Academic Detailer

📋 Description

• • Serve as the face of evidence-based pain management and opioid stewardship across Florida, conducting high-impact academic detailing visits with Controlled Substance Registration (CSR) licensed prescribers and community pharmacies. You will translate complex clinical guidelines into concise, actionable recommendations that reduce overdose risk while preserving legitimate patient access to pain care.
• • Drive measurable change in prescribing behavior by delivering one-on-one educational sessions focused on: evidence-based opioid prescribing for acute and chronic pain, safe initiation and continuation of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD), interpretation of Florida’s evolving state regulations, and optimal use of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP). Each visit is tracked and reported to quantify reach, prescriber satisfaction, and downstream health outcomes.
• • Act as a subject-matter expert and trusted advisor to a diverse prescriber base—ranging from family physicians and dentists to pain specialists and pharmacists—tailoring every conversation to the patient populations they serve (e.g., pediatric, geriatric, pregnant, justice-involved). You will maintain an up-to-date repository of peer-reviewed literature, CDC guidelines, state statutes, and local epidemiologic data to ensure all messaging is current and defensible.
• • Collaborate with multidisciplinary OD2A partners—including epidemiologists, health educators, harm-reduction organizations, and state health department analysts—to design, implement, and continuously refine prescriber/pharmacy initiatives. You will co-create educational materials, slide decks, and quick-reference guides that align with Florida’s overdose surveillance findings and emerging threats such as fentanyl analogs and xylazine.
• • Champion sustainability by embedding academic detailing into routine quality-improvement workflows. You will train clinic champions, integrate detailing metrics into electronic health record dashboards, and pilot academic detailing “booster” visits that reinforce earlier messages. Your work directly supports the long-term viability of overdose prevention programming beyond the life of the grant.
• • Maintain meticulous documentation of every encounter—capturing prescriber demographics, clinical setting, topics covered, resources distributed, and agreed-upon action steps—using secure, cloud-based systems. You will generate monthly reports that highlight trends, success stories, and gaps requiring targeted follow-up, ensuring transparency and accountability to CDC, state funders, and community partners.
• • Navigate a hybrid work environment with professionalism and agility: scheduling and confirming visits via Microsoft Teams/Zoom, traveling to high-priority counties when in-person detailing yields greater impact, and participating in virtual learning collaboratives with national academic detailing networks. You will model best practices for remote engagement while remaining visible and accessible to frontline clinicians.
• • Demonstrate adaptability as the OD2A program evolves. New data, policy shifts, or emergent drug threats may require rapid pivots in messaging, geographic focus, or partner priorities. You will embrace iterative planning, seek written approval for scope changes, and communicate updates transparently to internal teams and external stakeholders.
• • Foster a culture of collegiality and continuous improvement within the CDC Foundation and among state/local collaborators. You will share lessons learned, contribute to peer-reviewed publications, and mentor junior public health professionals interested in academic detailing and substance-use harm reduction.