Clinical Pharmacy Specialist

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• Location: Bob Bove Neuroscience Institute, 7242 E. Osborn Rd. Ste. 400/500 Scottsdale
• Hours: Full-Time Days, Monday-Friday 8am-5pm
• Sign-on Bonus Available!
• Prior Infusion Experience Strongly Preferred

Great care starts with great people. (Like you.)

At HonorHealth, you'll find something special. From humble beginnings in 1927 to one of Arizona's largest nonprofit healthcare systems, our culture is built on warmth and neighborly kindness. Behind every smile is a highly skilled professional with deep expertise and an unwavering dedication to what matters most - caring for the health and well-being of people and communities across the greater Phoenix area.

Responsibilities:

• Operations:
  Manages the daily operations of the specialty pharmacy
  Maintains accurate filling of prescriptions, and provide courteous and efficient service to patient, prescribers, and others involved in the patient's care.
  Supervises and maintains compliance with standards set forth by the accrediting bodies.
  Reports errors immediately and adheres to HonorHealth policies and procedures relating to prescription incidents and continuous quality improvement
  Complies with all federal and state laws and regulations and HonorHealth policies governing all drugs and products;
  Maintains required records, documentation, and reports compliant with federal, state, and accrediting bodies
  Recommends and implements asset protection controls and procedures to identify and minimize profit loss
  Improves and maintains pharmacy department housekeeping, maintenance, and appearance for the safety, health, and well-being of customers and employees, and ensures adherence to applicable government regulations and laws
  Controls the pharmacy's safe and "bank", including electronic register readings, cash withdrawals, cash accounts, daily cash reports, cash over and short records, and other reports related to cash management
  Assures proper operation and maintenance of specialty pharmacy department systems and equipment
  Assures proper administration and implementation of third party pharmacy systems and procedures to lessen payment rejections
  Resolves third party rejection problems promptly, and resubmits rejected claims for payment on a timely basis
  Manages and controls specialty pharmacy department inventory by adhering to HonorHealth drug purchase procedures, recommends and orders merchandise from proper internal and external sources
  Performs other duties as assigned.
  
• Patient Experience
  Ensures specialty pharmacy department staff provide hospitable service and information; and are courteous, accountable, and efficient
  Responds to customer inquiries and complaints, maintains and improves overall image of specialty pharmacy department efficiently and tim
• People and Performance Management
  Supervises specialty pharmacy department staff members to assure performance of required functions and adheres to HonorHealth policy and procedures. Confirms specialty pharmacy department employees are trained on all required functions regarding payer and pharmaceutical contractual requirements (adverse event reporting, data and inventory reporting, clinical management). Reaffirms with all specialty pharmacy department personnel, on a regular basis, their obligations regarding the dispensing of prescriptions only in good faith.
  Participates in network quality improvement initiatives
  
• Training and Personal Development
  Audits own performance and recommends own objectives and standards of performance
  Maintains an awareness of developments in the pharmacy, health care, and management fields that relate to job responsibilities, and integrates them into own practices
  
• Communication
  Maintains and develops good working relationships with physicians and other health professionals. Works collaboratively, along with the specialty pharmacy staff.
  Acts as a consultant to healthcare professionals and patients regarding utilization of pharmaceutical therapies
  Promptly respond to inquiries with evidence-based and cost-effective therapy recommendations
  Serve as a preceptor for pharmacy students and meets requirements of the College(s) of Pharmacy. Actively participates in the education and training of new pharmacy employees and pharmacy interns.
  

• Graduate of an ACPE-accredited School of Pharmacy with a minimum of Doctor of Pharmacy degree or equivalent experience - Required

• 2 years Community Pharmacy - Required
• 2 years Specialty Pharmacy - Preferred

• Registered Pharmacist (RPh) Upon Hire - Required
• Registered Pharmacist (RPh) Willing to obtain and maintain licensure in other states than Arizona - Required

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