Pharmacist for Anti-microbial Stewardship

**Pharmacist for Anti-microbial Stewardship**

Conceptualized in the year 2004 as a philanthropic initiative for the Eastern and North-Eastern

parts of India and the neighbouring countries, the Tata Medical Center (TMC) started operations

in Kolkata on May 16, 2011. The hospital is governed by a charitable trust - Tata Medical Centre

Trust. It is an integrated Oncology facility with well-trained professional staff and equipped

with modern facilities and the most contemporary medical equipment. Set up at a cost of Rs.

350 crores, the Hospital, with a capacity of 437 beds, serves all sections of the society, with 50%

of the infrastructure earmarked for free or subsidized treatment for the underprivileged

sections. The hospital provides a wide spectrum of services from diagnosis, therapy to

rehabilitation and palliative support in cancer. The Institution's objective is to excel in service,

education and research.

It has extensive laboratory and imaging services, day-care facilities and surgical services. The

department of Microbiology has state-of -art diagnostic facilities. The department supports in

related services of diagnosis, prevention and treatment of infections. The clinical consultation

services are available round the clock together with infection control services. Hospital also has

Clinical Pharmacology and Infectious Disease department services. The Microbiology

department has 2 consultants and 3 post-MD Microbiology fellows. The department has

considerable workload spanning from bacteriology, mycology, parasitology, virology and

mycobacteriology diagnostic services apart from environmental microbiology and sterility

testing services. Many of the lab tests are NABL accredited. There is a good molecular diagnostic

service available on site. The Hospital and Microbiology department are involved in many

ongoing ICMR supported projects in strengthening of diagnostic, and infection control areas.

The clinical Microbiology and ID consultants are involved in regular consultation services for

optimization of infection management in patient settings and anti-microbial stewardship, for

the patients admitted in wards, ICU or in transplant settings along with OPD clinics. The clinical

Pharmacology consultant supervises the pharmacy services supported by medical

administration.

of “**Pharmacist for Anti-microbial Stewardship**” under the Anti-microbial Stewardship

Committee at Tata Medical Center, Kolkata.

**Qualifications and skills-**

**Minimum Qualification**:

- PharmD from a recognized University/ College

**Preferable**:

- PharmD with working experience in hospital/ Antimicrobial Stewardship

The remuneration will be commensurate with years of experience.

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**Desired Aptitude and Computer skills-**

1. Ability to communicate and liaise with various staff
- language skills (English/ Hindi/

Bangla)

2. Ability to work with basic computer skills
- Microsoft word/ Excel/ Power-point

3. Mentally fit as the work would often need daily extensive ward rounds for data

collection and analysis.

**Primary Job responsibilities-**

1. To perform various tasks in relation to Antimicrobial Stewardship. These include variety

of works and data collection and related AMSP quality indicator analysis.

2. To take rounds in wards for antimicrobial consumptions and alert the AMSP team for

actions

3. To act as bridging between AMSP consultants, clinical and nursing team in relation to

optimizing the antimicrobial use.

4. To take part in training and education activities for optimal antimicrobial use.

5. To be able to support routine pharmacists as per clinical need.

6. Support AMS program of hospital

**October, 2024 to**:
Mr. Suvasish Mukherjee, Head-Human Resources, Tata Medical Center, 14 MAR (EW), New

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