Staff Pharmacist, Pharmacy Operations - Baton Rouge, United States - American Oncology Management Company

Description

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Key Performance Areas

KPA 1 - Order Management & Product Distribution

• Performs medication order review, clarification, and verification assessing for completeness and appropriateness and oversees accurate drug distribution per policies and procedures. Provides chemotherapy order processing and double checks as necessary.
• Participates in hazardous/non-hazardous preparation in accordance with most current USP guidelines, utilizing the standards of sterile admixture, including appropriate hazardous waste disposal and high-risk medication double check system. Oversees the admixture and preparation of all hazardous and non-hazardous drugs.

KPA 2 - Leadership & Supervision

• Supervises pharmacy technicians and support personnel, verifies their daily activities.
• Assists team members when needed and volunteers for projects/assignments.
• Seeks or offers constructive suggestions and feedback and communicates with pharmacy leadership to improve systems and services.

KPA 3 - Formulary Management / Integration:

• Develop and maintain an AON formulary adherence dashboard at the clinic and region level.
• Analyze formulary adherence data and cross-reference with VBC and OCM programs to identify opportunities to optimize value and health outcomes.
• Develop periodic drug utilization evaluations on targeted, high cost/high risk drugs.
• Participate in data analysis and planning of clinical initiatives and safety programs to improve quality and sustainability of care.
• Participate in clinical review of patient orders during clinic transitions to AON.

KPA 4 - Communication & Education:

• Notify prescribers and/or change treatment plans on behalf of prescribers in accordance with AON preferred formulary.
• Develop communication strategies and content to best ensure clinicians are updated on formulary preference changes and utilization.
• Develop and Provide drug-related and clinical education to staff/prescribers.
• Respond to clinical pharmacist consultations from clinics using evidence-based guidelines and references (such as drug information, therapy recommendation, beyond use dating, etc).

Position Qualifications/Requirements

Education:

• PharmD degree or Bachelors' Degree in Pharmacy, required.

Previous Experience:

• Experience in sterile drug admixture and inventory management, preferred.
• Oncology pharmacy experience, preferred.
• Experience working with EMR order sets/ flowsheets and drug substitution/interchanges, preferred.

Core Capabilities:

• Analysis & Critical Thinking: Critical thinking skills including solid problem solving, analysis, decision-making, planning, time management and organizational skills. Must be detailed oriented with the ability to exercise independent judgment.
• Interpersonal Effectiveness: Developed interpersonal skills, emotional intelligence, diplomacy, tact, conflict management, delegation skills, and diversity awareness. Ability to work effectively with sensitive and confidential material and sometimes emotionally charged matters.
• Communication Skills: Effective communication skills (oral, written, presentation), is an active listener, and effectively provides balanced feedback.
• Customer Service & Organizational Awareness: Strong customer focus. Ability to build an engaging culture of quality, performance effectiveness and operational excellence through best practices, strong business and political acumen, collaboration and partnerships, as well as a positive employee, physician and community relations.
• Self-Management: Effectively manages own time, conflicting priorities, self, stress, and professional development. Self-motivated and self-starter with ability work independently with limited supervision. Ability to work remotely effectively as required.
• Must be able to work effectively in a fast-paced, multi-site environment with demonstrated ability to juggle competing priorities and demands from a variety of stakeholders and sites.
• Leadership and Mentoring: Effectively lead and facilitate group discussions, coach, mentor, motivate, and engage others to align to a common goal. Ability to effectively lead projects from inception through implementation and assessment.
• Human Resources Management: Effectively hire, coach and support staff develop, as applicable, as well as manage resources, performance and employee relations, and supervise within established policies, procedures and legislation.
• Computer Skills:

Proficiency in MS Office Word, Excel, Power Point, and Outlook required. - Experience with CPR+ (Complete Patient Records), preferred.

Certifications/Licenses:

• Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist (BCPS), preferred.
• Board Certified Oncology Pharmacist (BCOP), preferred.
• Registered or Licensed Pharmacist in State of Practice.
• Valid state Driver's License for travel to satellite offices and offsite meetings. Compliance with the company Driver Safety Operations and Motor Vehicle Records Check Policy is required.

Travel (double click to check relevant box): 0% <25% 26-50% 51%-75% >75% Remote: Yes or No

• As a reminder those who drive must provide copies of the declarations page of their personal insurance policy for each vehicle that they can use to the Human Resources Department for verification purposes annually. Required Limits: Split Limits of $100,000/$300,000/$100,000.

Standard Work Days/Hours: Monday to Friday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, evenings and weekends as required. Essential Physical Requirements: refer to last page of position description job specific for physical and mental requirements