Care Team Director - Specialty Pharmacy

What we are looking for

AscellaHealth is seeking a Care Director for our Berwyn, PA location. We are looking for a people leader passionate about delivering specialty-prescribed therapies to patients. This critical role will lead a team responsible for delivering information and specialty therapies to support our clients' care. This position requires an active Missouri or Pennsylvania Pharmacist or Nursing license.

This position is expected to start on-site at our Berwyn facility, Monday through Friday, during normal business hours, and could evolve into a hybrid role with 3 days in the office required.

What the position will be doing

• Support the development of programs for new and existing clients.
• Support the implementation of new client programs or existing clients' new programs, as necessary.
• Enter patient prescriptions, including prescription review for accuracy of medication and dosage for disease state, and resolving any discrepancies with the prescribing physician.
• Provide patient counseling as required by client program design, internal needs, or regulation
• Verify picked prescription orders for accuracy and accurate labeling.
• Inspect on-hand inventory for integrity, purity, and appropriate expiration dating.
• Handle patient inquiries to counsel and resolve any medical concerns or questions.
• Offer and provide drug counseling in accordance with OBRA standards.
• Perform clinical monitoring activities in conjunction with other healthcare professionals.
• Conduct on-hand inventory and resolve any discrepancies.
• Clean pharmacy and complete pharmacy logbooks.
• Participate in quality improvement activities.
• Maintain current knowledge of pharmacy practices and innovations in the field.
• Participate appropriately in staff and management meetings and patient care conferences.
• Attend any necessary client meetings.
• Ideate opportunities to build and document clinical services.
• Build non-traditional services to support the unique needs of life sciences clients as needed.
• Other duties as needed or assigned by the business.

Necessary Skills, Education & Abilities

• Bachelor of Pharmacy degree, preferably a Master's in Pharmacy degree or a PharmD. A Registered Nurse (RN) with a active PA (or Compact) license will also be considered for the role.
• Minimum of two (2) years of experience in the field of pharmacy, nursing, and providing clinical services.
• A valid and current state pharmacist license is required, Missouri and Pennsylvania are preferred. The willingness and ability to obtain additional state licenses within 6 months after hire is preferred
• Previous experience in supervising staff is required.
• Excellent analytical skills and the ability to provide solutions to complex problems.
• Relentless attention to detail, and the ability to be a creative self-starter and team player.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal skills are required.
• Ability to communicate with all levels within an organization, with patients, and with physicians' offices.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or government regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Knowledge to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, patients, nurses, and physicians
• Knowledge to work with standard mathematical concepts, such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and more advanced mathematical concepts, such as probability.
• Knowledge to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical and clinical situations.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Knowledge to interpret a wide variety of technical and/or clinical instructions/data in mathematical or diagram form, and with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Ability to operate in a leadership capacity
• Reasonable knowledge of information systems and software applications, such as text documents, slide presentations, and spreadsheets.