Infectious Diseases Physician - Locum

Position Description:

Alberta Health Services and the Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Alberta, invites applications for a locum position as an Infectious Diseases Specialist with expertise or interest in Antimicrobial Stewardship to be based at the University of Alberta Hospital (UAH) in Edmonton, Alberta.

The successful applicant will be expected to apply for a Clinical Faculty Appointment in the Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, which will be considered under a separate process through the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry.

This is a locum clinical position providing infectious diseases inpatient (6-8 weeks) and outpatient consultation services at the UAH. The ambulatory component includes provision of consultation services at the Outpatient IV Clinic on site, as well as general Infectious Diseases clinics. An equitable portion of after-hours coverage during weekdays is expected. On weekends/holidays, the practitioner will be expected to participate equitably in regional call coverage at the GNCH and University of Alberta Hospital sites. Clinical teaching of residents and students rotating on the UAH  consult service and/or in clinics is expected.

 This position also entails a 0.2 administrative component overseeing an active site based antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP). This position reports to the provincial Medical Director of the AHS ASP. It is expected that the successful candidate would provide leadership to the site-based ASP pharmacists, implement and oversee site-specific ASP quality improvement initiatives, participate in audit and feedback activities, drive local engagement strategies to align frontline staff with ASP goals and collaborate with the provincial team to develop educational material and best-practice guidelines.