Pharmacist, Healthcare

Pharmacist - Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA

Joint Base Lewis-McChord, its affiliated clinics and dental clinic are located at Fort Lewis, Washington, near the city of Tacoma. Madigan AMC is one of only three designated Level Two trauma centers within the U.S. Medical Command.

Tacoma is a progressive city of 200,000 nestled between Seattle and the state capital of Olympia. The region offers the attractions of larger metropolitan areas, with a hometown feel. World-class museums, hotels and theaters draw thousands to downtown Tacoma while the shores of the Puget Sound and Mount Rainier inspire outdoor enthusiasts. The Broadway Center for the Performing Arts, Chihuly Bridge of Glass, Emerald Downs Racetrack, Emerald Queen Casino, Fort Nisqually Living History Museum, Lakewold Gardens, and the Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad represent a small sampling of the region's varied entertainment options.

The city offers excellent schools, universities, parks, festivals and regional shopping centers.

• Incumbent serves as the MTF expert on pharmaceuticals, polypharmacy and pharmacotherapeutics. Using an extensive and intensive knowledge of the drugs and other pharmaceuticals available, their nature, actions, and interactions, the incumbent provides authoritative instructions, advice, and assistance to prescribing and dispensing officials on effectiveness, suitability, hazards, appropriateness for the intended use, economy and all other aspects of their use. Prepares and dispenses medications using appropriate techniques and following the health system's policies and procedures.
  
  Serves on a variety of committees, boards, and other bodies representing the pharmacy service and providing authoritative input on pharmacy-related matters.
• Monitors the dispensing of all pharmaceuticals in the MTF and allied facilities. When called upon, analyzes patterns and trends to determine appropriate, effective, and economical prescribing and dispensing. Counsels or recommends alternatives that will still satisfy the medical needs of the situation. Looks for indications of misuse or abuse of pharmaceuticals and recommends corrective or remedial activities to ensure compliance with operating instructions and quality assurance criteria and procedures.
  
  As needed, provides pharmacy input to quality assurance reviews and similar processes.
• Prepares, conducts, or oversees the training of students, physicians, pharmacists, and other health care providers on the use of drugs and other pharmaceuticals. Provides concise, applicable, and timely responses to requests for drug information from health care providers and patients.
• Provides medication use and disease state education to patients and caregivers. Designs medication use and disease state education for patients and caregivers in both individual and group settings that effectively meets their needs. Uses effective patient education techniques to provide counseling to patients and caregivers, including information on drug therapy, adverse effects, compliance, appropriate use, handling, and drug administration. Uses effective strategies for communicating with patients who are non‑English speakers or who are impaired (e.g., blind, deaf, cognitively impaired, illiterate).
• Incumbent participates in at least one of the following advanced practice activities:
  • Provides information, support services and resources designed to enhance patient adherence with his/her therapeutic regimens; and coordinating and integrating medication therapy management services within the broader health care‑management services being provided to the patient.
  • Participates as an integrated pharmacist in the acute care setting. Integrated pharmacists are responsible for the clinical and distributive activities of the pharmacy and complete the following tasks daily:
    Participate as part of the multidisciplinary team on daily rounds. Reviews all patients prior to rounds, assess their current therapeutic plan and document a prospective therapeutic note in the patient’s chart related to medication therapy and goals including recommendations for medication changes. Reviews non‑emergent orders prior to…