; United States; On-site; USD 81,000 - 118,000; Full time

Job summary

Sharp HealthCare in San Diego seeks an Infectious Disease Clinical Pharmacist to provide collaborative pharmaceutical care within the Antibiotic Stewardship Program alongside physicians, pharmacists, and microbiology staff.

The role requires a California Pharmacist License and inpatient experience, with ACLS/PhART compliance and BCPS preferred. This position emphasizes cost-effective therapy, interprofessional collaboration, and education across clinical teams.

Qualifications

• Current California Pharmacist license required.
• Inpatient clinical pharmacist experience; PGY1 residency mandatory.
• ACLS or PhART required.
• BCPS preferred; PGY2 residency preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a safe, clean working environment and adhere to infection control requirements.
• Provide cost-effective pharmaceutical care to patients on targeted antimicrobial therapy.
• Monitor and adjust antimicrobial regimens in collaboration with Infectious Disease physicians.
• Communicate medication order changes and document updates in patient records.
• Conduct pharmacokinetic and clinical consultations as needed.
• Educate medical and pharmacy staff about antimicrobials and formulary use.
• Support pharmacy operations and participate in quality improvement initiatives.

Skills

Pharmacist license

Inpatient experience

PGY1 Residency

ACLS/PhART

BCPS preferred

Education

Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)

Job description

Hours: Shift Start Time: Variable Shift End Time: Variable AWS Hours Requirement: 10/40 - 10 Hour Shift Additional Shift Information: Potential shift hours: 07:30 AM - 6 PM; occasional staffing as needed- variable hours Weekend Requirements: As Needed On-Call Required: No

Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum): $59.160 - $72.470 - $85.780 The stated pay scale reflects the range that Sharp reasonably expects to pay for this position. The actual pay rate and pay grade for this position will be dependent on a variety of factors, including an applicant’s years of experience, unique skills and abilities, education, alignment with similar internal candidates, marketplace factors, other requirements for the position, and employer business practices.

What You Will Do

The infectious Disease Clinical Pharmacist provides collaborative pharmaceutical care to hospital patients through the Antibiotic Stewardship Program with an Infectious Disease physician, faculty and house staff physicians, pharmacists, and clinical microbiology staff.

Required Qualifications

• Other Post Graduate Year 1 (PGY1) Residency 3 Years equivalent inpatient experience or PGY1.


• California Pharmacist License - CA State Board of Pharmacy -REQUIRED


• Preferred Qualifications Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) Other Post Graduate Year 2 (PGY2) Residency BPS Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist (BCPS) - Board of Pharmacy Specialties -PREFERRED


• Other Qualification Requirements ACLS or PhART (Pharmacy Advanced Resuscitation Training). - REQUIRED

Essential Functions

The position characteristics reflect the most important duties, responsibilities and competencies considered necessary to perform the essential functions of the job in a fully competent manner. They should not be considered as a detailed description of all the work requirements of the position. The characteristics of the position and standards of performance may be changed by TCMC with or without prior notice based on the needs of the organization.

• Maintains a safe, clean working environment, including unit based safety and infection control requirements.


• Provide cost-effective pharmaceutical care to patients receiving targeted antimicrobial therapy.


• Participate in selection of patients receiving targeted antimicrobials and monitor these patients on a daily basis.


• Discuss medication order changes/clarifications with the infectious disease physician or the prescriber, document any changes in patient and pharmacy records, and inform others of medication order changes.


• Monitor drug therapy to evaluate appropriateness of use, dose, dosage form, regimen, route, duration, therapeutic duplication, drug interactions.


• Switch patients IV to PO therapy when appropriate.


• Provide pharmacokinetic consultations and clinical consultations as required.


• Detect, monitor, document and report adverse drug reactions and medications errors.


• Communicate with pharmacy to avoid waste in preparation of antimicrobials.


• Promote the use of the formulary, when possible, but coordinates procurement of non-formulary drugs when necessary.


• Educate medical and pharmacy staff about antimicrobials.


• Provide operational support to the pharmacy when needed.


• Develop and conduct target drug programs and drug usage evaluations as needed and report results to the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee.


• Represent pharmacy on infection control committee.


• Document clinical consultations and cost avoidance as part of the justification for the position/service.


• Participate in appropriate departmental quality improvement and education initiatives.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Knowledge of infectious diseases, treatment and surveillance strategies. Ability to assist with cost saving initiatives and patient care optimization with respect to medications.

Sharp HealthCare is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class.

About Sharp HealthCare

#FJ Sharp HealthCare is a not-for-profit health care system based in San Diego, California, with four acute care hospitals, three specialty hospitals, three medical groups and a health plan. We provide medical services in virtually all fields of medicine, including primary care, heart care, cancer, orthopedics, women’s health, rehabilitation, robotic surgery and bariatric surgery. Sharp sets the community standard for exceptional care. Sharp Grossmont Hospital and Sharp Memorial Hospital have received prestigious Magnet recognition by the American Nurses Credentialing Center for excellence in nursing practices and quality patient care. At the heart of our organization are more than 18,000 affiliated physicians, nurses, staff and volunteers who are on a journey to make health care better for our patients and their families. It’s what we call The Sharp Experience treating each person with dignity, compassion and respect, and using our clinical excellence and advanced technology to deliver the highest-quality patient care. We are dedicated to transforming the health care experience by making Sharp the best place to work, the best place to practice medicine and the best place to receive care in San Diego.