What are the responsibilities and job description for the Specialty Pharmacist position at AndHealth?
Specialty Pharmacist
Full Time
Springfield, Ohio
AndHealth is on a mission to radically improve access and outcomes for the most challenging chronic health conditions, with the goal of making world-class specialty care accessible and affordable to all. We partner with health systems, community health centers, plans, and employers to remove barriers to care to ensure all people have access to the care they deserve.
We are looking for a Specialty Pharmacist to play an important role at AndHealth.
This is a full-time position located at a Community Health Center in Springfield, Ohio.
What you’ll do in the role:
- Provide pharmaceutical care to customers, including processing and accurately dispensing prescription orders.
- Participates in pharmacy production workflow including insurance adjudication, filling, verification, packaging, and dispensing medications to patients.
- Verify the accuracy of prescription information for use on prescription labels as well as third party submissions.
- Ensures the final product dispensed to the patient is accurate and safe for patient use.
- Balance retail pharmacy production and specialty patient needs within workflow.
- Actively provide clinical pharmacy services included in the Patient Management Program.
- When appropriate, provide certain clinical services using either a protocol or a collaborative practice agreement.
- Provide clinical services, therapeutic recommendations, and counseling to patients living with chronic conditions, such as asthma, dermatitis, epilepsy, hyperlipidemia, infertility, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, HIV/AIDS, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), Lupus, Migraine, multiple sclerosis, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, pulmonary arterial hypertension rheumatoid arthritis, and transplant.
- Regularly review and be familiar with clinical guidelines and literature necessary to manage patients’ specialty care appropriately.
- Appropriately review patients’ therapy for therapeutic duplications, drug interactions, and potential allergies.
- Actively participates in the pharmacies’ Quality Management Committee and Quality Management Program.
- Reports on Quality Improvement Projects throughout the pharmacy locations.
- Review and recommend medication alternatives, medication consolidation, and dose modification consistent with updated clinical guidelines.
- Actively collaborative with Engagement Specialists to ensure ongoing medication access for all patients.
- Review payor formularies and complete prior authorizations and appeals as necessary for patients.
- Obtain and document all required information in specialty pharmacy software as required to maintain specialty accreditation.
- Participate in URAC and ACHC specialty pharmacy accreditation preparation and visits, as required.
- Precept pharmacy interns and students.
- Any other duties as assigned.
Education & Licensure Requirements:
- PharmD, BS in Pharmacy, or equivalent FPGEC (NABP).
- Unrestricted pharmacist license in good standing in the state of Ohio.
- Must be willing to obtain and maintain licenses in multiple states.
Other Skills or Qualifications:
- 3 years of direct patient care experience in pharmacy is preferred.
- BLS/CPR is required (or must be willing to obtain within 1 month after starting).
- Immunization delivery certification is preferred.
- 2 years of specialty pharmacy experience preferred.
- PGY1 residence or equivalent work experience preferred.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to handle multiple things simultaneously.
- Comfortable with technology and the ability to adapt to new systems.
- The position may require some travel. Must be willing to travel and have reliable transportation.
Here’s what we’d like to offer you:
- Equal investment and support for our people and patients.
- A fun and ambitious growing environment with a culture that takes on important things, takes risks, and learns quickly.
- The ability to demonstrate creativity, innovation, and conscientiousness, and find joy in working together.
- A team of highly skilled, incredibly kind, and welcoming employees, every one of whom has something unique to offer.
- We know that the overall success of our business is a collaborative effort, and we strive to provide ongoing opportunities for our employees to learn and grow, both personally and professionally.
- Full-time employees are eligible to participate in our benefits package which includes Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance, 401k match, Paid time off, Short- and Long-Term Disability, 401k match and more.
Additional Requirements:
- (PPD) TB Skin Test - Proof of negative TB skin test within the last 12 months.
- (MMR) Measles, Mumps and Rubella or Blood Titers proving immunity.
- Varicella - (2) documented doses or Blood Titers proving.
- Hep B3 Series.
- (Flu) Influenza required.
- COVID Vaccine required.
- Additional health requirements may also be required.
We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We embrace diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.