Academic Antimicrobial Stewardship Physician Educator

The University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases in partnership with Alberta Health Services, invites applications for an Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinician Educator to be based at the University of Alberta Hospital.  Located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, the Faculty has been internationally recognized as among the world’s top 50 medical schools and as one of Canada’s premier health-education institutions.  The University is currently home to more than 38,000 students with more than 15,000 faculty and staff.  

The Division of Infectious Diseases has over 30 Faculty members and provides clinical services to all acute care facilities in Edmonton, and consultative services to Northern Alberta as well as western NWT and parts of BC. There are established specialty programs in Transplant Infectious Diseases, HIV Medicine, Viral Hepatitis, Infection Prevention and Control and Antimicrobial Stewardship as well as close relationships with Provincial and regional microbiology laboratories, and Public Health. The Division boasts one of the longest running and most highly regarded Canadian postgraduate training programs in Infectious Diseases. It has a long history of conducting clinical trials with dedicated Clinical Trial Unit infrastructure, and members of the Division are actively engaged across clinical, translational and basic science research.

The University of Alberta Hospital currently has an Antimicrobial Stewardship program that involves audit and feedback activities throughout the hospital and provision of virtual consult services to patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia admitted to hospitals without onsite Infectious diseases consultation services. The ASP program also provides education for students and residents in infectious diseases, medical microbiology and public health.