Supervisory Pharmacist; Medication Safety and Regulatory Compliance

GS-0660-14 – Supervisory Pharmacist (Medication Safety and Regulatory Compliance)

Are you an innovative, energetic pharmacist bored with the daily grind of traditional pharmacy roles? Do you daydream about a career that inspires you and where you can make a difference? Are you looking for a new leadership challenge where what you do each day impacts millions of lives? If this sounds like you, the National Institutes of Health’s Pharmacy Informatics Program is looking for you.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center (CC) Pharmacy is seeking a highly motivated Pharmacy Supervisor to provide pharmaceutical care and research support for the patients and study participants enrolled in the NIH Intramural Research program in our 200‑bed federal research hospital.

The NIH Clinical Center is the research hospital on the NIH campus in Bethesda, MD, where NIH scientists and volunteer patients partner to create new medical innovations. Some of the Clinical Center’s successes include pioneering the cure of cancerous solid tumors with chemotherapy; the use of nitroglycerin to treat heart attacks; identifying a genetic component in schizophrenia; conducting the first successful replacement of a mitral valve to treat heart disease;

creating blood tests to identify both AIDS and hepatitis; and contributing to the development of vaccine technology.

These and many other research advances originating from the Clinical Center now form standard practice in medical and pharmaceutical care worldwide. The rapid translation of scientific discoveries into new approaches for diagnosing, treating, and preventing disease has improved and saved countless lives. The 200‑bed Clinical Center is the largest hospital in the world dedicated exclusively to research, with about 1,600 clinical research studies underway covering cancer, infectious diseases, blood disorders, heart disease, lung disease, alcoholism, and drug abuse.

• Serve in the Office of the Chief as the Supervisory Pharmacist (Medication Safety and Regulatory Compliance) with responsibility for supervising drug policy, pharmacy education, and medication safety and quality.
• Collaborate with world‑renowned physicians and clinician scientists conducting pioneering clinical research, as well as providing clinical care for the Clinical Center.
• Act as a recognized agency expert and program authority to develop new policies and regulations for administering programs or services and to devise innovative solutions to new challenges.

• Licensed to practice pharmacy in a U.S. state, territory, District of Columbia, or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
• Doctor of Pharmacy degree (or meet the minimum educational requirements as described on USAJOBS).
• Minimum of 3–5 years of pharmacy regulatory compliance experience.
• Familiarity with medication safety and quality initiatives in a research hospital setting.

• U.S. citizenship required to be met by the closing date of January 7, 2026.
• Position is subject to a background investigation.
• Weekend and shift work may be required.
• Pre‑employment health screening is required.
• This position is listed as the NIH Employee Designation:
  Emergency essential.

Salary ranges from $142,488 to $185,234 per year. A generous federal benefits package is included.

For information about the position, contact Saly Gabriel, Pharm

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Learn more about the Pharmacy and the NIH .nih.gov/phar or the NIH website .gov.

The NIH CC vacancy announcement for this position contains complete application procedures and lists all mandatory information you must submit with your application. The announcement will be available from Monday, December 29, 2025, until midnight on Wednesday, January 7, 2026. Please visit the USAJOBS website jobs.gov and search Keyword:
Pharmacist;

Location:

Montgomery County, MD.

This position’s announcement number is NIH-CC-DH-. All application materials must be received before midnight on Wednesday, January 7, 2026.

HHS and the NIH are Equal Opportunity Employers. Selection for this position will be based solely on merit, without discrimination for non‑merit reasons such as race, color, religion, sex, national origin, politics, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental handicap, age, or membership or non‑membership in an employee organization. All applicants will be subject to a background investigation.

Questions about application procedures in USAJOBS may be addressed to the HR Specialist, Javonna Welch, at ohrcsdbranchesrvdsk.gov.

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