Pharmacist Consultant

BrightSpring Health Services; Louisville (KY); Remote; USD 115,000 - 128,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare services provider is seeking a remote Pharmacist Consultant in Louisville, KY. This role focuses on evaluating medication orders, collaborating with healthcare teams, and ensuring compliance with regulations. Ideal candidates should hold a pharmacy degree and have experience in long-term care. Competitive salary and flexible scheduling options are offered.

Benefits

Flexible schedules

Health, dental, vision and life insurance benefits

401k

Tuition reimbursement

Paid-time off

Qualifications

• One-year experience in acute, long-term care or home health preferred.
• Consultant or Clinical Pharmacist experience preferred.
• IV clinical experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates physician medication orders.
• Reviews drug regimen and clinical indicators monthly.
• Documents all communication with healthcare team.

Skills

Customer service skills

Ability to lift patient charts repetitively

Ability to stand for long periods of time

Education

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited School of Pharmacy or Pharmacy Doctorate

Current license required

Job description

Our Company

PharMerica

Overview

Join our PharMerica team! PharMerica is a closed-door pharmacy where you can focus on fulfilling the pharmaceutical needs of our long-term care and senior living clients. Our organization is in high growth mode, which means advancement opportunities for individuals who are looking for career progression!

PharMerica’s consultant pharmacist teams lead the industry in clinical excellence. Amid higher acuity, greater regulatory scrutiny, and staffing challenges, PharMerica consultant pharmacists provide clinical services that drive facility compliance, prescriber engagement, and optimized medication therapy for our residents.

Our consultant pharmacists are dedicated facility medication experts who:

• Make an impact through medication optimization helping our residents live their best lives
• Lead care teams providing value to prescribers and nursing staff
• Navigate cost containment strategies to reduce drug spend and nursing time

Intensely focused on the local delivery of services, our consultant pharmacist team’s high quality medication management and clinical support enables facilities to optimize care delivery, reduce regulatory risk, and adapt to rapid change.

The Pharmacist Consultant is a remote role, but must reside within the territory, and will be responsible for covering the Louisville, KY area.

Travel: 50%

Schedule: Monday-Friday, Salaried. Occasional weekends but only as needed.

An Immunization Certification through an accredited organization (ie. APhA) is required

We offer:

• DailyPay
• Flexible schedules
• Competitive pay
• Shift differential
• Health, dental, vision and life insurance benefits
• Company paid STD and LTD
• Employee Discount Program
• 401k
• Paid-time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Non-retail/Closed-door environment

Our Pharmacy group focuses on providing exceptional customer service and meeting the pharmacy needs for hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals, long-term acute care hospitals, and other specialized care centers nationwide. If your passion is service excellence and top-quality care come join our team and apply today!

Responsibilities

• Evaluates physician medication orders for appropriateness of drug, dosage, potential interactions, route of administration and stability. Makes recommendations for therapy changes to the physician and facility staff as appropriate
• Reviews the drug regimen and clinical indicators of each resident as assigned at least monthly and reports any irregularities to the Director of Nursing, Administrator and the attending physicians with a written report of findings and recommendations
• Documents all communication with physicians, nurses, other members of the healthcare team and patients/residents and their family members
• Maintains knowledge of pharmacy laws and federal and state regulations concerning long-term care
• Works cooperatively as a member of a team
• Maintains knowledge of pharmaceutical care practices for long term care residents

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited School of Pharmacy or Pharmacy Doctorate
• Current license required. Dual license preferred
• One-year experience in acute, long-term care or home health preferred
• Consultant or Clinical Pharmacist experience preferred
• IV clinical experience preferred
• Must be able to work weekends or outside of normal business hours when needed
• Ability to lift patient charts repetitively
• Ability to stand for long periods of time
• Good customer service skills
• Ability to learn and understand state and federal regulations for long-term care
• Understand of formulary management

About our Line of Business

PharMerica, an affiliate of BrightSpring Health Services, is a full-service pharmacy solution providing value beyond medication. PharMerica is the long-term care pharmacy services provider of choice for senior living communities, skilled nursing facilities, public health organizations, and post-acute care organizations. PharMerica is one of the nation\'s largest pharmacy companies, offering unmatched company culture, employee development, and advancement opportunities. For more information, please visit www.pharmerica.com. Follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, and X.

Salary Range

USD $115,000.00 - $128,000.00 / Year