PGY2 Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Resident

Established in 2014, the Norton Healthcare infectious disease pharmacy residency provides broad experience in antimicrobial stewardship and infectious diseases. Norton Healthcare employs eight (seven for adult patients, one for pediatric patients) full-time infectious diseases pharmacists. The system has an established, multidisciplinary antimicrobial stewardship program with a mission to optimize clinical outcomes while minimizing adverse consequences of antimicrobial use — including toxicity, the selection of pathogenic organisms and the emergence of resistance — and to reduce healthcare costs without adversely impacting quality of care. By using a novel electronic prospective audit and feedback program, infectious diseases pharmacists can streamline recommendation delivery, allowing for easier tracking of recommendations and greater patient reach. Residents work closely with the stewardship team and gain experience with a variety of evidence-based stewardship practices. 

Norton Healthcare has the largest clinical microbiology laboratory in Kentucky, processing inpatient and outpatient specimens. It is supported with numerous rapid diagnostic technologies, trained technical staff and a microbiologist with a doctoral degree. The close integration between the stewardship team and microbiology provides residents with valuable opportunities to understand how diagnostic testing can inform antimicrobial selection and patient care. Norton Healthcare is a training site for surrounding pharmacy schools, and residents will gain teaching experience by serving as co-preceptors for pharmacy students and PGY1 residents.

Norton Infectious Diseases Institute is home to the Kentucky Antimicrobial Stewardship Innovation Consortium (KASIC), a statewide antimicrobial stewardship initiative aimed at addressing inequalities in access to antimicrobial stewardship resources. Through KASIC, Norton Healthcare collaborates with infectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship experts across Kentucky and neighboring states, providing opportunities to share expertise, develop innovative stewardship strategies and strengthen antimicrobial stewardship practices throughout the state. Within Norton Infectious Diseases Institute, residents have the opportunity to learn from and collaborate with advanced infectious diseases research specialists and statisticians with expertise in the field of clinical epidemiology.

Required Rotations:

• Orientation (1 week) and Orientation to Residency (2 weeks)
• Clinical Microbiology (4 – 5 weeks)
• Antimicrobial Stewardship (ASP) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (each rotation 4 – 7 weeks)
• Adult Infectious Disease Consult Service 1 and 2 (each rotation 4 – 6 weeks)
• Infectious Disease Ambulatory Care Clinic (4 weeks)
• Clinical and Translational Research (12 months)
• Antimicrobial Management and Leadership (12 months)

Elective Rotations:

• Medical Writing and Research (2 – 4 weeks)
• Pediatric Infectious Diseases (4 – 5 weeks)
• Adult Hematology/Oncology (4 – 5 weeks)
• Infectious Diseases Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) Clinic (4 weeks)
• Antimicrobial Stewardship in Intensive Care (4 weeks)
• Infectious Diseases Clinical Pharmacy Practice Management and Leadership (4 – 5 weeks)
• Adult Critical Care (4 weeks)

Requirements:

• Completion of ASHP accredited PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program
• Eligible for pharmacy licensure in Kentucky
• Application materials submitted through PhORCAS

Candidates are strongly encouraged to sign up for PPS and apply for an 30-minute interview and information session with the residency program director. Schedule an interview at PPS with us here: Job Openings Everywhere | American Society of Health-System Pharmacists 

To formally apply to the residency program, use Phorcas: Liaison International, Centralized Application Service. The application deadline is 1/7/2027. NMS code: 703455 

Contact Information:

Jamie Montes de Oca, PharmD, BCIDP

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist—Infectious Diseases
Residency Program Director, PGY2 Infectious Diseases

Email: [email protected]