CLINICAL SPECIALIST: PEDIATRIC ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP
About The Position
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center’s Division of Pharmacy is seeking an Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Specialist to join its multidisciplinary antimicrobial stewardship program. The full-time role is part of a 36-person clinical specialist team and collaborates with clinical pharmacy, pediatric infectious diseases physicians, microbiology, and infection prevention to optimize antimicrobial use in inpatient and ambulatory settings. The specialist provides comprehensive clinical pharmacy services to a specialty patient population, including participation in medical team rounds, medication selection and dosing, therapeutic drug monitoring, and drug therapy adjustment. Stewardship activities include antimicrobial approval review, real-time interventions, prospective audit and feedback, and development of clinical guidelines and decision-support tools. The role also supports pediatric infectious diseases consult services and serves as a pharmacy resource for complex antimicrobial management. Other responsibilities include stewardship data analysis and reporting, regulatory readiness, NHSN antimicrobial use and resistance submissions, quality improvement initiatives, and optimization of stewardship workflows in the electronic medical record. The specialist educates healthcare professionals and learners, precepts pharmacy residents and students, participates in scholarly activities and research, and contributes to presentations or publications. In-house weekend coverage of a general pediatric clinical pharmacy shift is required approximately once quarterly, as well as 24/7 on-call coverage for pharmacy clinical services to the assigned medical team.
Requirements
- Pharm.D. degree.
- Pharmacist license in Ohio or eligibility for Ohio licensure.
- PGY1 residency training.
- PGY2 residency in Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics, or a relevant patient population specialty.
- Substantial infectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship experience.
Responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive clinical pharmacy services to a specialty patient population, including attending medical team rounds, selecting and dosing medications, and monitoring and adjusting drug therapies.
- Conduct antimicrobial approval reviews, real-time stewardship interventions, and prospective audit and feedback.
- Develop clinical guidelines, decision-support tools, order sets, protocols, and other performance-improvement resources.
- Work with pediatric infectious diseases consult services and provide pharmacy expertise for complex antimicrobial management.
- Analyze and report stewardship data, support regulatory readiness, and submit NHSN antimicrobial use and resistance data.
- Optimize stewardship workflows within the electronic medical record.
- Participate in quality improvement, organizational performance, and patient-safety initiatives and related committees or improvement teams.
- Provide education to healthcare professionals and learners, including precepting pharmacy residents and students, presenting accredited continuing education, and coordinating in-service education for medical and nursing staff.
- Participate in research and scholarly activities, including developing and coordinating projects and sharing findings through posters, presentations, or publications.
- Provide in-house weekend coverage of a general pediatric clinical pharmacy shift approximately once quarterly.
- Provide 24/7 on-call coverage for pharmacy clinical services to the assigned medical team.
Benefits
- Six weeks of paid time off per year
- Additional pay may apply, including shift, on-call, or weekend differentials
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
