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Oncology Pharmacy Account Director (Western US)

Key Facts

Remote From: 
Canada, Alabama (USA), Arizona (USA), Arkansas (USA), California (USA), Colorado (USA), Idaho (USA), Illinois (USA), Iowa (USA), Kansas (USA), Kentucky (USA), Louisiana (USA), Minnesota (USA), Mississippi (USA), Missouri (USA)...
Full time
101 - 155K yearly
English

Other Skills

  • Microsoft Office
  • Delegation Skills
  • Communication
  • Analytical Skills
  • Teamwork
  • Organizational Skills
  • Social Skills

Roles & Responsibilities

  • BS in Pharmacy, PharmD, or PhD with a minimum of five years of practice experience.
  • Extensive experience with oral, injectable, and infused oncology drugs and dispensing models.
  • Experience working with contracts involving oral, injectable, and infused oncology drugs (contract monitoring and optimization).
  • Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills; ability to work independently and travel approximately 50% of the time.

Requirements:

  • Serve as the regional resource for assessing, developing, coordinating, and implementing pharmacy business programs, contract optimization, and contract comparisons for the Western US, including education on oral, injectable, and infused products.
  • Develop and coordinate the clinical component of sales and corporate accounts engagements; identify and quantify clinical cost savings through contract optimization, formulary management, clinical services, and protocols; implement and validate savings.
  • Create summary reports, presentations, and tools; support contract renewals; contribute to benchmarking tools and provide consultative assistance in formulary management and contract optimization.
  • Attend business and clinical meetings; travel as required (~50%); engage in professional development and perform other duties as assigned.

Job description

Our team members are at the heart of everything we do. At Cencora, we are united in our responsibility to create healthier futures, and every person here is essential to us being able to deliver on that purpose. If you want to make a difference at the center of health, come join our innovative company and help us improve the lives of people and animals everywhere. Apply today!

Job Details

The Pharmacy Account Director is responsible for developing and implementing best-practice clinical business and operational models and programs to support ION’s customers. Accountability extends to the coordination, development, customization, and overall management of assigned clinical, business, and financial projects. The incumbent is responsible for developing innovative clinical pharmacy practices, contract monitoring, optimization strategies, providing clinical and contact support for ION GPO customers.

This position supports customers in the Western Region of the United States.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

Serve as a resource for any issues within the geography that relate to assessment, development, coordination, and/or implementation of pharmacy business programs, contract optimization and contract comparisons. Including oral, Injection and Infused products, service offerings contract and clinical education support of these efforts.

Develop, participate, support, and coordinate the clinical component of sales and corporate accounts engagements, including, but not limited to:

  • Identification and quantification of clinical cost savings opportunities achievable via optimization of pharmaceutical contracts, formulary management, clinical services, and clinical practice guidelines and protocols.

  • Implementation of best-practice models that improve cost-effective, practice efficiencies and contract opportunities in pharmaceutical care

  • Validation of savings achieved through implemented clinical contract programs, services, and formulary and contract management

  • Critical evaluation of pharmacy programs and services,

  • Creation of summary reports, supportive materials, and tools for presentations, implementation and validation, and

  • Provides support to sales and corporate accounts teams for contract renewals

Contribute to development and maintenance of clinically relevant benchmarking tools to support clinical assessments and implementation projects.

Provides consultative assistance to the division's Practices in formulary management and contract optimization.

Provides input and assistance in the weekly conference calls on contract compliance and management.

Responsible for contract pull through and assistance with contract management

Attends all Business and Clinical meetings as requested.

Participate in professional development activities designed to acquire and maintain skills to support the GPO mission, goals, and value and major job responsibilities.

Performs other duties as assigned

Experience and Educational Requirements:

  • Requires BS in Pharmacy, PharmD, or PhD; with a minimum of five (5) years experience in a practice setting

  • Must have extensive experience with Oral, Injectable and Infused Oncology drugs and Dispensing models

  • Experience working with contracts with Oral, Injectable and Infused Oncology drugs

  • Clinical skills in pharmacy practice or related healthcare industry

Minimum Skill, Knowledge and Ability Requirements:

  • Excellent analytical skills

  • Excellent organizational skills

  • Excellent consultative skills

  • Demonstrated strong communication and interpersonal skills.

  • Knowledge of organization’s policies and procedures.

  • Knowledge and understanding of Community Oncology Practices - both business and clinical aspects.

  • Knowledge and understanding of the practice of community-based oncology

  • Computer hardware/software - Individual must be knowledgeable on the various types of computer hardware and software customary to clinical pharmacy practice as it relates to clinical management to support process proto-typing, consultative activities and provide assistance in the evaluation of new technologies for AmerisourceBergen.

  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

  • Must be able and willing to travel - approximately 50% of the time

  • Individual should be proficient in Microsoft office applications such as the latest versions of Word and Excel.

The salary ranges listed below do not include any Incentive-Based Commission available for this role

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. For details, visit https://www.virtualfairhub.com/cencora

Full time

Salary Range*

$100,700 - 155,100

*This Salary Range reflects a National Average for this job. The actual range may vary based on your locale. Ranges in Colorado/California/Washington/New York/Hawaii/Vermont/Minnesota/Massachusetts/Illinois State-specific locations may be up to 10% lower than the minimum salary range, and 12% higher than the maximum salary range.

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 hrsc@cencora.com. We will make accommodation determinations on a request-by-request basis. Messages and emails regarding anything other than accommodations requests will not be returned

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Affiliated Companies:

Affiliated Companies: International Oncology Network Solutions Inc

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