Specialty Pharmacy Staff Pharmacist

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 121,000 - 153,000; Full time

Job summary

Beth Israel Lahey Health is seeking a Pharmacist to oversee the operation and quality assurance of the specialty pharmacy, ensuring accurate dispensing to patients in a safe, efficient manner. You will be part of an interdisciplinary team with clinical pharmacists, technicians and delivery personnel.

Responsibilities include clinical assessments, patient consultations, and provider communications, reviewing prescriptions for accuracy, and maintaining records, inventory and data integrity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy and pharmacist license.
• 3–5 years related work experience.
• Knowledge of drug information, disease state management, and legal requirements of pharmacy practices.
• Understanding of insurance adjudication processes.
• Working knowledge of inventory processes.
• Advanced skills with Microsoft applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access).

Responsibilities

• Performs quality assurance of prescriptions and medications to dispense.
• Performs clinical assessments and reassessments and documents clinical interventions per protocol.
• Dispenses prescribed medications, reviews prescriptions for accuracy, directs packaging/labeling, answers questions on drug interactions and storage.
• Maintains procedures concerning quality assurance, security of controlled substances, and disposal of hazardous waste drugs.
• Enters data such as patient name, prescribed medication and cost to maintain accurate pharmacy files, billing, and inventory.

Skills

Drug information

Disease state management

Insurance adjudication

Inventory processes

Microsoft Office

Pharmacy practice

Education

Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy

Pharmacist license

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Access

Job description

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

Job Summary

Responsible for the operation and quality assurance of the services provided through the specialty pharmacy. Ensures the correct medications are dispensed to the correct patients in the most efficient and safe manner. Medication compliance monitoring, chronic disease state management, patient consultation, and provider communications are a part of daily tasks. This position is a part of the interdisciplinary team that includes clinical pharmacists, pharmacy technician technicians and delivery personnel.

Job Description

• Performs quality assurance of prescriptions and medications to dispense.
• Performs clinical assessments and reassessments and performs and documents clinical interventions per protocol.
• Dispenses prescribed medications, drugs, and other pharmaceuticals for patient care: reviews prescriptions issued by physician, or other authorized prescriber to assure accuracy; directs pharmacy personnel engaged in packaging, and labeling of pharmaceuticals; answers questions and provides information to pharmacy customers on drug interactions, side effects, dosage and storage of pharmaceuticals.
• Maintains established procedures concerning quality assurance, security of controlled substances, and disposal of hazardous waste drugs.
• Enters data such as patient name, prescribed medication and cost, to maintain accurate/up to date pharmacy files, billing, and inventory.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy required.
• License Pharmacist required.
• 3-5 years related work experience required.
• Possesses knowledge in drug information, disease state management, and legal requirements of pharmacy practices.
• Understanding of insurance and adjudication processes.
• Working knowledge of inventory processes.
• Advanced skills with Microsoft applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access and other web-based applications.
• May produce complex documents, perform analysis and maintain databases.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in specialty pharmacy.
• Board of Pharmacy Specialty Certification.
• Experience with the 340B drug program and PGY training.

Competencies

• Decision Making: Ability to make decisions that are guided by precedents, policies and objectives. Regularly makes decisions and recommendations on issues affecting a department or functional area.
• Problem Solving: Ability to address problems that are highly varied, complex and often non-recurring, requiring staff input, innovative, creative, and Lean diagnostic techniques to resolve issues.
• Independence of Action: Ability to set goals and determines how to accomplish defined results with some guidelines. Manager/Director provides broad guidance and overall direction.
• Written Communications: Ability to summarize and communicate in English moderately complex information in varied written formats to internal and external customers.
• Oral Communications: Ability to comprehend and communicate complex verbal information in English to medical center staff, patients, families and external customers.
• Knowledge: Ability to demonstrate in-depth knowledge of concepts, practices and policies with the ability to use them in complex varied situations.
• Team Work: Ability to lead collaborative teams for larger projects or groups both internal and external to the Medical Center and across functional areas. Results have implications for the management and operations of multiple areas of the organization.
• Customer Service: Ability to provide a high level of customer service and staff training to meet customer service standards and expectations for the assigned unit(s). Resolves service issues in the assigned unit(s) in a timely and respectful manner.

Physical Nature of the Job

Light work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force frequently to move objects. Some elements of the job are sedentary, but the employee will be required to stand for periods of time or move through out the hospital campus.

Pay Range: $120,640.00 USD - $153,001.00 USD The pay range listed for this position is the annual base salary range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law.

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment. More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled At Beth Israel Lahey Health, we are driving the change in health care that Massachusetts wants and needs. Our culture promotes continuous learning, growth, innovation and a sense of belonging. We make it a priority to offer comprehensive compensation and benefits and help you achieve a healthy and balanced life. While you're busy caring for and supporting our patients, we take care of you.