Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Antimicrobial Stewardship/ID

Job Description Summary

The Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Infectious Diseases/Antimicrobial Stewardship will participate in stewardship and infectious diseases responsibilities at the academic medical center and support the MUSC Health System Antimicrobial Stewardship Team. They will help provide multidisciplinary education on safe antimicrobial use, create and implement guidelines, serve as a liaison between the microbiology labs across the system, and analyze metrics for antimicrobial utilization to satisfy new and existing CDC and Joint Commission standards.

The specialist will function as part of the MUSC Antimicrobial Stewardship pharmacy team and will participate in stewardship staffing and cross-coverage as deemed necessary. They will also play an integral role in the MUSC Health ID PGY2 residency program.

Entity

Medical University Hospital Authority (MUHA)

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type​

Regular

Cost Center

CC000603 CHS - Pharmacy - Administration Quality and Safety Services (Main)

Pay Rate Type

Salary

Pay Grade

Health-34

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Work Shift

Job Description

Clinical Pharmacy Services - 40%

• Act as a role model and mentor to clinical pharmacists for clinical initiatives.

• Aid in administration of medications in accordance with legal regulations and Medical Center policies, as applicable.

• Applies pharmacokinetic principles to achieve efficacious, safe, and economical pharmacotherapeutic regimens.

• Attends meetings related to disease state-related projects and clinical services on a local, state, and national level.

• Chart review and cross-cover other patient services typically covered by another clinical specialist and/or clinical pharmacist as needed to ensure continuity of care for all patients.

• Collaborate with clinical specialists to alleviate medication related issues for patient care. Competently and willingly perform the functions of a clinical specialist when needed.

• Collaborate with clinical pharmacists to alleviate medication related issues for patient care. Competently and willingly perform the functions of a clinical pharmacist when needed.

• Collect all pertinent information to understand the patient’s medical/medication history

• Coordinate therapeutic drug monitoring programs for your patient population as applicable.

• Coordinate with other clinical specialists, schedulers, referring providers, and nurses as applicable to initiate treatment, follow-up, and monitoring plans

• Counsels patients and/or caregivers as to proper drug administration, potential adverse reactions, and medication storage

• Develops educational and care plans for patients to assist them in reaching treatment goals

• Develops patient care plans in concert with the medical and pharmacy team

• Document all interventions in the medical record or other designated software per MUSC Policies and Best Practice.

• Evaluate patients drug regimen for efficacy, side effects, supportive care needs, drug-interactions, contraindications, and warnings, and identify the need for any dose adjustments, or therapeutic alternatives.

• Exhibit and utilize specialized knowledge of therapeutic agents, administration, symptom management, and supportive care.

• Identify drug-related problems such as complications resulting from drug therapy (ineffective therapy, allergic reactions, drug interactions, and adverse drug reactions). Develop actionable steps to rectify these problems.

• If an on-call program exists in your area of practice, participate in the on-call program on a rotational basis as scheduled.

• In collaboration with the medical team, participate in transitions of care planning to ensure an uninterrupted continuum of care.

• Interprets laboratory and other patient-specific data to develop treatment plans and monitor response to therapy

• Maintain competence in specialty area and sub-specialty area. If board certified in primary specialty area, maintain certification. If seeking certification, ascertain within one year of employment, or complete equivalent competencies to demonstrate knowledge, skills, and abilities at the level of a clinical specialist. Competencies can be CE credits in area of specialty, or other approved educational courses as agreed upon with supervisor

• Make or recommend customized changes to patient treatment goals based on individual patient outcomes

• Make verbal or written recommendations in a clear, succinct, and appropriate manner.

• Monitor patient