Remote - System Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Infectious Disease

About the position 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. Responsibilities • 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. Requirements • 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. Apply tot his job