Clinical Pharmacist

Purpose:

We are seeking a highly motivated and knowledgeable Clinical Pharmacist to join our specialty pharmacy team, focusing on rare disease management. The Clinical Pharmacist will play a critical role in optimizing medication therapy, providing clinical support, and ensuring seamless coordination of care for patients with rare and orphan diseases. This role requires a patient-centric approach, strong clinical expertise, and a passion for improving access to specialized treatments.

Responsibilities: 

• Provide therapy dispensing and comprehensive clinical services for patients with rare diseases.
• Collaborate with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to develop and optimize individualized treatment plans.
• Educate patients and caregivers on medication use, potential side effects, and adherence strategies.
• Monitor patient outcomes, assess treatment efficacy, and make clinical recommendations to optimize therapy.
• Ensure compliance with specialty pharmacy protocols, regulatory guidelines, and best practices.
• Work closely with pharmaceutical manufacturers, payers, and patient assistance programs to facilitate medication access.
• Support prior authorization processes and assist in navigating insurance barriers to ensure timely treatment initiation.
• Maintain accurate and complete documentation of clinical interventions and patient interactions.
• Stay up to date with emerging therapies, clinical guidelines, and advancements in rare disease treatment.
• Provide education and training to pharmacy staff, healthcare providers, and patients on rare disease management.
• Supervise pharmacy technicians throughout the prescription fulfillment process.
• Provide on-call support services to patients and healthcare providers outside of normal business hours.
• Staff as a dispensing pharmacist and assist within operations as needed
• Participate in the organization’s licensure redundancy plan by acquiring and maintaining pharmacy licensure in assigned states and jurisdictions.
• Additional projects and activities as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree from an accredited pharmacy school 
• Active pharmacist license in good standing with the Pennsylvania State Board of Pharmacy 
• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in a specialty pharmacy setting, with a focus on rare diseases preferred 
• Strong knowledge of specialty pharmacy operations, including workflow design, systems setup, and program implementation. 
• Excellent communication, organizational, and leadership skills 
• Experience supervising and training pharmacists and pharmacy technicians 
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities. 
• Strong commitment to patient care and quality assurance 
• Must be willing to obtain and maintain additional Pharmacist State licensure(s) as requested 
• High level of independent judgment, individual initiative, and time management skills 
• Ability to communicate effectively in a manner that is clear, logical and consistent 

Preferred Qualifications:

• CPR+ or CareTend pharmacy system experience 
• Multi-state pharmacist licensure 
• Experience managing and leading pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in a specialty pharmacy setting 

Work Environment
 Vanscoy Rare Pharmacy offers a hybrid work structure, combining remote work and in-office requirements. The frequency of onsite requirements will vary depending on role, operational needs, meetings, client visits, or team collaboration activities. Employees must be within commuting distance to Pittsburgh, PA, and able to report to the office when needed. We will provide advance notice when possible. This role routinely involves standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. When telecommuting, employees must have reliable internet access to utilize required systems and software required for the position's responsibilities. The amount of time the employee is expected to work per day or pay period will not change while working from home. Employees are responsible for the set-up of their home office environment, including physical set-up, internet connection, phone line, electricity, lighting, comfortable temperature, furniture, etc. Employee’s teleworking space should be separate and distinct from their “home space” and allow for privacy. The amount of time spent in office or teleworking is contingent upon the needs/priorities of Vanscoy Rare Pharmacy and will vary based on those needs/priorities.

 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.