System Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - OPAT/COpAT - Remote

Baptist Health; Kentucky; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health in Kentucky is seeking a remote System Clinical Pharmacy Specialist (Pharmacist) to join our Central Pharmacy team and advance OPAT/COpAT services across the health system.

Collaborates with Infectious Diseases physicians, ambulatory leadership, care management, infusion services, and other interdisciplinary stakeholders to develop, implement, and maintain evidence-based OPAT/COpAT services throughout the health system.

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 in their area of expertise or able to achieve within 12 months of hire.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with the System Manager of Antimicrobial Stewardship, Infectious Diseases physicians, ambulatory leadership and other stakeholders to develop, implement and maintain OPAT/COpAT services.
• Assists with development and standardization of OPAT/COpAT workflows, clinical pathways and monitoring processes.
• Facilitates safe transitions of care for patients discharged on antimicrobial therapy through coordination with inpatient and ambulatory teams.
• Reviews antimicrobial regimens, lab plans and duration recommendations to ensure safe outpatient antimicrobial management.
• Monitors patients for adverse events, drug interactions, adherence issues and line-related complications.
• Contributes to dashboards, quality metrics and reporting related to OPAT/COpAT and antimicrobial stewardship.
• Supports regulatory preparedness and Epic tooling related to antimicrobial stewardship and transitions of care.
• Precepts learners and participates in professional organizations related to infectious diseases pharmacotherapy.

Education

PharmD or Doctorate of Pharmacy

Pharmacy license (KY/IN) within 6 months

Job description

Summary Clinical Pharmacy Specialists are responsible for targeted interdisciplinary programs and clinical services and ensure pharmaceutical care programs are appropriately integrated throughout the Baptist Health system. In these clinical roles, Clinical Pharmacy Specialists participate in all necessary aspects of the medication-use system while supporting comprehensive and individualized pharmaceutical care in their assigned areas. They also serve as clinical resources and liaisons to other departments, hospital personnel, and external groups. In their role, they may conduct clinical research and practice advancement projects, as well as patient care quality and regulatory compliance initiatives designed to improve medication-use processes or pharmacy practice. The Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – OPAT/COpAT will serve as the subject matter expert for outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) and complex outpatient antimicrobial therapy (COpAT) services across the health system. This role is responsible for supporting safe transitions of care for patients requiring antimicrobial therapy after discharge, including collaboration with infectious diseases providers, care management, infusion services, ambulatory clinics, home health agencies, skilled nursing facilities, and community pharmacies. The specialist will support the development, implementation, maintenance, and optimization of OPAT/COpAT workflows, monitoring programs, clinical pathways, and quality initiatives to improve patient safety, reduce readmissions, and optimize antimicrobial utilization.

Job Description:

Baptist Health is looking for a remote System Clinical Pharmacy Specialist (Pharmacist) to join our Central Pharmacy team! Collaborates with the System Manager of Antimicrobial Stewardship, Infectious Diseases physicians, ambulatory leadership, care management, infusion services, and other interdisciplinary stakeholders to develop, implement, and maintain evidence-based OPAT/COpAT services throughout the health system. Assists with development and standardization of OPAT/COpAT workflows, clinical pathways, documentation standards, and monitoring processes across inpatient and ambulatory settings. Facilitates safe transitions of care for patients discharged on antimicrobial therapy through coordination with inpatient teams, ambulatory infusion centers, home infusion agencies, dialysis centers, skilled nursing facilities, and home health providers. Reviews antimicrobial regimens, laboratory monitoring plans, vascular access considerations, culture data, and duration of therapy recommendations to ensure safe and effective outpatient antimicrobial management. Monitors patients receiving OPAT/COpAT for therapeutic effectiveness, adverse drug events, laboratory abnormalities, drug interactions, adherence concerns, and line-related complications. Supports timely identification and intervention for patients at risk for antimicrobial-related complications, dosing errors, medication interactions, hospital readmission, or therapy failure. Contributes to the development and maintenance of OPAT/COpAT dashboards, quality metrics, operational metrics, and outcome reporting. Assists with regulatory and accreditation preparedness related to antimicrobial stewardship, ambulatory pharmacy services, and transitions of care. Works collaboratively with microbiology laboratory, infection prevention, care coordination, ambulatory clinics, and Epic support teams to optimize reporting, documentation, and clinical decision support tools related to OPAT/COpAT workflows. Demonstrates expertise in infectious diseases pharmacotherapy, outpatient antimicrobial management, transitions of care, and antimicrobial stewardship principles. Understands the workflow of front-line healthcare personnel involved in outpatient antimicrobial therapy management, including inpatient units, ambulatory clinics, infusion services, emergency departments, urgent care settings, and telehealth services. Collaborates with infectious diseases providers, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals to promote evidence-based antimicrobial utilization across OPAT/COpAT populations. Performs antimicrobial regimen reviews. Assists with formulary management and evaluation of outpatient antimicrobial agents, infusion therapies, and related medication-use processes. Participates in medication use evaluations (MUEs), quality improvement initiatives, formulary reviews, and development or revision of policies, protocols, and order sets related to OPAT/COpAT and antimicrobial stewardship. Provides clinical consultation regarding outpatient antimicrobial therapy, adverse drug events, laboratory interpretation, vascular access considerations, therapeutic drug monitoring, and antimicrobial transitions of care. Assists with management of antimicrobial shortages and identification of appropriate therapeutic alternatives for outpatient care settings. Supports optimization of Epic order sets, discharge workflows, laboratory monitoring documentation, and antimicrobial stewardship reporting tools. Coordinates and provides education to pharmacists, providers, nurses, case management personnel, infusion services, ambulatory staff, and learners regarding OPAT/COpAT best practices and antimicrobial stewardship principles. Develops and delivers presentations, competency assessments, educational materials, and process updates related to outpatient antimicrobial therapy management. Precepts pharmacy students and residents, as applicable. Participates in local, state, and national professional organizations and initiatives related to infectious diseases, antimicrobial stewardship, ambulatory pharmacy practice, and OPAT/COpAT services.

Minimum Education and Training

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 in their area of expertise or able to achieve within 12 months of hire.

Must be one of the following qualifications:

• Board Certified Infectious Diseases Pharmacist (BCIDP)
• 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.

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence.

Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.

EOE Statement:

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team.

Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing.

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Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.

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