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Job description:
Job Title: Pharmacist
Job Location: Phoenix ,AZ
Schedule :Mon-Fri 8 AM-4:30 PM AZ Time
Pay Rate:$58.00
Founded in 1996, CTC began as an IT organization and has evolved over nearly 30 years into a multidisciplinary solutions partner. CTC took our expertise to the next level by adding healthcare staffing and technology, forming CTC Medisource.
CTC Medisource is a reliable partner that assists healthcare organizations in sourcing quality talent to improve the patient experience, scale the workforce, and increase operational performance. Headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, with a global team of more than 2,000 professionals, we bring deep expertise across Healthcare Staffing, AI & ML, Enterprise Applications, Digital Health, Managed Services, and Business Services.
Job Description
The Prior Authorization Pharmacist is responsible for reviewing and evaluating medication prior authorization requests to ensure appropriate, safe, and cost-effective therapy in accordance with clinical guidelines, regulatory requirements, and organizational policies. This role applies clinical judgment to support optimal patient outcomes while balancing utilization management outcomes.
This is a Clinical Pharmacist Position supporting Medicaid Prior Authorization.
The position is remote. An active AZ or TX pharmacist license that is in good standing is required
Duties
- Review, assess, and adjudicate medication prior authorization requests for medical necessity, clinical appropriateness, and formulary compliance.
- Apply evidence-based clinical guidelines, drug compendia, FDA labeling, and plan-specific criteria to authorization decisions.
- Evaluate patient-specific factors, including diagnosis, laboratory results, prior therapy, dosing, contraindications, and comorbid conditions.
- Authorize, modify, or deny medication requests and document clinical rationale clearly and accurately.
- Collaborate with pharmacy technicians, nurses, medical directors, and other clinical staff to resolve complex cases.
- Support peer-to-peer reviews and prepare clinical summaries when escalation is required.
- Ensure compliance with state and federal regulations, accreditation standards (e.g. NCQA, URAC), and internal audit requirements.
- Maintain productivity, turnaround time, and quality benchmarks for prior authorization processing
- .Document all activities accurately within prior authorization and pharmacy management systems.
Skills & Experience
- Active and unrestricted AZ or TX pharmacist license.
- Experience with clinical decision-making while applying evidence-based clinical guidelines/criteria; utilizing formularies/preferred drug lists.
- Experience working in a high-production team environment.
- 3 years of experience working as a pharmacist.
- Knowledge of clinical program components, formulary designs, and prescription benefit trends
Education
- Bachelor's degree in pharmacy or Pharm D. required
- Must have an active license in good standing.
This job can be searched as Clinical Pharmacist ,Consultant Pharmacist
Pay: $57.00 - $58.00 per hour
Expected hours: 8.0 per week
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Life insurance
- Vision insurance
Education:
- Bachelor's (Required)
Experience:
- Pharmacist: 3 years (Required)
License/Certification:
- Pharmacist (Required)
Work Location: In person
Salary : $57 - $58