St. Luke's Health System in Boise, Idaho is seeking an

 Infectious Disease Clinical Pharmacy Specialist –

Outpatient Antimicrobial Therapy

This clinic pharmacist will be implementing a new practice as an outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) pharmacist in collaboration with our infectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship teams. Ambulatory pharmacy services provided will include addressing pharmacy-related questions from clinic providers and managing infectious diseases under collaborative practice.

This pharmacist is a member of the infectious disease (ID) clinic team and works closely with physicians and APPs to ensure appropriate long-term antimicrobials and monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Assists with determination of OPAT candidacy and regimen selection
• Counsels patients on OPAT regimens
• Oversees pharmacotherapy monitoring for patients on OPAT service
• Verifies, orders, and reviews medications and labs for OPAT
• Manages arising symptoms or lab values and changes antimicrobials or follow up plan as needed
• Determines if/which IV access is appropriate
• Orders IV access removal or otherwise verifies its removal
• Provides medication refills
• Ensures formulary compliance
• Supports the System Antimicrobial Stewardship Team and Antimicrobial Subcommittee
• Collaborates with System ID pharmacist, Antimicrobial Stewardship Team, physicians, and colleagues to ensure smooth hand off for transition to outpatient pharmacy
• Collaborates with Infectious Diseases/Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Coordinator on quality improvement initiatives
• Supports with transitions of care efforts
• Other duties as may be assigned

Qualifications

• Degree from an accredited pharmacy program required
• No experience required
• Valid Idaho Pharmacist License
• Preferred qualifications
  • Clinical management of primary care based infectious diseases
  • Completion of PGY2 Infectious Diseases Residency OR equivalent experience
  • Current Board Certification in Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy (BCIDP)

At St. Luke’s, caring for people in the communities we serve is our mission – and this includes our own SLHS team. We offer a robust benefits package to support our teams both professionally and personally. In addition to a competitive salary and retirement plans, we ensure our team feels supported in their benefits beyond the typical medical, dental, and vision offerings. We care about you and have fantastic financial and physical wellness options, such as: on-site massages, on-site counseling via our Employee Assistance Program, access to the Virgin Pulse Wellness tool, as well as other formal training and career development offerings to ensure you are meeting your career goals.

St. Luke’s is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, religion, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status or condition protected by law.

*Please note: this posting is not reflective of all job duties and responsibilities and is intended to provide an overview to job seekers.