Ambulatory Pharmacist

Cencora, Inc.; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision benefits

Professional development opportunities

Mentorship and training programs

Job summary

Cencora, Inc. seeks an ambulatory pharmacist to join our Dallas, TX team. You will evaluate, dispense and counsel on medications, ensuring regulatory compliance and optimal patient care.

You will collaborate with hospital and pharmacy staff, manage technician workflows, and support quality improvement initiatives, with a focus on customer service and clinical excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelors of Science or PharmD from an accredited school.
• Current, unrestricted pharmacist license in the appropriate state.
• Excellent communication and ability to work quickly under volume constraints.
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills with patients and teams.
• Ability to resolve patient issues promptly and creatively to improve satisfaction.
• Familiarity with pharmaceutical products, services and drug interactions.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate, prepare and dispense medications per standards and regulations.
• Perform medication reconciliation to ensure seamless discharge care.
• Consult with patients on medications, dosing, and possible interactions.
• Interact with patients to answer questions about therapy and prescriptions.
• Review patient care plans for therapeutic appropriateness.
• Participate in ambulatory pharmacy business goals and promotions.
• Assist with pricing tables and billing processes for ambulatory pharmacy.
• Supervise pharmacy technicians, including hiring, training and performance.
• Monitor staff performance to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Contribute to quality improvement, risk management, and record keeping.
• Handle adjudicated claims and reimbursement processes; address issues.
• Coordinate daily scheduling for technicians to ensure patient care.
• Collaborate with hospital staff on patient care and service excellence.

Skills

Communication skills

Fast and accurate work

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

Issue resolution

Drug interactions knowledge

Organizational skills

Analytical skills

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPt

Education

Bachelors of Science or PharmD

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Job description

## Ambulatory PharmacistPostuler: Dallas, TX: Temps Plein: Publié aujourd'hui: R2617111Our team members are at the heart of everything we do. At Cencora, we are united in our responsibility to create healthier futures, and every person here is essential to us being able to deliver on that purpose. If you want to make a difference at the center of health, come join our innovative company and help us improve the lives of people and animals everywhere. Apply today!# **Job Details**We are looking for a motivated, agile, and customer focused retail/ ambulatory pharmacist to join our growing team. **A candidate with previous retail pharmacy expereince and is bilingual would be preferred.** Our community pharmacy has several unique service lines to help all of the health system community. Our ideal candidate models these characteristics: * Customer centric* Multi-tasking abilities* Accountability* Agile mindset* Team oriented* Willingness to learn* Receptive to feedback**Location:** This role is onsite inside Dallas Methodist Medical Center-Southwest Dallas **Hours of Operation**: Monday to Friday 9am to 5:00pmRotating Saturday's, 9am to 2pmSunday and all major holidays: CLOSED**Responsibilities:** 1. Responsible for the evaluating preparing and dispensing of medications; verifies prescribed medications according to professional standards, facility procedures, and state and federal legal requirements. 2. When possible, performs medication reconciliation processes to extend a seamless continuum of care for patients upon discharge. 3. Ensures and behaves with a focus on excellent customer service and clinical care. 4. Consults with patients regarding individual medications or supplies prescribed, including dosage, frequency, specialized requirements and possible drug interactions. 5. Interacts closely with individual patients in order to answer all questions and/or concerns regarding their medication therapy. 6. Reviews and evaluates patient's plan of care for therapeutic appropriateness. 7. Participates in achieving business goals and metrics for the ambulatory pharmacy, including assisting in marketing events and promotions. 8. Assists in the fiscal management of the ambulatory pharmacy to optimize profits and control expenses for the ambulatory pharmacy consistently consulting with the other relevant managers and directors. 9. Assists with managing all functions for the ambulatory pharmacy technicians such as hiring, training, terminating, and performance management. 10. Monitors the overall performance of all ambulatory pharmacy staff members to ensure compliance with regulatory and organizational policies, practices and approved pharmaceutical dispensing processes. 11. Assists in maintaining and executing all established procedures concerning quality improvement, quality assurance, security of controlled substances, and record keeping. 12. Submits, reviews, and handles all adjudicated prescription claims to ensure appropriateness of reimbursement, co-pay and related financials and, if needed, follows up all such claims deemed inappropriate. 13. Establishes, supervises and maintains all pricing tables, special tier pricing and related pricing structures as deemed necessary for the operation. 14. Makes recommendations to the managers regarding any changes to improve operating procedures, or to improve and facilitate patient care. 15. Performs prescription verification of all prescriptions and provides technical guidance to pharmacy technicians. 16. Promptly and appropriately responds to patient inquiries, requests and issues when situations are escalated to a higher level of authority. Follows through on closing any outstanding patient concerns to provide a superior level of customer care. 17. Provides consultation on pharmacy and therapeutic matters to various levels of organizational personnel. 18. Assists and reviews daily reporting and scheduling of hours worked for the pharmacy technicians to include sick time, vacation time, personal and holiday time and adjusts scheduling as appropriate to assure optimal patient care is maintained. 19. Supervises activities relative to patient profiles and contacts, ensuring that they are updated as needed for insurance verification and regulatory compliance. 20. Participates in departmental meetings and in-service training for pharmacy technicians. 21. Works collaboratively with organizational personnel on quality, satisfaction, service excellence, clinical care, etc. as needed. 22. Performs related duties as assigned. **Education:** Normally requires a Bachelors of Science Degree or Pharm D degree from an accredited School of Pharmacy; current, unrestricted pharmacist license through the appropriate state board of pharmacy. **Skills:** 1. Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing 2. Ability to work quickly and accurately under time and volume constraints 3. Strong leadership skills 4. Strong interpersonal skills 5. Ability to resolve patient issues quickly and creatively in order to improve customer satisfaction 6. Familiarity with pharmaceutical products, services and drug interactions 7. Strong organizational skills; attention to detail 8. Good analytical skills 9. Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook #LI-DL1# ******What Cencora offers******We provide compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members’ ability to live with purpose every day. In addition to traditional offerings like medical, dental, and vision care, we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical, emotional, financial, and social aspects of wellness. This encompasses 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. To encourage your personal growth, we also offer a variety of training programs, professional development resources, and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs, employee resource groups, volunteer activities, and much more. For details, visit https://www.virtualfairhub.com/cencora