Neurology Specialty Pharmacist Navigator

Cencora; Reading (Berks County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Cencora is seeking a clinical pharmacist to support an outpatient neurology clinic in Reading, PA. The role involves direct patient care, collaboration with healthcare providers, and ambulatory pharmacy operations to ensure accurate prescription processing and effective therapy management.

The position requires a PharmD, an unrestricted PA license (immunization), and experience with EMR systems (Epic preferred). Familiarity with 340B programs is a plus.

Qualifications

• PharmD degree required.
• PA pharmacist license (incl. immunization) required.
• Experience with ambulatory care/pharmacy operations and neurology a plus.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate value of ambulatory pharmacy in physician practices.
• Manage prescriptions through ambulatory pharmacy; coordinate with staff.
• Provide medication counseling and follow-ups; document in EMR.
• Prepare prior authorizations and manage denials/appeals.
• Collaborate with providers on formulary choices and dosing.
• Assist with staffing and cross-train to ambulatory pharmacy.

Job description

Our 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.

Job Details

This position primarily serves an outpatient neurology clinic and involves 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. Cencora has managed and staffed the Reading Hospital Ambulatory Pharmacy inside of the 700 bed Reading Hospital since 2017. Since then, an additional 4 retail pharmacy locations were opened to serve the Reading community and outpatient provider offices.

Location:

Onsite, West Reading, PA with occasional travel to Limerick, Pennsylvania.

Hours:

Monday to Friday between 7am and 6pm, typically no weekends or holidays required.

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.

Education

• PharmD degree required.
• PGY1 residency or previous experience in specialty pharmacy, neurology, and/or ambulatory care is highly desirable.
• Unrestricted pharmacist license (incl. immunization) in the state of PA is required.
• Experience with 340B purchasing program is beneficial.

Skills And Knowledge

• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Experience in Epic or similar EMR platforms.
• Experience with retail pharmacy prescription processing and claims adjudication.
• This role involves working with 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.

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

Full time

Equal Employment Opportunity

Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal, state or local law. The company’s continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory. Cencora is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the employment process which are consistent with legal requirements. If you wish to request an accommodation while seeking employment, please call 888.692.2272 or email [e-mail]. We will make accommodation determinations on a request-by-request basis. Messages and emails regarding anything other than accommodations requests will not be returned

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