Clinical Intervention Pharmacist - Long Term Care - Full Time
About The Position
Omnicare’s Clinical Intervention Center supports long-term care pharmacy operations across multiple states. The center is staffed by clinically trained pharmacists and technical support personnel and focuses on clinical care, dispensing efficiencies, and positive customer outcomes. The Spartanburg, South Carolina center does not acquire, receive, store, dispense, or administer drug products. This is a work-from-home position that can be performed from anywhere in the United States. Following Omnicare’s sale by CVS Health, the role will be employed by Omnicare as an independent, standalone organization. The pharmacist provides clinical support to long-term care dispensing pharmacies by handling complex clinical assessments and medication-therapy interventions. Work includes addressing rejected claims, initiating prior authorizations and medical exceptions, providing medication therapy management, requesting therapeutic interchanges, implementing facility formulary preferences, and coordinating customer-specific requests. The position is full time, scheduled Monday through Friday from 2:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Eastern Time, with a weekend requirement every third weekend and no on-call requirement.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy or higher.
- Current pharmacy license in good standing in the state of residence.
- Proficiency in clinical interpretation, including drug-drug, drug-disease, and drug-food interactions and allergies.
- Ability to work flexible hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and holidays.
- Willingness to become licensed in South Carolina.
- Willingness to become licensed in additional states as needed.
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of long-term care regulations, including OBRA, OSHA, state laws, and other federal laws affecting pharmacy and center operations.
- Pharmacist licensure in multiple states.
Responsibilities
- Provide clinical support services to long-term care dispensing pharmacies in multiple states.
- Handle complex, time-consuming clinical assessments and interventions involving prescribed medication therapy.
- Manage rejected clinical claims by contacting prescribers for covered alternatives and updating existing orders in the pharmacy operating system based on prescriber responses.
- Initiate prior authorizations or medical exceptions using information from patient medical records when required by payers.
- Deliver pharmacist-provided Medication Therapy Management services to promote safe and effective medication use.
- Generate patient-specific therapeutic interchange requests for cost savings or clinically superior alternatives, and update existing orders based on prescriber responses.
- Implement facility formulary preferences for prospective medication changes on dispensing.
- Coordinate requests from specific national accounts or multi-chain customers.
Benefits
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Paid time off
- Retirement savings options
- Wellness programs
- Other resources, based on eligibility
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