Quality Improvement /Accreditation Specialty Pharmacist I - Full Time / Days - King of Prussia
About The Position
Interprets physicians' prescriptions and dispenses medications for high dollar specialty and other medications within regulatory, accreditation, and policy guidelines. Provides medication therapy management by actively managing drug therapy; identifies, prevents and resolves medication-related problems. (e.g. Counsels patients and/or medical staff and handles problem resolution). Completes patient records, initial assessments, medication profiles, initial fill notes and continuing progress notes. Participates in the coordination of care to meet patient outcomes and goals including, initial referral, medication review and selection, assessment of medication delivery system, coordinated care conferences, patient care plans, compliance programs and discharge of patients from services. Interacts with internal and external clinical and non-clinical personnel to support benefits investigation, financial assistance and prior authorization needs. Supports activities for mitigating patient side effects and promoting therapy adherence. Engages in practice pull through for specialty and other orders. Aids in development and maintenance of patient management program. Participates and undertakes initiatives and projects impacting critical clinical, operational and financial areas.
Requirements
- PharmD degree or Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy with at least 3 years of Pharmacy experience or 1-2 years of Specialty Pharmacy experience is preferred.
- Valid Pharmacist licensure in the State of Pennsylvania
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, verbally and in writing, with physicians/medical staff, patients and insurance companies.
- Strong organization skills, with ability to multitask, collate data from many sources and manage several tasks at any one time.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to adapt to the changing needs of the organization.
Nice To Haves
- Extensive working knowledge of URAC and The Joint Commission accreditation standards who has successfully lead accreditation processes; Quality, Safety and Auditing initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Applies practical knowledge of job area typically obtained through advanced education, specialty pharmacy certification, or work experience.
- Works independently with general supervision.
- Coaching and reviewing the work of technical staff.
- Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the iSCORE values of Jefferson
- Documents any and all interactions with patients and prescribers in the appropriate systems in compliance with protocol.
- Performs On-Call activities as required.
- Adheres to all pharmacy, state and federal laws and regulations.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- medical (including prescription)
- supplemental insurance
- dental
- vision
- life and AD&D insurance
- short- and long-term disability
- flexible spending accounts
- retirement plans
- tuition assistance
- voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts.
- tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
