Trainer, Pharmacist bei Pantherx Rare Pharmacy

7,000 Diseases - 500 Treatments - 1 Rare Pharmacy

PANTHERx is the nation’s largest rare disease pharmacy, and we put the patient experience at the top of everything that we do. 

If you are looking for a career in the healthcare field that embraces authentic dedication to patient care, you don’t need to look beyond PANTHERx. In every line of service, in every position and area of expertise, PANTHERx associates are driven to provide the highest quality outcomes for our patients.   

We are seeking team members who:

Are inspired and compassionate problem solvers;

Produce high quality work; 

Thrive in the excitement of the ever-challenging environment of modern medicine; and 

Are committed to achieving superior health outcomes for people living with rare and devastating diseases. 

At PANTHERx, we know our employees are the driving force in what we do. We cultivate talent and encourage growth within PANTHERx so that our associates can continue to explore their interests and expand their careers. Guided by our mission to provide uncompromising quality every day, we continue our strategic growth to further reach those affected by rare diseases.  

Join the PANTHERx team, and define your own RxARE future in healthcare!

Location: Pittsburgh, PA

Classification: Exempt

Status: Full-Time

Reports to: Manager, RxARECARE Operations

Purpose:

The Trainer, Pharmacist acts as a lead by ensuring pharmacist team workflow needs are met, by continually monitoring the workload across the pharmacist queues and addressing any necessary modifications. This role processes reports, assisting with development or revisions to clinical programs, and distribution of key information to the pharmacist team.

Responsibilities:

• Completes payer/accreditor reports.
• Assists with maintaining and updating pharmacist management program as necessary.
• Evaluates staffing levels frequently, by monitoring queues maintained by the pharmacist team to ensure appropriate staffing, address modifications in a timely manner.
• Engages in bi-weekly status meetings with team to provide updates on goals and performance metrics.
• Coordinates and assists in managing and participating in pharmacy services, including compounding, and dispensing of medications, quality assurance and clinical monitoring activities.
• Receives physician prescription orders and evaluates the appropriateness of these orders for dosage, drug choice, potential drug interactions, route of administration and stability.
• Supervises the filling, receiving, compounding, and dispensing activities involved in providing finished product to the patient.
• Ensures that the patient chart is complete for allergies, height, weight, current and past medical history, clinical laboratory results and concurrent medications (including over the counter or home remedy medications).
• Ensures that, when necessary, laboratory tests have been ordered and the results are obtained and discussed with the nurse and the physician.
• Provides patient counseling, education, and monitoring.
• Ensures safety of patients and personnel by exercising good pharmacy practice in the process of drug therapy instructions to the patient.
• Determines remaining doses on hand to manage inventory and avoid waste.
• Provides clinical interventions.
• Assesses responses to therapy, patient compliance, and ongoing review of drug regimens; report and manage adverse events.
• Documents all communication with physicians, nurses, and patients in the patient chart.
• Reviews literature and other materials pertinent to the practice of pharmacy and attend/complete education and training programs.
• Completes all competency/skills assessment requirements and participate in on-call schedule.

Supervisory Responsibilities: Yes 

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in pharmacy or related field. 
• 3+ years of specialty pharmacy operations experience, including cold chain management experience.
• Knowledgeable and experienced in ScriptMed software and reporting.
• License/Certification: Current State’s Pharmacist license.

Work Environment:

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

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.

Benefits:

Hybrid, remote and flexible on-site work schedules are available, based on the position.  PANTHERx Rare Pharmacy also affords an excellent benefit package, including but not limited to medical, dental, vision, health savings and flexible spending accounts, 401K with employer matching, employer-paid life insurance and short/long term disability coverage, and an Employee Assistance Program!   Generous paid time off is also available to all full-time employees, as well as limited paid time off for part-time employees.  Of course we offer paid holidays too!

Equal Opportunity:

PANTHERx Rare Pharmacy is an equal opportunity employer, and does not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, promotions or any term or condition of employment based on race, age, religion, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran's status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.