Lead Clinical Intervention Center Pharmacist
About The Position
Reporting to the Pharmacist-in-Charge/Director of Clinical Intervention Center, the Lead Clinical Intervention Center Pharmacist supports and oversees the daily operations of the Clinical Intervention Center. The role performs all staff CIC Pharmacist duties while also helping manage staff, optimize workflow, and ensure high-quality clinical intervention services across multiple pharmacies. The Lead CIC Pharmacist communicates regularly with nursing centers and providers, helps train new staff, monitors team performance, and supports best practices for safe, timely, and effective medication therapy management. The regular schedule is approximately 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday, with additional hours or overtime as necessary. The position requires regular lifting and/or moving of up to 20 pounds, and frequently involves standing, bending, and walking. Regular talking and hearing are required, as are specified visual abilities including close and distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, focus adjustment, and detecting color differences.
Requirements
- Doctorate of Pharmacy.
- Active state pharmacist license.
- State license to handle medication.
- 1–3 years of pharmaceutical experience, or an equivalent mix of education and experience.
- Intermediate proficiency with pharmacy and medication distribution software.
- Ability to read and interpret medication documentation, business correspondence, and procedure manuals; write routine reports and business correspondence; and communicate effectively in person and by telephone.
- Ability to perform arithmetic calculations involving whole numbers, fractions, and decimals; compute rates, ratios, and percentages; interpret bar graphs, statistical reports, data charts, and graphs.
- Ability to regularly lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
- Ability to meet the stated visual, talking, hearing, standing, bending, and walking demands of the job.
Nice To Haves
- 2–4 years of long-term care pharmacy experience preferred.
- Experience with long-term care pharmacy software preferred.
Responsibilities
- Assist the Pharmacist-in-Charge/Director with daily operations oversight, workflow monitoring, issue escalation, and staff support.
- Serve as a subject matter expert and mentor to other CIC pharmacists, and assist with onboarding and training.
- Monitor and follow up on clinical clarifications using eMAR systems, dispensing history, and direct communication with centers.
- Evaluate STAT medication requests and determine whether fulfillment should be handled internally or routed through the TracRX service.
- Clear old pending clarifications from the queue based on new orders or lack of response by profiling or deleting orders.
- Review and approve Change in Prescription suggestions based on payer preference using ECS messages and test claims.
- Review and approve therapeutic interchange suggestions for non-auto TI states.
- Communicate national backorder issues with facilities and determine the need for alternative medications or backup pharmacy use.
- Respond to internal and external communications, including email requests and RX Verify control withdrawals as licensed.
- Review emergency CII prescriptions and follow up with centers or prescribers to ensure receipt of compliant documentation.
- Support the PIC/Director in identifying performance trends, reporting metrics, and suggesting operational improvements.
- Maintain compliance with pharmacy regulations, policies, and procedures.
- Perform all duties of a CIC Pharmacist as needed.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
