Pennsylvania Medicine

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Infectious Diseases (Full-time, Days)

Pennsylvania Medicine • $110K — $130K *
Lancaster, PA 17603In-Person
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Qualifications

  • Pharm.D. with ASHP-accredited Pharmacy Practice Residency required.
  • Current Pennsylvania state licensure or eligibility to reciprocate required.
  • A minimum of three years hospital pharmacy experience required.
  • At least one year of clinical pharmacist experience required.
  • Board Certification in Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with healthcare teams to optimize antimicrobial use and patient outcomes.
  • Provide clinical consultations for infectious disease pharmacotherapy.
  • Develop and implement evidence-based treatment guidelines and order sets.
  • Lead quality improvement initiatives related to antimicrobial stewardship.
  • Conduct therapeutic drug monitoring and evaluate antimicrobial usage trends.
  • Educate and mentor pharmacists, residents, and other healthcare professionals.

Benefits

  • Sign-on bonus of up to $15,000.
  • Opportunity to lead and expand infectious disease pharmacy services.
  • Ability to make a meaningful impact on patient care and safety.
  • Support for research and scholarly activities.
  • Collaborative environment with interdisciplinary teams.
Full Job Description
Hours: Mon - Fri 8 am - 4:30 pm

Sign on Bonus of up to $15K!!!

This Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Infectious Diseases serves as the subject matter expert for antimicrobial stewardship and infectious diseases pharmacotherapy for Lancaster General Health. This clinical pharmacy specialist collaborates closely with physicians, advanced practice providers, nursing, microbiology, infection prevention, and pharmacy teams to optimize antimicrobial use, improve patient outcomes, reduce resistance, and promote medication safety. The specialist provides direct patient care through prospective clinical review and consultation, develops evidence-based treatment guidelines and order sets, supports formulary management, and leads quality improvement initiatives related to infectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship.

Key responsibilities include antimicrobial stewardship activities, prospective clinical consultation, therapeutic drug monitoring, guideline and order set development, formulary management, quality improvement initiatives, and analysis of antimicrobial utilization and resistance trends. The specialist also provides education and mentorship to pharmacists, residents, students, and other healthcare professionals while supporting research and scholarly activities.

The ideal candidate possesses advanced infectious diseases expertise, strong clinical judgment, excellent communication skills, and a passion for improving patient care through innovation and stewardship. PGY1 residency training is required; PGY2 Infectious Diseases residency (or equivalent advanced experience) and BCIDP certification or eligibility are strongly preferred.

This position offers the opportunity to lead and expand infectious diseases pharmacy services while making a meaningful impact on patient outcomes, antimicrobial optimization, quality, and safety across Lancaster General Health.

Summary:

  • Position Summary: Provide direct patient care activities by designing, recommending, monitoring and evaluating patient specific pharmacotherapy. Serves as the clinical pharmacy expert for a particular service line and is responsible for the training and education of pharmacists technicians as it relates to clinical activities, competency assessment, development and implementation of clinical programs, PandT activities, formulary management, etc.
  • Qualified individuals must have the ability with or without reasonable accommodation to perform the following duties:
  • Participates in rounds with assigned medical, surgical or critical care team. Provide verbal and written consultations concerning drug therapy evaluations as requested. Active participation in Care Management Teams.
  • Document drug use patterns, detect and evaluate adverse drug effects, evaluate drug efficacy, therapeutic goals and indications, review for contraindications precautions, the patient's current status of health, and review drug profiles and patient's medical record for drug-drug, drug-food, drug-laboratory and drug-disease state s potentials.
  • Provide individualized patient education evaluation regarding drug therapy as requested or identified need.
  • Evaluate appropriate laboratory tests necessary to monitor and support the patient's drug therapy program.
  • Document assessment, observations, impressions, recommendations, plan, significant findings, interventions and services rendered as appropriate.
  • Coordinate activities as required with the pharmacy staff to affect a smooth exchange of activities and ideas regarding new and ongoing programs.
  • Provide accurate, unbiased, timely and cost-effective drug information to medical, pharmacy, nursing and other allied health professionals.
  • Serve as a resource and mentor for the Pharmacists and Clinical Pharmacists.
  • In addition to the above primary functions, all Clinical Pharmacy Specialists must be competent in performing the following primary functions of a Clinical Pharmacist and Pharmacist:
  • CLINICAL PHARMACIST:
  • Identifies drug therapy strategies that improve patient outcomes and reduce costs.
  • Utilizes assessment skills in the management of medically complex elderly to monitor responses to drug therapy.
  • Provides information to patients, either directly as a consultation or in preparation of patient teaching aides or computer-generated warning or supplemental information.
  • Conducts drug utilization reviews to assure the quality of drug use. Determines if criteria for drug use is met in patient cases being reviewed.
  • Educates health care professionals and patients in the safe and effective use of medication. This education may be informal e.g. patient care rounds , as a staff development education program, or as part of the hospital's interdisciplinary education program.
  • Support and assist interdepartmental projects as requested e.g. MUE, PandT monographs, newsletter articles, performance improvement activities, etc. .
  • Provides drug information to prescribers and other health care professionals. Contributes articles to the hospital and or pharmacy newsletters. Assures that pertinent drug information is maintained in the pharmacy.
  • Develops criteria and makes recommendations to the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee on the appropriate use of medications and or inclusion in the hospital formulary.
  • PHARMACIST:
  • Interprets and evaluates all medication orders and assures for safe and effective medication, dose route and scheduled administration with clarification as deemed necessary.
  • Reviews physician orders and suggests alternate therapies as appropriate. Demonstrates this activity by preparing clinical intervention documentation.
  • Prepares and dispenses medications in accordance with professional practice guidelines, state pharmacy laws, and regulatory standards in addition to departmental policies and procedures.
  • Advises the physician, nurse and patient regarding the contents, therapeutic action, utilization and possible adverse reactions or interactions of medication.
  • Responds to drug information and poison information requests as required.
  • Performs computer order entry functions and rotates to all work areas as assigned.
  • Actively participates in medication safety programs. Active participation is defined as identifying opportunities to improve safety reporting errors and adverse drug events , and implementing system-based changes as a result of those opportunities.
  • Monitors prescriptions to prevent adverse reactions, allergies and or drug interactions. Counsels physicians, patients and nurses accordingly. Participates in drug interaction notification.
  • Serves as a role model of customer service by responding constructively to the needs of hospital staff. Responding constructively is defined as using a respectful communication style that is consistent with professional collaboration.
  • The following duties are considered secondary to the primary duties listed above:
  • Other duties as assigned.
  • Provide educational pharmacy sessions i.e., in-services, clinical pearls or materials for patient groups and health care professionals.
  • Evaluate and participate in Lancaster General drug research and other clinical trials, including designing and implementing primary research projects.
  • Collaborate with other pharmacy service line leaders to address issues that cross service lines, such as surgical issues and or pain management issues to ensure continuity of care across the hospital.
  • In addition to the above secondary functions all Clinical Pharmacy Specialists must be competent in performing the following secondary functions of a Clinical Pharmacist and Pharmacist:
CLINICAL PHARMACIST:
  • Develops practice standards and procedures for education, staff development and policy manuals.
  • Assists pharmacy education and training; prepares pharmacists for clinical activities. Precept students, as assigned.
  • Provides drug information education to staff physicians informally and formally and through drug literature searches.
PHARMACIST:
  • Controls the disposition of narcotics, other controlled substances, and dangerous drugs as required by state and federal regulations.
  • Serves as a training resource for new employees and assists in evaluating their progress; may assist in preparing work schedules, setting work priorities and making work assignments as directed. Mentors pharmacy students in applicable educational experiential training programs.
  • Inspect and verify all non-formulary drugs that a patient brings to the institution intended for use by physician order.
  • Performs monthly nursing unit inspections, maintains workload records and collects quality assurance data.
Minimum Required Qualifications:
  • Pharm.D. and ASHP-accredited Pharmacy Practice Residency required or equivalent experience .
  • Current licensure or eligible to reciprocate in state of Pennsylvania required.
  • Equivalent of three 3 years experience as a hospital pharmacist.
  • Equivalent of one 1 year experience as a clinical pharmacist.
  • A health care provider in good standing with Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal and state health insurance programs, i.e. not excluded from participation in Medicare, Medicaid or any other federal or state health insurance program.
  • ASHP-accredited Specialty Residency or equivalent experience preferred.
  • Board Certification may be preferred dependent upon specialty .
  • Previous experience as a clinical specialist and or clinical coordinator.
  • Attention Concentration:
  • The position requires strong concentration skills. The individual must have the ability to voluntarily sustain concentration to a task over an extended period of time as a result of an effortful and usually deliberate heightened and focused state of attention.
  • New Learning and Memory:
  • A large portion of this position required reliance on verbal memory and new learning. Efficiency in processing of verbal information, either in written or spoken form, is a major requirement and prerequisite of the job. The individual must be able to attend to and process multiple bits of information simultaneously. The individual must be able to organize and categorize this information effectively so that later recall is feasible.
  • Problem Solving, Reasoning and Creative Thinking:
  • The position required much autonomy of thought and problem solving. The individual must be able to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems. The individual must be able to think abstractly, which is manifested in the ability to form concepts, use categories, generalize from single instances, apply procedural rules and general principles, and be aware of subtle or intrinsic aspects of a problem. The development of hypothesis and potential solutions to problems involves careful interpretation, analysis and diagnosis. The individual must be able to collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. The individual must be able to think creatively with a degree of inventiveness, experimentation and intuition. They must be able to deal with a variety of concrete and abstract variables.
  • The following are essential requirements of the position in relation to job-worker situations. These items describe how a worker must adapt, adjust, conform or act:
  • Leadership, control and planning: Ability to accept responsibility for leadership, direction, control, planning, negotiating, organizing, directing, supervising, formulating practices, or making final decisions.
  • Performing under stressful conditions: Ability to perform under stress when confronted with emergency, critical, unusual, or dangerous situations, or in situations in which working speed and sustained attention are critical aspects of the job. Is subject to danger or risk, or to tension as a regular, consistent part of the job.
  • Variety and change: Ability to perform a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure involving significant differences in technologies, techniques, procedures, environmental factors, physical demands, or work situations.
  • Communication: Ability to exchange information with others clearly and concisely; to present ideas, facts and technical information.
  • Interpersonal relations: Ability to maintain relationships that facilitate task accomplishment; to cooperate and resolve conflicts; to recognize needs and be sensitive of others.
Credentials:
  • Pharmacist (Required)
Education or Equivalent Experience:
  • Other (Required)
  • Pharm.D. and ASHP-accredited Pharmacy Practice Residency required (or equivalent experience).

About Pennsylvania Medicine

The University of Pennsylvania is a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universities by numerous organizations and scholars. While the university dates its founding to 1740, it was created by Benjamin Franklin and leading Philadelphia citizens in 1749 . The University has four undergraduate schools as well as twelve graduate and professional schools. Schools enrolling undergraduates include the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, the Wharton School, and the School of Nursing. Among its highly ranked graduate schools are its law school, whose first professor wrote the first draft of the United States Constitution, its medical school, the first in North America, and Wharton, the first collegiate business school. Penn's endowment is US$20.7 billion, putting it amongst the wealthiest academic institutions in the world, and its 2019 research budget was $1.02 billion. Penn was one of nine colonial colleges chartered before the U.S. Declaration of Independence when Benjamin Franklin, the university's founder and first president, advocated for an educational institution that trained leaders in academia, commerce, and public service. The campus, in the University City neighborhood of Philadelphia, is centered around College Hall, and notable landmarks are Houston Hall, the first modern "student union", and Franklin Field, the first double-decker college football stadium. Penn also is the home of the Morris Arboretum, the official arboretum of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which is located 15 miles northwest of the campus, in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia. The university's athletics program, the Quakers, fields varsity teams in 33 sports as a member of the NCAA Division I Ivy League conference.
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