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What you will be doing

This position is an onsite retail staff pharmacist role located primarily at the Reading Hospital retail pharmacy locations with occasional shifts at Apple Pharmacy at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia (see Towerhealth.org/pharmacy for location details). Full-time 40 hours per week. Shifts are typically 8-10 hours with rotating weekends and holidays. Schedules are set on a monthly basis with a consistent rotation pattern.
 
A Staff Pharmacist in our organization is a charismatic, team-oriented individual with a dedication to customer service and patient care. An intellectual with a working knowledge of business operations and financials, strong communication, astute problem-solving skills, and experience in retail/community pharmacy would be a good fit for this role.
 
Cencora has managed and staffed the Reading Hospital Ambulatory Pharmacy inside of the 700 bed Reading Hospital since 2017.  In recent years we have expanded to staff and manage 5 pharmacies for Tower Health in West Reading, Wyomissing, and Philadelphia.
 
We foster a culture where career development and training play a key role as our staff gain experience in many aspects of ambulatory and specialty pharmacy. We currently employ pharmacists in both clinical and ambulatory settings with a support staff of technicians in various roles. We are excited to welcome new team members to continue to grow our team and kickstart new careers.
 
We started with 2 pharmacists and 4 technicians and have since expanded into a much larger operation with services at multiple pharmacy locations such as:
 
meds-to-beds
employee prescriptions

home delivery
pharmacy navigators embedded in clinics
Specialty Pharmacy

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
1.    Responsible for evaluating, preparing, and dispensing of medications; verifies prescribed medications according to professional standards, facility procedures, and state and federal legal requirements.
2.    Provides excellent customer service and clinical care.
3.    Interacts closely with individual patients in order to answer all questions and/or concerns regarding their medication therapy.
4.    Reviews and evaluates patient's plan of care for therapeutic appropriateness.
5.    Consults with prescribers and other medical staff to determine a patient’s appropriate medical/prescription care plan. 
6.    Participates in achieving business goals and metrics for the ambulatory pharmacy, including assisting in marketing events and promotions.
7.    Assists in the fiscal management of the ambulatory pharmacy to optimize profits and control expenses for the ambulatory pharmacy consistently consulting with the other relevant managers and directors.
8.    Assists with managing all functions for the ambulatory pharmacy technicians such as hiring, training, and performance management.
9.    Monitors the overall performance of all ambulatory pharmacy staff members to ensure compliance with regulatory and organizational policies, practices and approved pharmaceutical dispensing processes.
10.    Makes recommendations to the managers regarding any changes to improve operating procedures, or to improve and facilitate patient care.
11.    Assists in maintaining and executing all established procedures concerning quality improvement, quality assurance, security of controlled substances, and record keeping.
12.    Submits, reviews, and handles all adjudicated prescription claims to ensure appropriateness of reimbursement, co-pay and related financials and, if needed, follows up all such claims deemed inappropriate.
13.    Promptly and appropriately responds to patient inquiries, requests and issues when situations are escalated to a higher level of authority. Follows through on closing any outstanding patient concerns to provide a superior level of customer care.
14.    Provides consultation on pharmacy and therapeutic matters to various levels of organizational personnel.
15.    Assists and reviews daily reporting and scheduling of hours worked for the pharmacy technicians to include sick time, vacation time, personal and holiday time and adjusts scheduling as appropriate to assure optimal patient care is maintained.
16.    Supervises activities relative to patient profiles and contacts, ensuring that they are updated as needed for ins