Clinical Pharmacist: Adv. Practice Antibiotic Stewardship

Job Description

Prepares and distributes pharmaceuticals to patients to provide quality pharmaceutical care directed at appropriate medication therapy and positive outcomes.

Job Responsibility

Responsibilities Include:

• Review target antimicrobial agents daily for stewardship opportunities including optimization of drug choice, dose, duration of therapy, and route of administration
• Present antimicrobial stewardship in-services to providers, pharmacists, and nurses as it relates to their fields
• Provide antimicrobial drug information to physicians, pharmacists, and nurses upon request
• Counsel patients discharged with long duration antimicrobial therapy on all relevant aspects including indication, dosing, duration, adverse effects, and interactions
• Co-chair hospital antimicrobial stewardship committee responsible for the development and implementation of the hospital antimicrobial stewardship program
• Evaluate data trends on antimicrobial stewardship initiatives and measure outcomes including antimicrobial use and costs, pharmacy stewardship interventions, and antibiogram trends
• Gather data on inappropriate antimicrobial use as a basis for further stewardship initiatives
• Serve as liaison for infectious disease service, clinical microbiology laboratory, and pharmacy
• Create antimicrobial stewardship system guidelines and protocols for use throughout the Northwell Health organization
• Ensure availability of antimicrobial agents and develop strategies for alternative agent use during drug shortages
• Increase public awareness of antibiotic resistance and overuse through participation in awareness campaigns
• Processes physician orders to provide pharmaceutical care services by screening orders when entering into the computer profile and reviewing for appropriate therapy - e.g., incompatibilities, interactions, dosing, non-formulary agents.
• Modifies, clarifies, and verifies medication orders through the interdisciplinary medical team by communicating with practitioners concerning therapy changes
• Attends Infectious Disease rounds on the unit with the medical staff and assists in drug selection
• Assists in Medication Reconciliation with the patient
• Assists in codes ( based on area of responsibility such as ED)
• Prepares sterile products including large/small volume parenteral.
• Dispenses controlled drugs following state and federal regulations and hospital policy including proper documentation and maintenance of inventory levels as well as the dispensing unit for controlled substances.
• Maintains proper inventory control by monitoring stock levels to ensure adequate drug supplies to maintain pharmaceutical services and expiration dates to ensure quality control.
• Performs computer operations to enter physician orders, maintain patient profiles, generate reports, understand and operate the interfacing of various systems and utilize the dispensing unit for controlled substances.
• Performs unit inspection of designated patient care areas by checking controlled drugs, refrigerators, stock levels, medication carts, expiration dating of multi-dose vials, expiration dates, and overall medication handling practices.
• Documents activities in the departmental approved data management programs as needed
• Reviews and provides analysis of patterns of medication use along with providing recommendations for the department to review
• Reviews and evaluates departmental policies and procedures as it pertains to Clinical Pharmaceutical Services on an ongoing basis and submits to the Director of Pharmacy for approval any recommended changes
• Ensures review of TJC standards and advises on TJC standards relative to medication use
• Monitors nonprofessional staff including the pharmacy students, assistants and messengers.
• Attends meetings as required including but not limited to Pharmacy & Therapeutics, and Medication Safety at Lenox Hill Hospital, and Clinical Committees at Northwell Health System as deemed appropriate

Competencies include:

• Age-specific, Anticoagulation, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Neonatal & Pediatric, , Antimicrobial Stewardship , Technology associated

Education & Experience:

• PharmD, or advanced ( PharmD/BS)
• Minimum of 3 years as a Clinical Coordinator or comparable position in a hospital setting or completion of a PGY1 Pharmacy Residency. PGY2 preferred
• ACLS, BCLS, & PALS preferred (required in the ED)
• BCPS Certified preferred (required within 2 years of hire)
• Current license to practice Pharmacy in New York State.
• NYS vaccination certification preferred
• No NRC Required
  
  

*Additional Salary Detail

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).