Description
Employment Type:Full timeShift:Rotating Shift
Description:Come join our Pharmacy team at Saint Mary's Hospital, a member of Trinity Health Of New England! We are part of the nationwide Trinity Health family bringing compassionate care to our communities.
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The antimicrobial stewardship pharmacist monitors medication therapy to optimize patient outcomes and oversees and directs the use of antimicrobial medications to ensure their appropriate utilization. In addition, the pharmacist provides direct pharmaceutical care to patients of all ages and provides medication education to physicians, nurses, and other health care providers.
Top Reasons to Work at Trinity Health of New England:
+ Our Mission and Core Values
+ Great benefits and Health Insurance Coverage
+ Career growth and advancement potential
+ Award-winning Hospitals and Departments
Work Hours/Shift:
+ full time 40 hours
You Will Be Responsible For:
+ Exceptional Patient Care: Designs and implements pharmacy-based and hospital-wide performance improvement initiatives to ensure appropriate utilization of antimicrobials (e.g., order set and clinical pathway development, antibiotic time-out processes, automatic IV to PO and antibiotic dose adjustments by pharmacy, antibiotic review at transitions of care).
+ Excellent Communicator: Provides ASP performance updates to the Director of Pharmacy, Chief of Infectious Diseases and Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee. Provides ASP performance updates to physicians, nurses, and other health care providers.
+ Active Teamwork: Participate in multi-disciplinary antimicrobial stewardship rounds and antibiotic utilization reviews with Infectious Disease physicians.
+ Strong Educator: Provide expertise on appropriate antimicrobial therapy, antibiotic de-escalation, and dose optimization. Provides education to physicians, nurses, and other health care providers.
+ Technical Familiarity: Develop performance indicators and dashboards for tracking antimicrobial utilization and other Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (ASP) initiatives. Optimizes Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and data mining software/applications for antibiotic monitoring.
Requirements:
+ Current Connecticut Pharmacist License
+ Graduate from an accredited College of Pharmacy required
+ Advanced degree (PharmD or MS) or equivalent clinical practice experience; PharmD degree and/or ASHP accredited residency (PGY I) preferred.
+ Board Certification preferred
+ Antimicrobial Stewardship experience preferred.
About Trinity Health Of New England:
Trinity Health Of New England is an integrated health care delivery system that is comprised of world-class providers and facilities dedicated to full spectrum preventative, acute, and post-acute care. We aim to deliver top level care to increase our community's overall health at lower costs. While we serve nearly 3 million people, we are proud to be a part of a national system that focuses on putting our patients first and having the best colleagues to do so.
Trinity Health Of New England benefits include health insurance, adoption assistance, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation, sick time, and professional advancement just to name a few.
Employees can also take advantage of extra benefits specific to each hospital.
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