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What you will be doing
This position is 100% on-site at the following facility:
Reading Hospital
420 South 5th Avenue
Reading, PA 19611
PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Establish, manage, and hold direct responsibility over client-level disease state portfolio(s).Create and maintain workflows and standards across corresponding clinics and staff.Provide education and industry updates to the team.Maintain responsibility for performance across the portfolio.Have responsibility to serve as an SME to the larger PHS Navigator group.Serve a role in any steering committee activity.Assess various physician practices for potential Rx value using tools/data available.Establish communication with targeted practices, arranging meetings with key stakeholders/decision makers.Demonstrate value of ambulatory pharmacy partnership to practices.Assist with recruitment, interviewing, and hiring necessary staff to support program goals in agreement with client.Train, mentor, and performance manage direct reports, including pharmacists, technicians, and support personnel.Oversee specialty and clinic-derived prescription workflow, optimizing use of client preferred pharmacies where applicable.Ensure navigator team drives patient access to costly medications through a variety of affordability solutions. Leverage charitable foundations, state programs, and/or manufacturer programs for maximal patient accessMaintain relationships with physician offices through periodic visits/meetings.Field questions from practitioners on formulary product selection, product dosing, ADR's, and other considerations.Meet with client site senior leadership to provide program updates and QBR's; lead data collection & financial reporting to client. Provide reports and status updates as requested by client.Cross-train to client ambulatory pharmacy if applicable; assist with staffing needs as required. This may include occasional weekends and/or holidays as per business needs.Support enterprise-wide initiatives and development of navigator staff at other facilities as periodically called upon.
EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
PharmD degree required.PGY1 residency desirable.Current, unrestricted pharmacist license in the state of PA is required.5+ years community/retail/ambulatory pharmacy or health-system related experience desirable.Previous experience in a specialty pharmacy and/or processing prior authorizations is highly desirable.Experience with 340B purchasing program nice to have.
MINIMUM SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY REQUIREMENTS:
Must be proficient in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPointExperience in Epic or similar EMR platforms highly desirable.Experience with retail pharmacy prescription processing and claims adjudication desirable.Candidates should have prior experience on pharmacy dispensing systems and be familiar with insurance adjudication processes.The role involves working with a broad array of complex disease states and medical conditions; candidates should be comfortable working with clinical data, lab values, and reading/writing notes in patient medical records.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an associate encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions:
The noise level in the work environment is generally quiet
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL REQUIREMENTS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions:
1. Sedentary physical activity requiring reaching, sifting, lifting, finger dexterity, grasping, feeling, repetitive motions, talking and hearing.
2. Visual requirement is for close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision and ability to adjust focus.
3. 75% or more time is spent looking directly at a computer.
4. Associate is frequently required to stand, walk (or otherwise be mobile).
5. Ability to deal with stressful situations as they arise.
What your background should look like
What Cencora offers
We provide compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members' ability to live with purpose every day. In addition to traditional offerings like medical, dental, and vision care, we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical, emotional, financial, and social aspects of wellness. This encompasses support for working families, which may include backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave.
To encourage your personal growth, we also offer a variety of training programs, professional development resources, and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs, employee resource groups, volunteer activities, and much more.
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Schedule
Full time
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Equal Employment Opportunity
Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal, state or local law.
The company's continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory.
Cencora is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the employment process which are consistent with legal requirements. If you wish to request an accommodation while seeking employment, please call 888.692.2272 or email [email protected]. We will make accommodation determinations on a request-by-request basis. Messages and emails regarding anything other than accommodations requests will not be returned