Clinical Pharmacist - Remote

Purpose:

Remote Clinical Pharmacists play a critical role in optimizing medication therapy, providing clinical support, and ensuring seamless coordination of care for patients with rare and orphan diseases at Vanscoy Rare Pharmacy. This role requires a patient-centric approach, strong clinical expertise, and a passion for improving access to specialized treatments. This Orlando-based role is fully remote, though a few weeks of travel to Pittsburgh, PA for training will be required, and the opportunity for on-site work will become available following the completion of our facility in early 2027.

Reporting Responsibilities: Please refer to the current published organizational chart. This structure may be subject to change. The current published organizational chart can be found on the Vanscoy Rare Pharmacy corporate intranet.

Responsibilities: 

• Provide comprehensive telephonic and/or video-based clinical support services for patients with rare diseases.
• Collaborate with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to develop and optimize individualized treatment plans.
• Educate patients and caregivers on medication use, potential side effects, and adherence strategies.
• Monitor patient outcomes, assess treatment efficacy, and make clinical recommendations to optimize therapy.
• Ensure compliance with specialty pharmacy protocols, regulatory guidelines, and best practices.
• Work closely with pharmaceutical manufacturers, payers, and patient assistance programs to facilitate medication access.
• Support prior authorization processes and assist in navigating insurance barriers to ensure timely treatment initiation.
• Maintain accurate and complete documentation of clinical interventions and patient interactions.
• Stay up to date with emerging therapies, clinical guidelines, and advancements in rare disease treatment.
• Provide education and training to pharmacy staff, healthcare providers, and patients on rare disease management.
• Provide on-call support services to patients and healthcare providers outside of normal business hours.
• Participate in the organization’s licensure redundancy plan by acquiring and maintaining pharmacy licensure in assigned states and jurisdictions.
• Travel to Pittsburgh (and, in the future, the Orlando office) for initial training, and then on a periodic, but infrequent basis for training as necessary, covered by organization’s travel policy.
• In the future, Orlando clinical pharmacists may be able to support on-site dispensing operations following the completion of VRP’s Orlando-based facility. This may also involve managing Pharmacy Technicians.
• Additional projects and activities as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree from an accredited pharmacy school 
• Active pharmacist license in good standing with the Florida State Board of Pharmacy 
• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in a specialty pharmacy setting, with a focus on rare diseases preferred 
• Strong knowledge of specialty pharmacy operations, including workflow design, systems setup, and program implementation. 
• Excellent communication, organizational, and leadership skills 
• Experience supervising and training pharmacists and pharmacy technicians 
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities. 
• Strong commitment to patient care and quality assurance 
• Must be willing to obtain and maintain additional Pharmacist State licensure(s) as requested 
• High level of independent judgment, individual initiative, and time management skills 
• Ability to communicate effectively in a manner that is clear, logical and consistent 

Preferred Qualifications:

• CPR or CareTend pharmacy system experience 
• Multi-state pharmacist licensure 
• Experience managing and leading pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in a specialty pharmacy setting 

Work Environment
 This position will largely be a fully remote work structure. There will periodically be the need to be onsite for meetings, client visits, or team collaboration activities, but this will be the exception, not the norm. Despite this, employees must be within commuting distance to Orlando, FL (near the airport), and able to report to the office when needed. We will provide advance notice when possible. This role routinely involves standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. When telecommuting, employees must have reliable internet access to utilize required systems and software required for the position's responsibilities. The amount of time the employee is expected to work per day or pay period will not change while working from home. Employees are responsible for the set-up of their home office environment, including physical set-up, internet connection, phone line, electricity, lighting, comfortable temperature, furniture, etc. Employee’s teleworking space should be separate and distinct from their “home space” and allow for privacy.

 Physical Demands
 While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands and fingers, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential function of the job.