CIC Pharmacist - Long Term Care - Full Time

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Omnicare is a leading provider of pharmacy services to long-term care facilities nationwide, supporting skilled nursing facilities, assisted living communities, and other institutional care settings. Following the sale of Omnicare by CVS Health, this role will support Omnicare and its continued operations as an independent, standalone organization.  Candidates should be aware that this role will not remain within CVS Health following the transaction.  The individual hired into this role will be employed by Omnicare and will contribute to shaping the future of our organization during this exciting period of growth and transformation.

Directly, and through our subsidiaries, Omnicare provides a broad array of pharmacy-related services to long term care facilities and to other customers in the health care environment. While senior care has long been an Omnicare specialty, we also serve other targeted populations.

Overview: CVS Health/Omnicare has an exciting opportunity to join our growing team in Spartanburg, SC, though this is a Work From Home position, allowing for a candidate to live anywhere in the US.

The Spartanburg, SC Clinical Intervention Center (CIC) does not acquire, receive, store, dispense or administer drug products.

The CVS Health/Omnicare Clinical Intervention Center supports pharmacy operations by creating efficiencies in the dispensing function while focusing on relevant clinical care for patients and optimizing customer satisfaction through positive outcomes. The CIC is staffed with both clinically trained pharmacists and technical support personnel.

The primary purpose of the Clinical Intervention Center pharmacy staff is to provide clinical support services to long term care dispensing pharmacies for multiple states. These services include:

• Supporting Omnicare pharmacy operations by assuming responsibility for more cumbersome, time-consuming clinical assessment and intervention on prescribed medication therapy.

• Managing rejected clinical claims by requesting to prescribers a “covered” alternative to a drug product that has been denied for reimbursement by a third party prescription plan such as Medicare Part D, commercial insurer or Medicaid, and making changes to existing orders within the pharmacy operating system based upon the response of the prescriber.

• Initiating Prior Authorizations or Medical Exceptions based upon information from the patient's medical records when required by the payer.

• Delivering Medication Therapy Management (MTM) services by licensed pharmacists to optimize safe and effective medication use.

• Generating Patient Specific Therapeutic Interchange requests for prescribers for cost savings or a clinically superior drug to that drug originally prescribed by the clinician, and making changes to existing orders within the pharmacy operating system based upon the response of the prescriber.

• Implementing Facility Formulary preferences for prospective medication changes on dispensing.

• Coordinating specific National Account or multi-chain customer requests.

This is a full-time position. The shift for this position is Monday-Friday 2pm-10:30pm. The weekend requirement is every third weekend. There is no on-call requirement for this position.

Required Qualifications:

You will need

- Bachelors of Science in Pharmacy or higher

- Current license to practice pharmacy in good standing in the state you reside in

- Proficient in the area of clinical interpretation: drug-drug, drug-disease, drug-food interactions and allergies

- Ability to work flexible hours, which may include evening, weekends, and holidays

- Willing to become licensed in South Carolina

- Willing to become licensed in additional States as needed

Preferred Qualifications:

- Knowledgeable about long term care regulations (OBRA, OSHA, state laws and other federal laws) that have an impact upon both pharmacy and Center operations preferred.

- Licensed Pharmacist in multiple states

Education:

- Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy or higher

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