Pharmacist In-Charge (PIC)

AnewHealth is one of the nation’s leading pharmacy care management companies that specializes in caring for people with the most complex, chronic needs—wherever they call home. We enable better outcomes for patients and the healthcare organizations who support them. Established in 2023 through the combination of ExactCare and Tabula Rasa HealthCare, we provide a suite of solutions that includes comprehensive pharmacy services; full-service pharmacy benefit management; and specialized support services for Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly. With over 1,400 team members, we care for more than 100,000 people across all 50 states.

Job Details

Reporting to the Director of Fulfillment Operations, The Pharmacist In-Charge (PIC), for Anew Health’s California location will ensure the pharmacy establishes and executes processes and procedures, under the direction of the SVP of Compliance, to maintain all state board and regulatory compliance for that location. The PIC will also provide dotted line leadership for the pharmacist team, working in strong collaboration with the Center of Excellence Managers, to establish, adhere to and adjust schedules and rotations to meet ratio requirements, maximize pharmacist performance, workflow and execution against key performance indicators for operations.  

This position will be expected to perform hands-on staff pharmacist work including Rx, Order and Filled Rx verification to ensure the California pharmacy runs efficiently and smoothly.  The PIC will participate in the development and adherence with site level policies and labor relations. 

To be successful, they must also be familiar with implementing the proper Key Performance Metrics (KPI) for a high volume pharmacy fulfillment/patient care setting. They must be an effective communicator as they will serve as the subject matter expert in collaborating with ExactCare COE leaders. 

Licensure Requirements 

• Preferred state licenses: Idaho and Oregon 

• Required state licenses: Register for PIC status California. 

• Company will provide assistance in obtaining licenses not held above if ideal candidate possesses a reasonable number of licenses already. 

Responsibilities

• Maintain board of pharmacy compliance in a flexible and collaborative manner that optimizes compliance, delivery timeliness and cost to fill 

• Dotted Line Management of the CA pharmacist team 

• Pharmacist scheduling to maintain ratio per the tech needs and hours as outlined by pharmacy manager 

• Develop & manage rotation of staffing to cover canister checks per needs as outlined by pharmacy manager 

• Develop & manage rotation to cover PV3 per needs as outlined by pharmacy manager 

• Solicit and scheduling of PRN shifts to maintain ratio during required weekend production 

• Develop & manage rotation to put pharmacists in position to succeed in hitting their individual point goals 

• Negotiate with COE leaders on RPh assignments, hours to maximize ability for pharmacists to hit their goals and cover the canister checks and PV3 

• Perform QRE investigations, ensure management review is completed and corrective actions implemented 

• Be on site to observe and report concerns about pharmacist behavior or performance to COE managers 

• Support canister checks, InspectRx images, PV3 images, PV3, PV1 to help achieve pharmacist team requirements and keep production flowing 

• Successfully balance administrative tasks, complete administrative and project tasks in a timely manner 

• Adhere to PRN budget constraints for site management 

• Maintain a high degree of confidentiality consistent with HIPAA and professional standards 

• Other leadership duties as assigned 

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy or Doctorate in Pharmacy (PharmD), required 

• Must hold a current Pharmacist license in the State of California or be able to earn a California license 

• Willingness and ability to obtain multiple state pharmacist licenses where the PIC is required to be licensed, working with Compliance to achieve this goal within the first 12-18 months. 

• Proven track record of establishing and maintaining board and regulatory compliance