Specialty Pharmacist Navigator, Cardiology

Cencora • Reading, PA

7d • Onsite

About The Position

This position primarily serves the Cardiology clinics at Reading Hospital, involving direct patient care and collaboration with other healthcare providers. A strong clinical pharmacy background with an understanding of retail pharmacy operations and prescription processing is optimal to succeed in this role, Cardiology experience preferred. The role is 100% on-site in West Reading, Pennsylvania. Cross coverage of other specialty areas may be required.

Requirements

• PharmD degree strongly preferred.
• Residency training or previous Cardiology experience preferred.
• Current unrestricted pharmacist license in the appropriate state of practice.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Candidates should have prior experience on pharmacy dispensing systems and be familiar with insurance adjudication processes.
• The role involves working with a broad array of complex disease states and medical conditions; candidates should be comfortable working with clinical data, lab values, and reading/writing notes in patient medical records.

Nice To Haves

• Cardiology experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate value of ambulatory pharmacy partnership to physician practices.
• Maintain presence in clinic, field medication questions from providers, such as formulary product selection, product dosing, ADR's, and other considerations.
• Ensure prescriptions flow through ambulatory pharmacy and are identified by pharmacy staff.
• Maintain patient schedule for clinical pharmacist services including, but not limited to, medication counseling, pillbox refills, immunization, medication administration.
• Maintain patient list, schedule appropriate follow-ups to assess medication safety and efficacy, communicate treatment plan recommendations with provider.
• Coordinate patient refills.
• Ensure auditable records showing proof-of-delivery are maintained.
• Prepare and submit prior authorizations, manage denials/appeals.
• Triage prescriptions which are limited distribution drugs or out-of-network.
• Act as financial advocate for patient when needed, leverage charitable foundations, state programs, and/or manufacturer programs to ensure medication affordability.
• Demonstrate ability to navigate various platforms and document appropriately in EMR and specialty therapy management platform.
• Contribute to expansion of ambulatory pharmacy services through active participation in navigator committee and projects.
• Cross-train to ambulatory pharmacy, assist with staffing, as needed.

Benefits

• medical, dental, and vision care
• comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical, emotional, financial, and social aspects of wellness
• support for working families, which may include backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave
• variety of training programs, professional development resources, and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs, employee resource groups, volunteer activities

What This Job Offers

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