[Hiring] Clinical Pharmacist @Lifted, an Upwork Company™

Role Description

An enterprise client is seeking experienced Clinical Pharmacists to support an AI evaluation project focused on assessing AI performance in complex clinical pharmacy tasks. The role involves:

• Creating realistic clinical pharmacy assignments based on fully synthetic patient records, including:
• Medication reconciliation
• Renal and hepatic dose adjustments
• Therapeutic interchange
• Anticoagulation reviews
• High-alert medication checks
• Pharmacist intervention notes
• Prescriber queries
• Developing realistic hospital medication-use protocols containing institution-specific policies, including:
• Formulary guidelines
• Therapeutic interchange requirements
• Dosing tables
• Independent double-check procedures
• Clinical situations requiring pharmacist escalation
• Designing assignments that require AI models to apply specific institutional medication-use protocols.
• Preparing realistic clinical reference materials, including:
• Medication lists
• Medication orders
• Laboratory results
• Clinical notes
• Discharge summaries
• Producing gold-standard reference deliverables demonstrating clinical accuracy, patient-safety awareness, professional judgment, and appropriate clinical documentation.
• Developing detailed grading rubrics with clear evaluation criteria, point values, and pass/fail requirements.
• Ensuring all assignments, patient records, protocols, and supporting materials use fully synthetic information and comply with applicable US healthcare and pharmacy regulations.
• Peer-reviewing clinical pharmacy task packages created by other subject-matter experts.
• Verifying the internal consistency and clinical plausibility of patient records.
• Assessing whether institutional protocols are realistic, internally consistent, and sufficiently specific.
• Evaluating whether grading rubrics appropriately prioritize patient safety, medication-related risks, protocol compliance, and the need to escalate clinical concerns.
• Reviewing assignments for compliance with applicable US federal, state, and local regulations.
• Identifying duplicate or substantially similar assignments within the existing benchmark pool.
• Providing clear Reject, Revise, or Approve recommendations for peer-reviewed assignments.
• Independently evaluating completed AI-generated deliverables against assignments developed by other subject-matter experts.
• Comparing two candidate deliverables and determining whether one is Better, About as Good As, or Worse than the other.
• Assessing deliverables based on clinical accuracy, completeness, instruction-following, medication safety, protocol adherence, and professional documentation quality.
• Applying independent clinical judgment rather than relying exclusively on point-based scoring systems or checklists.
• Identifying medication-related risks, incorrect dosing, drug interactions, clinical inconsistencies, and failures to escalate concerns appropriately.
• Providing concise, evidence-based explanations supporting evaluation decisions.
• Maintaining professional independence and objectivity throughout task authoring, peer review, and grading activities.
• Meeting project deadlines while maintaining consistent clinical quality and accuracy throughout the engagement.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of professional clinical pharmacy experience, including hospital or inpatient pharmacy practice.
• PharmD degree or Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy with equivalent clinical experience.
• Active, unrestricted pharmacist license in a US state.
• Hands-on experience with clinical pharmacy responsibilities, including:
• Medication reconciliation
• Medication order verification
• Dose adjustments
• Medication safety reviews
• Demonstrated experience developing, writing, reviewing, or maintaining medication-use policies, clinical protocols, or formulary guidance.
• Experience contributing to Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) Committee activities or similar medication-policy development processes.
• Strong understanding of how institution-specific medication-use policies differ from standard drug references, product labeling, and general clinical guidelines.
• Working knowledge of applicable US federal, state, and local healthcare regulations.
• Strong clinical judgment and the ability to independently assess complex medication-related scenarios.
• Excellent analytical, critical-thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate clinical documentation objectively and provide clear, concise, evidence-based recommendations.
• Strong written English communication skills.
• Ability to work independently, follow detailed instructions, and meet agreed project deadlines.
• Availability of at least 20 hours per week on a sustained basis throughout the engagement.

Preferred Qualifications

• Board certification in a relevant pharmacy specialty, such as Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist (BCPS).
• Previous experience serving on a Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee or medication-safety committee.
• Experience developing, reviewing, or maintaining hospital medication-use policies, formulary guidelines, and clinical decision-support protocols.
• Experience with clinical pharmacy task development, professional assessment design, peer review, or quality assurance.
• Familiarity with AI evaluation, AI training data, prompt creation, annotation, or other AI-related projects.
• Experience evaluating complex clinical deliverables against established protocols, institutional policies, and professional standards.
• Strong understanding of medication safety procedures, high-alert medications, therapeutic interchange, and clinical escalation requirements.