Pharmacy Clinical Specialist – Medication Access Programs

Riverside Hospital • Newport News, VA

9d • Onsite

About The Position

The Pharmacy Clinical Specialist – Medication Access Programs provides advanced clinical pharmacy services through a centralized medication access model supporting infusion, specialty, and ambulatory medication access programs. This role delivers comprehensive, evidence-based, safe, effective, and patient-centered medication management across ambulatory and infusion care settings while serving as a clinical resource for providers, pharmacy, nursing, and operational teams. The Pharmacy Clinical Specialist serves as the clinical lead for medication access strategy, therapy plan development, referral and site-of-care governance, payer and reimbursement optimization, and medication access workflow standardization across ambulatory and infusion settings. This role partners closely with providers, infusion operations, specialty pharmacy, revenue cycle, patient assistance, payer relations, and EPIC teams to facilitate timely and appropriate initiation of therapy through clinical oversight, evidence-based decision making, and coordinated medication access processes that improve speed-to-treatment, optimize patient and provider experience, reduce barriers to therapy initiation, strengthen financial stewardship, and support safe, compliant, and efficient delivery of medication access services across the enterprise.

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree, or higher in Pharmacy (Required)
• Completion of ASHP accredited post-graduate year 1 residency program, OR 2 years Clinical Pharmacist Experience (Required)
• Licensed Pharmacist - Virginia Department of Health Professions (VDHP) within 60 Days (Required)

Nice To Haves

• Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) - Board of Pharmacy Specialties (Preferred)
• CPR/BLS Certification - American Heart Association/American Red Cross/American Safety and Health Institute (AHA/ARC) (Preferred)

Responsibilities

• Lead medication access programs and specialty therapy initiatives through clinical oversight, therapy governance, and standardized medication access workflows
• Deliver comprehensive patient-centered clinical pharmacy services through medication access, referral review, therapy optimization, and evidence-based medication management
• Develop, implement, and maintain therapy plans and infusion readiness standards to support safe, timely, and efficient initiation of therapy
• Optimize medication access, reimbursement, and site-of-care strategies through payer navigation, formulary management, financial stewardship, and barrier reduction
• Advance pharmacy practice through quality improvement, workflow optimization, data-driven performance monitoring, education, and enterprise collaboration

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level