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We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Infectious Disease Pharmacist to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have specialized training in infectious diseases (PGY2 training or equivalent experience) and be adept at managing complex infectious disease cases, providing antimicrobial stewardship, and supporting our multidisciplinary healthcare team. This position offers a unique opportunity to work in a state-of-the-art facility and contribute to the well-being of our community through expert pharmaceutical care. This position is a full-time (1.0 FTE) clinical specialist position with a required every 4th weekend clinical staffing rotation.
Key Responsibilities for this position include clinical and educational responsibilities such as advancing, developing and implementing antimicrobial stewardship programs to optimize antibiotic use and reduce resistance, collaborating with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to develop and review patient care plans and Educate healthcare professionals, including medical residents, nursing staff, and pharmacy students/residents on infectious disease management and antimicrobial stewardship. Additionally, it would be the expectation for the pharmacist in this role to be actively contribute to quality improvement initiatives to enhance patient outcomes and healthcare practices within the hospital along with proactive review of antimicrobial utilization trends along with ongoing review of days of therapy and patient days throughout the Parkview Health System.
The candidate must have strong clinical knowledge and experience in infectious disease pharmacotherapy and antimicrobial stewardship as well as excellent communication, collaboration, and teaching skills. This individual will need the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary healthcare environment and handle stress of busy daily operations with a self directed and motivated personality to provide excellent care to our patients.
More about Parkview Health & Parkview Pharmacy:
Parkview Health's world-class clinical teams provide the highest levels of compassionate care. In turn, we are committed to equipping them with state-of-the-art technology and facilities. Parkview strives to be a partner with civic leaders on the frontlines of safety, wellness, and prevention. And, because we are the region's only not-for-profit health system, you can be sure of the most important thing of all -- our patients come first. Parkview Health consists of 14 hospital facilities (approximately 1200 beds) and cover patients in a 22-county area that is spread over Northeast Indiana, Southeast Michigan, and Northwest Ohio.
Parkview Regional Medical Center (PRMC), a member of Parkview Health, is a major regional medical center located in Fort Wayne. It provides comprehensive medical services to patients in northeastern Indiana, northwestern Ohio, and southern Michigan. PRMC is a tertiary medical center currently with 544 beds (all private) and is a Level II Adult and Pediatric Trauma Center. In addition to the medical and surgical populations, it also has specialty centers for stroke, cardiology, orthopedics, oncology, and women's and children's services.
Parkview Pharmacy has provided advanced pharmacy services in a variety of areas for decades. Parkview offers a progressive pharmaceutical care environment in a variety of practice settings. Inpatient services include extensive interdisciplinary rounding, graduate medical education engagement, and surgical/critical care and oncology satellite pharmacies. We have also had tremendous growth in ambulatory pharmaceutical care including primary care, hospital-based clinics, specialty clinics, multiple retail pharmacies, and a specialty pharmacy. Parkview Pharmacy leadership includes a team with dedication to each facility and service type to help support daily needs and department projects in conjunction with lead pharmacists and lead technicians. Parkview pharmacy is an early adopter of and a best-practice site for integrated technologies, including Epic©, Pyxis® MedStations, Pyxis® CII Safe, BD CatoTM, Parata ATPTM, Tecsys inventory management and vertical carousels, a centralized acute care pharmacy distribution center, smart intravenous infusion systems, and Baxa EM 2400 TPN compounder.
Awards & Recognition:
In June 2024, Parkview Health received magna cum laude status within Epic's Honor Roll Good Maintenance Grant Program, which recognizes healthcare organizations for effective implementation and use of Epic's electronic health records (EHR) system.
Three Parkview facilities - Parkview Ortho Hospital, Parkview Wabash Hospital and Parkview Whitley Hospital - were named to the Indiana Chamber of Commerce's 2024 list of Best Places to Work in Indiana in May 2024.
In May 2024, Parkview was recognized by Epic at the 2024 XGM Conference for the fastest disaster recovery failover of an Epic system between data centers in the world, which was timed at 109 seconds.
In Spring 2024, five hospitals received Leapfrog "A" Hospital Safety Grades: PRMC and Affiliates, Parkview Huntington Hospital, Parkview Whitley Hospital, Parkview DeKalb Hospital, Parkview Noble Hospital
In April 2024, Parkview Health was named Best and Brightest in Wellness by the National Association for Business Resources.
In April 2024, Parkview was named one of Becker's 150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare.
Parkview LaGrange Hospital named to Becker's "Critical Access Hospitals to Know" in April 2024
Parkview Behavioral Health Institute received the 2023 Human Experience (HX) National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) Award for Outstanding Nursing Quality from Press Ganey.
In September 2023, Parkview was named to Newsweek's list of Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces for 2023, being recognized for outstanding employee sentiment and satisfaction.
In September 2023, Parkview Health was named NRC Health Excellence in Patient Experience Award winner across medium size health systems.
In August 2023, Parkview was named to the Forbes list of America's Best-in-State Employers.
In July 2023, Parkview Heart Institute received the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines® - AFib Gold quality achievement award for its commitment to managing atrial fibrillation.
In June 2023, the Parkview Stanley Wissman Stroke Center has received recertification from DNV as a Comprehensive Stroke Center and the American Heart Association's (AHA) Gold Plus Get with The Guidelines-Stroke Quality Achievement Award for their commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines.
In May 2023, Parkview Specialty Pharmacy was named a finalist in the MMIT Patient Choice Awards
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