Pharmacy Resident

Job Summary : The Pharmacy resident is responsible for assisting the Clinical pharmacy manager with all aspects of formulary management, care management and utilization management strategies across all lines of business. Provides education to staff on new therapies, new criteria, new guidelines to ensure internal pharmacy staff are versed on up to date trends.

 
Role: Pharmacy Resident 
Job Location: New York City, NY 
Pay Range: $ 40/ Hr - $ 43/ Hr 
 
Job Summary:   

• The Pharmacy resident is responsible for assisting the Clinical pharmacy manager with all aspects of formulary management, care management and utilization management strategies across all lines of business. 
• The pharmacy resident will be responsible for improving patient care through various clinical programs, medication reconciliation, counseling and care management. 
• The resident will have opportunities to develop evidence-based clinical decision making, project management, analytic and leadership skills.

Job Responsibilities:

• Assists with formulary and utilization management for medications across all lines of business.
• Develops drug monographs and coverage criteria for Pharmacy and Therapeutics meetings and upon request.
• Completes retro utilization review for drugs of interest and provides in depth analysis.
• Completes Prior Authorization reviews as needed.
• Develop and maintains various pharmacy quality initiatives and generates regular monthly reports for key performance indicators.
• Provides education to staff on new therapies, new criteria, new guidelines to ensure internal pharmacy staff are versed on up to date trends.
• Assists in Pharmacy case management programs to improve quality of care and monitoring of MetroPlus members.
• Assists in organizational and departmental quality improvement initiatives.

Skills:

• Doctor of Pharmacy required.
• Proficiency with MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint is required.
• Experience in the evaluation and interpretation of pharmacy claims data and other clinical data is preferred.
• Position requires excellent organizational, teamwork, interpersonal, time management, written and verbal communication skills.
• Current New York State Pharmacy License (active and not limited).
• Experience in Pharmacy management of government programs (Medicaid and Exchange) preferred.

Education:  

• Doctor of Pharmacy required