Pharmacist Nurse-Allied

Duties

• Participate in a multidisciplinary team with other health care providers providing consultative services pursuant to optimal health care delivery to patients suffering from pain.
• Work with physicians in a multidisciplinary team to provide drug therapy recommendations, perform polypharmacy management, and provide patient education regarding changes in drug therapy.
• Carry out a deliberate medication review and reconciliation for chronic pain patients and devise strategies for patients with histories of non-compliance, abuse, and diversion.
• Conduct a clinical interview with patient, family, and/or caregiver(s) to gather information necessary to design a pharmacotherapeutic treatment plan.
• Order and evaluate appropriate laboratory tests to assess clinical response, detect adverse drug reactions, measure therapeutic drug levels, and complete all relevant clinical reminders.
• Document and communicate all pertinent information as needed; pain patient agreements, pharmacotherapeutic treatment findings and recommendations.
• Inform patients and their families/caregivers about medications and non-drug therapies, and provide appropriate written drug information; counsel on self-monitoring techniques and lifestyle changes to promote wellness; emphasize medication adherence and provide compliance aids, such as medication charts and pill boxes.
• Extend existing prescriptions (psychotropic and non-psychotropic medications) as appropriate and ensure the patient receives follow-up appointments with the appropriate individual(s).
• Order consults and referrals as required.
• Provide pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions and therapies, including prescribing in accordance with MTF policy and performing auricular acupuncture as required to support comprehensive pain management.
• Participate in tele-mentoring, tele-medicine, and tele-consults on site.

Qualifications

• Education: Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.).
• Experience: Possess a graduate certificate within the preceding year from an accredited pharmacy residency program or have at least 12 months of experience within the preceding 18 months as a Clinical Pharmacist performing direct patient care and clinical activities in an inpatient, outpatient, or ambulatory care pharmacy setting, or hold clinical privileges as a Clinical Pharmacist within the preceding 36 months in a MTF. Specific training or experience in the area of pain management services is required.
• Licensure/Registration: Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as a pharmacist.
• Certification: Basic Life Support.