Part-Time Clinical Staff Pharmacist – Antimicrobial Stewardship
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Part-time clinical pharmacist supporting The Cigna Group’s antimicrobial stewardship and health services. Reviewing complex therapies and delivering evidence-based recommendations remotely.
Responsibilities:
- Provide antimicrobial stewardship services through prospective review of antimicrobial therapy
- Identify opportunities to optimize antimicrobial selection, dosing, route, duration, and monitoring
- Evaluate antimicrobial therapy using patient-specific clinical information, microbiology and susceptibility results, laboratory data, organ function, medication history, and allergies
- Identify antimicrobial de-escalation, escalation, discontinuation, IV-to-oral conversion, dose optimization, and duration optimization opportunities
- Assess therapy appropriateness using infection source, culture and susceptibility data, patient-specific factors, institutional guidelines, and current evidence
- Develop and communicate antimicrobial stewardship recommendations to prescribers, pharmacists, and healthcare team members
- Collaborate with physicians, pharmacists, nurses, infection prevention professionals, microbiology personnel, and interdisciplinary teams
- Apply infectious diseases guidelines, clinical literature, local resistance patterns, and client-specific protocols
- Monitor antimicrobial therapy for efficacy, safety, interactions, adverse effects, therapeutic drug monitoring, and dose adjustment needs
- Document clinical reviews, interventions, recommendations, provider communications, acceptance, and outcomes
- Support quality improvement, data collection, clinical education, protocol development, and other ASP activities
- Educate pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, healthcare professionals, and team members on antimicrobial stewardship
- Provide additional clinical pharmacy services such as MTM, medication reconciliation, transitions of care, PGx consultations, medication monitoring, adherence, and quality initiatives
- Maintain clinical, quality, productivity, and documentation standards
- Follow clinical protocols, client requirements, policies, procedures, standards, and regulations
- Participate in training, quality improvement, and development and implementation of new clinical programs
- Perform other duties assigned by the Director of Clinical Services, Manager, and Supervisor
Requirements:
- Graduate of an accredited college of pharmacy with a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy or Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree
- Active pharmacist license in good standing
- Ability to obtain and maintain licensure in CO, OR, MT, IL, and CA as required
- Clinical pharmacy experience with demonstrated knowledge of infectious diseases, antimicrobial pharmacotherapy, and antimicrobial stewardship principles
- Completion of a recognized antimicrobial stewardship certificate or training program, completion of a PGY2 Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Residency, or 5+ years of professional experience providing antimicrobial stewardship and/or infectious diseases pharmacy services
- PGY1 pharmacy residency training, board certification, or other advanced clinical pharmacy training preferred
- Strong knowledge of antimicrobial pharmacotherapy, microbiology, antimicrobial resistance, pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics, renal dosing, therapeutic drug monitoring, and evidence-based infectious diseases treatment guidelines
- Ability to independently evaluate complex patient-specific clinical information and develop evidence-based medication therapy recommendations
- Strong clinical judgment, critical-thinking, and problem-solving skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills for communicating clinical recommendations to healthcare professionals
- Strong organizational and time-management skills
- Ability to work independently in a remote environment while collaborating with a multidisciplinary clinical team
- Ability to learn and work across multiple clinical programs and adapt to evolving needs
- Proficiency with computer systems, electronic health records, clinical documentation platforms, pharmacy software, clinical drug information resources, and standard productivity applications
- Willingness to work a weekend rotation once every 4 weekends and at least 3 holidays per year
- Home internet through cable broadband or fiber optic service with at least 10 Mbps download and 5 Mbps upload
Benefits:
- Annual bonus plan eligibility
- Medical insurance
- Vision insurance
- Dental insurance
- Well-being and behavioral health programs
- 401(k)
- Company-paid life insurance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year
- Paid holidays
- Leaves of absence
- Remote work arrangement
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