Specialty Clinical Pharmacist

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Position Summary

The Specialty Clinical Pharmacist provides day-to-day clinical and operational support for the AON in-house pharmacy. This role includes, but not limited to, prescription verification, patient counselling, team support, and provider consultation.

Key Performance Areas

KPA 1 - Order/Rx verification

• Comply with all Federal and State laws regarding filling and dispensing prescriptions.
• Verify and ensure all prescriptions processed are true and correct.
• Comply with all FDA Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) program requirements.
• Review prescriptions for clinical appropriateness, dosing accuracy, drug interactions, regulatory compliance while maintaining turnaround time expectations and minimizing dispensing errors.

KPA 2 - Patient Care & Clinical Review

• Provide evidence-based recommendations to providers
• Assist with prior authorization support and formulary initiatives
• Review medical records to ensure accurate, timely and compliant verification of medication order and prescription support.

KPA 3 - Customer Service

• Provides exceptional customer service to patients, staff, fellow employees and third-party payers: interacts in a professional manner with all contacts to promote effective exchanges of information.

KPA 4 - Adherence & Counseling

• Utilize the company's adherence program to counsel patients on the use of their medications, including appropriate lab/patient follow-up to improve adherence.
• Conduct patient counseling as required by implemented pharmacy programs and answer patient questions regarding therapy.
• Provide consultation regarding new patient education, adverse event management, drug interactions, and oncology/specialty medication questions

KPA 5 - Training, Education & Compliance:

• Maintain quality assurance and provide ongoing training to pharmacy staff as directed.
• Promoting a culture of learning, accountability, and continue growth based on pharmacy needs.
• Maintain all required REMS program licenses, trainings and/or other learnings.
• Maintain HIPAA compliance and adhere to Standard Operating Procedures as outlined by the company.

KPA 6 - Operational Support

• Perform additional clinical or operational duties as assigned to support safe and efficient patient care.
• Support all pharmacy process improvement initiatives and collaborate across teams to meet departmental and patient care needs.
• Provide and support the implementation of business solutions as implemented by the company.

Position Qualifications

Education

• PharmD degree or bachelor's degree in pharmacy, required.

Minimum Relevant Experience

• Minimum of two (2) years of retail pharmacy experience is preferred.

• Experience with EMR order set build, drug substitution/interchange protocols, and data analytics preferred

Certifications/Licenses

• Active, unrestricted pharmacist license in good standing.

• Board Certified Oncology Pharmacist (BCOP) preferred but not required

• PGY1/PGY2 residency training preferred but not required.

Travel: 0-25%

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