Job Description:
This role will serve as subject matter expert for the areas of concentration encompassing all care related to infectious disease and antimicrobial stewardship provided throughout the system
Essential Duties:
- Collaborates with leadership to implement, integrate, and maintain evidence-based and regulatory standards of clinical/operational pharmacy services.
- Works collaboratively with physicians, pharmacists, and other members of the healthcare team to develop clearly defined guidelines, policies, and procedures that promote evidence-based practice to enhance patient outcomes.
- Contributes to the initiation and development of clinical, quality, and regulatory metrics for pharmacy related clinical services in infectious disease, antimicrobial stewardship, and microbiology.
- Understand the workflow of front-line professional personnel within infection disease and antimicrobial stewardship.
- Represents the pharmacy department and the Infectious Disease Council as an active committee member at the following:
- System Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee
- System Infectious Disease Council
- System Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacy Subgroup
- Collaborates with the microbiology lab and Epic to ensure clinical practice is up to date with reporting per CLSI and aid in implementation of any necessary updates.
- Assists in system formulary management to provide safe, effective, and cost-efficient medication use.
- Serves as a clinical pharmacotherapy specialist for providers, pharmacists, nursing, and other staff on clinically complicated patient cases, investigation of adverse drug events and/or management of drug shortages as needed.
- Coordinate, facilitate, and promote education, training, competency assessment, and performance improvement of relevant professionals on updates in the applicable area of expertise.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy or Doctorate of Pharmacy required.
- Kentucky Board of Pharmacy and Indiana Board of Pharmacy license or willing and eligible to achieve within 6 months of hire.
- Kentucky license must specify that they are a preceptor.
- Board Certified Infectious Diseases Pharmacist (BCIDP) or able to achieve within 12 months of hire.
- Must satisfy at least one of the following:
- Completion of PGY-2 ASHP-accredited Pharmacy Residency in a related area of expertise.
- Completion of PGY-1 ASHP-accredited Pharmacy Residency and a minimum of 3 years of experience in a related area of expertise AND BPS board certification in that area of expertise as listed above at the time of application.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in a related area of expertise AND BPS board certification in that area of expertise as listed above at the time of application.
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification required or able to achieve within 12 months of hire.
If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now! Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.