Clinical Pharmacist

Roles and Responsibilities

Pain Management & Patient Care:

• Conduct deliberate medication reviews and reconciliation for chronic pain patients.
• Develop strategies for patients with histories of non-compliance, abuse, or diversion.
• Conduct clinical interviews with patients, families, and caregivers to gather information necessary to design pharmacotherapeutic treatment plans.
• Provide pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions, including prescribing in accordance with MTF policy and performing auricular acupuncture as required to support comprehensive pain management.

Drug Therapy & Clinical Collaboration:

• Work with physicians to provide drug therapy recommendations, perform polypharmacy management, and educate patients on changes in drug therapy.
• Order and evaluate appropriate laboratory tests to assess clinical response, development of adverse drug reactions, and therapeutic drug levels.

Patient Education & Documentation:

• Educate patients and their families/caregivers on medications and non-drug therapies.
• Provide written drug information, counsel on self-monitoring, and promote medication adherence with compliance aids.
Requirements

• A licensed pharmacist with hands-on clinical pharmacy experience, ideally in pain management settings.
• Comfortable working as part of a multidisciplinary healthcare team in a high-tempo military treatment facility.
• Knowledgeable in pharmacotherapeutics, polypharmacy management, and patient counseling for complex or at-risk populations.

Qualifications

Education

• Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) from an accredited institution.
• Completion of a clinical pharmacy residency or fellowship accredited by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) or the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP); or documentation of appropriate education, training, and/or CME in clinical pharmacy practice.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.

Experience

• Possess a graduate certificate from an accredited pharmacy residency program within the preceding year; OR a minimum of 12 months of experience within the preceding 18 months as a Clinical Pharmacist performing direct patient care in an inpatient, outpatient, or ambulatory care setting; OR clinical privileges as a Clinical Pharmacist within a MTF within the preceding 36 months.
• Specific training or experience in pain management services required.

Licensure

• Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as a pharmacist.

Work Authorization

• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Must be able to read, write, and speak English effectively to communicate with patients, families, and all healthcare team members.