Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist - (12968)

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Job Type: Regular Full Time

Organizational Department: Sinai Health -> Mount Sinai Hospital -> NHOB - Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (ASP)

Employee Group: Non Union

Location: Mount Sinai Hospital Campus - Toronto, ON M5G 1X5 CA (Primary)

Travel Requirement: Hours (subject to change)

Hours: 37.5 hours, due to the nature of the position, additional hours may be required.

Salary Scale:

Job Description:

Apply your expertise in diverse clinical settings—including intensive care, surgery, rehabilitation, and women’s and infant’s health—while driving system-wide improvements that shape antimicrobial prescribing across disciplines. At Sinai Health, antimicrobial stewardship goes beyond individual treatment decisions to scalable interventions that enhance prescribing behaviours hospital-wide. This role provides the opportunity to engage in multidisciplinary efforts aimed at promoting sustainable changes in prescribing practices by incorporating quality improvement principles and behavioural science. For pharmacists seeking to expand their impact, this role offers the chance to influence broader practices, bridging clinical expertise with system-wide improvements to improve patient outcomes.

Is this you?
You are an effective communicator who can confidently engage with clinicians from various backgrounds to drive change. Whether discussing prescribing behaviours or suggesting interventions, your ability to tailor your message to the audience fosters trust and supports collaborative action. In this role, you’ll influence prescribing practices by navigating complex interactions and promoting system-wide improvements in antimicrobial stewardship.

If you possess a strong foundational knowledge in antimicrobial pharmacotherapy, this role offers the opportunity to deepen your expertise through collaboration with experienced pharmacists and physicians. While prior antimicrobial stewardship experience is not required, exposure to infectious disease management will be valuable as you work to integrate clinical information with the latest literature. You’ll use this knowledge to define optimal patient care while contributing to broader clinical guidance.

Are you someone who thrives on variety and dynamic challenges? Each day offers the chance to focus on diverse patient subsets, where emotional intelligence is key to navigating complex clinical interactions and responding to patient needs.

About This Team:
The Sinai Health Antimicrobial Stewardship team is an interdisciplinary group committed to optimizing patient care and combating antimicrobial resistance through evidence-based strategies. As a key component of the clinical quality structure at Sinai Health, our program works hospital-wide, collaborating closely with bedside clinicians to enhance antimicrobial therapy practices. We focus on sustainable, system-wide improvements by integrating behaviour change approaches and providing targeted interventions to support optimal prescribing. Our team is actively involved in collecting and analyzing antimicrobial usage (DOT, DDD), cost, and appropriateness data across units at both Mount Sinai Hospital and Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital. Through these efforts, we aim to drive measurable improvements in antimicrobial use and foster long-term partnerships to ensure continued success in stewardship initiatives.

In this role you will:

Core Antimicrobial Stewardship Practice (80%):

• Lead established interdisciplinary antimicrobial stewardship patient care rounds and provide patient specific feedback to the clinical teams (prospective audit and feedback).
• Assist in the development and implementation of effective and sustainable interventions that foster improved antimicrobial use, increase patient safety and promote effective resource use.
• Identify patterns in antimicrobial consumption/resistance and consider possible drivers.
• Act as a clinical resource on complex cases for health care professionals in a patient-focused practice.

Teaching and Education (10%):

• Participate in inter-professional teaching to clinicians.
• Develop and deliver teaching to multidisciplinary/multiprofessional undergraduate and graduate trainees on rotation.
• Provide preceptorship to pharmacy trainees in undergraduate and graduate rotation.

Knowledge Translation and Quality Improvement (10%):

• Participate in the development of evidence-based clinical summaries.
• Collaborate with other hospital stakeholders to identify and participate in quality improvement initiatives.
• Provide support and mentoring for pharmacy students, residents and fellows QI/research projects in collaboration with the department of pharmacy and antimicrobial stewardship manager.
• Participate in conferences and regional planning/working groups.
• Perform other duties consistent with the job classification, as required.

Job Requirements:

Mandatory:

• Active registration in good standing with the Ontario College of Pharmacists.
• Completion of a Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm. D), or recognized equivalent with experience.
• Advanced clinical designation/degree (e.g. ACPR, second pharmacy degree).
• Three to five years of relevant hospital-based pharmacy practice experience.

Preferred:

• Antimicrobial stewardship/infectious disease experience.
• Teaching experience.

Skills and Knowledge:

• Interpersonal skills.
• Clinical reasoning.
• Written and verbal communication.
• Time management and organization.
• Basic knowledge of quality improvement principles and practices.

If this sounds like you and you feel ready to build your career within health care, apply now and let us know why you’d be a great addition to our team.

Open Date: 2/26/2025

Posting Deadline: 3/12/2025

All applications must be submitted by no later than 4:00pm of the posting deadline date.

Employment at Sinai Health is conditional upon the verification of credentials, completion of a health review, and demonstrating proof of immunity and vaccination status of vaccine-preventable diseases. All employees and affiliates will follow safe work practices and comply with health and safety policies, procedures and training. If you believe you are one of the very few people who may require an exemption from vaccination, supporting medical information must be submitted to our Occupational Health department, who will review and assess.

Sinai Health is comprised of Mount Sinai Hospital, Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute and our system partner Circle of Care. We deliver excellent care in hospital, community and home, focusing on the comprehensive needs of people. Sinai Health discovers and translates scientific breakthroughs, pushes boundaries for health solutions and educates future clinical and scientific leaders. Clinical areas of specialization include rehabilitation and complex continuing care, surgery and oncology, urgent and critical care, and women’s and infants’ health. The Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute ranks among the top ten biomedical research institutes in the world. Sinai Health is a full affiliate of the University of Toronto.

As an equal opportunity employer who understands that diversity enriches our community and culture, we invite applications from all qualified candidates including Indigenous Peoples, racialized people, disabled people/people with disabilities, women, and members of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. If you require accommodation(s) due to disability at any point during the application and hiring process, please contact 416-586-4800 ext. 7050, or email TalentAcquisitionAccommodation.msh@sinaihealth.ca.