Union: Non-Union
Number of vacancies: 1
New or Replacement Position: Replacement
Site: Toronto General Hospital (base), travel to all UHN sites as needed
Department: Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Reports to: Manager, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Salary Range: $52.26 - $65.33 per hour
Hours: 22.5 hours per week
Status: Temporary Part-Time, 1 year contract
Closing Date: May 13, 2026
Position Summary
The Antimicrobial Stewardship Program at UHN is seeking an Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacotherapy Specialist to join the team and be a key player in establishing initiatives that foster safe and optimal antimicrobial use, lower antimicrobial resistance, increase patient safety and cost-efficiency across all sites of the University Health Network. The successful candidate acts as an antimicrobial stewardship resource for internal and external health care professionals in a patient-focused interprofessional practice.
The Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacotherapy Specialist contributes to the establishment of clinical practice guidelines that ensure appropriate antimicrobial therapy. This includes: antibiotic prophylaxis, establishing guidance for empiric antimicrobial therapy, optimizing antimicrobial therapy associated with a definite diagnosis, optimizing antimicrobial dose and route of administration based on pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamic principles.
Duties
- Acts as an antimicrobial stewardship resource for internal and external health care professionals in a patient-focused practice
- Works effectively and collaboratively with the patient care inter-professional teams
- Liaises with the Infectious Disease Consult service and provides teaching on antimicrobial pharmacotherapy and antimicrobial stewardship to the Infectious Disease learners
- Establishes initiatives that foster improved antimicrobial use, lower antimicrobial resistance, increase patient safety and promote cost savings.
- Collaborate with leaders and clinicians in Antimicrobial Stewardship, Infectious Diseases, Clinical Programs, Microbiology, Infection Prevention & Control, Quality & Safety, Digital and the Pharmacy Department to provide implementation strategies for various initiatives
- Lead Antimicrobial Stewardship patient care rounds and provides patient specific feedback to the clinical team (audit and feedback).
- Participates in the development, implementation and evaluation of evidence-based disease specific best practice empiric treatment algorithm guidelines incorporating UHN pathogens and resistance patterns.
- Provides teaching in the healthcare professional curriculum (medicine, pharmacy, nursing, others).
- Identify opportunities for scholarly activities within antimicrobial stewardship and infectious diseases management.
- Prospective and retrospective evaluation of antimicrobial prescribing practices with feedback to prescribers and clinicians regarding appropriate use of antimicrobial agents