Download Clinical Coordinator-Infectious Diseases

Clinical Coordinator
Infectious Diseases
Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center
Position Description: The Clinical Coordinator in Infectious Diseases is a challenging, diverse,
and dynamic position with opportunities and responsibilities in infectious diseases
pharmacotherapy management, pharmacy administration, teaching, mentoring, and research. The
Pharmacotherapy Team consists of highly skilled Clinical Pharmacist Specialists each having
completed at least two years of post-graduate training, and 10 PGY-1 and PGY-2 pharmacy
residents who strive to provide high caliber and comprehensive pharmaceutical care services. The
318-bed acute care hospital has a 10-bed medical/surgical and 10-bed cardiac intensive care unit,
a step-down cardiac care telemetry unit, a 30-bed ventilator unit, a 911 receiving emergency
department and satellite pharmacy, and surgical services including neurosurgery. KJMC is a
designated AIDS Center and has an active and robust hepatitis and HIV infection ambulatory care
clinics.
The patient care responsibilities of this position are to round daily with the infectious disease
attending physicians, medical and pharmacy residents/students, and nurses and provide
comprehensive infectious disease pharmacotherapy consultations, antimicrobial pharmacokinetic
dosing, antimicrobial stewardship and restricted antimicrobial approvals. The Clinical Coordinator
will also serve as the chair for the Antibiotic Stewardship Program at the facility. The Clinical
Coordinator will administer lectures to the medical/nursing staff and participate in key hospital-wide
infectious disease-related committees. There is ample opportunity to participate and design
pharmacy-led HIV Infection ambulatory care clinics.
A responsibility of this position is to serve as a faculty member, role model, mentor and preceptor
for our ASHP-accredited PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency Program and PGY-2 programs in Critical
Care, Internal Medicine, and Geriatrics. There will be a non-compensatory faculty appointment at
the Clinical Assistant/Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice rank with Touro College of
Pharmacy. Opportunities to precept Pharm.D. students also exist. This position offers an excellent
opportunity to fulfill leadership, learning, teaching, research and publishing endeavors. Applicants
should be organized, resourceful, cooperative, collaborative, collegial, motivated and passionate.
Required or Desired Credentials or Experience: The applicant should have excellent oral and
written communication skills. Applicants should possess a Pharm.D. degree and be eligible for
licensure in New York State. A PGY-2 Pharmacy Residency in Infectious Diseases is preferred.
Description of Institution/Organization: Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center is a 784-bed
teaching, medical and pharmacy university-affiliated, non-profit, private community institution,
comprised of a 318-bed acute care hospital and a 466-bed adult and pediatric skilled nursing longterm care facility. The hospital is within 20 minutes of Manhattan.
Contact Person
Henry Cohen, MS, PharmD, FCCM, BCPP, CGP
Chief Pharmacotherapy Officer
[email protected] and [email protected]
718-604-5373
(Please e-mail your CV and contact information)