Pharmacy Coordinator - Clinics & Surgery Center Oncology & Infusi

Fairview Health Services•Minneapolis, MN

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Pharmacy Coordinator works directly with pharmacy patients, medical and nursing staff to handle help navigate patient medication needs. This includes: building and maintaining professional relationships with providers, patients, families, insurers, other units, and staff, coordinating workflow, ensuring compliance with state and federal regulations, anticipating business needs to assist in the growth and success of the business, inventory control and complex compounding and distribution of pharmaceuticals, IV solutions and documentation as ordered by prescribers.

Requirements

1 year of Pharmacy Technician experience in a pharmacy setting
Registered Technician MNBP
Pharmacy certification with the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board. If hired prior to 1/1/2018, National Healthcare Certification will be accepted within 1 Year

Nice To Haves

B.S./B.A. in business or healthcare
Billing experience, understanding of the healthcare pharmacy system

Responsibilities

Partner with care providers and pharmacists to ensure that patient receives the needed medication accurately, safely, in accordance with all legal requirements and policies and in a professional and timely manner.
Assist in resolving any billing issues, obtaining prior authorization for medications as needed, verifying eligibility, and escalating as appropriate.
Under the direction of the pharmacist, utilize the appropriate computer system and protocols, prepare drug therapy and/or dispense medication in an accurate and timely manner in accordance with all legal, regulatory agency and Fairview requirements.
Coordinate ordering, delivery of medications, supplies and equipment to multiple clinical areas as requested.
Data collection, reporting, process improvement and maintenance of patient education materials.
Maintain the IV hoods or isolators, segregated compounding area, clean room, ante room according to manufacturer’s specifications and regulatory requirements.
Utilize Epic functionality of compounding/repackaging for anticipatory compounded.
Maintaining inventory and records for free drug program inventory.
Maintaining inventory and records for treatments/supply obtained through our retail sites, when required by payer.
Maintain REMS (Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies) trainings and certifications specific to the site: Tysabri, Lemtrada, CART therapies, teclistamab, dsuvia, etc
Maintain and utilize automated dispense systems for the site including inventory management and regulatory compliance.
Coordinate outpatient cell therapy treatments including specialized ordering, stocking of supportive care medications and emergency medications.
Manage multiple complex drug inventories required for business needs, including inventories for offsite specialty care clinics and the onsite surgery center. Inventories may include hospital-based clinics, freestanding clinics, joint venture clinics, oncology/infusion, ambulatory surgery center, West Bank Clinic Administered Medications, investigational drugs, home infusion, etc.
Maintaining inventory and records for free drug program inventory including being the repository site for the systems’ discontinued supply.
Sterile compounding of specialty medications for a variety of disease states including cancer treatment. Compounding includes hazardous medications.
Compound medications for a unique patient population at the site. This includes intraocular injections, cancer treatments, investigational drugs, home infusion pumps, eye drops for retail pharmacy, intradermal cytotoxic agents, intrathecal chemotherapy, ambulatory surgery center medications including sedation/anesthesia; pain control elastomeric pumps, serial dilutions, , pyelocaliceal cytotoxic gels and preparation of multi-step liposomal medication formulations, rare disease compounds (ex: enzyme replacement), BMT (Bone Marrow Transplant), SOT (Solid Organ Transplant) . Includes Joint Venture compounds with separate workflows (ex: intradermal doses for clinics; allergy clinic; eye drops, etc.)
As applicable, Coordinators will rotate through assigned shift daily or flex between job duties during the day.