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Job Description:

Baptist Health is looking for a Patient Engagement Specialty Pharmacist to join their Central Pharmacy Services Center in LaGrange, KY.

• Serves as a primary point of contact with patients related to specialty medication needs and demonstrates empathy and compassion to patients and caregivers.
• Enrolls specialty pharmacy patients into medication management programs by assisting with telephonic recruitment of patients.
• Provides initial clinical medication counseling and regular patient reassessments via telephonic or video encounters to ensure appropriateness of specialty therapy and ongoing therapy management.
• Performs medication therapy management, which may include coordinating medication adjustments to optimize patient medication regimens and improve clinical outcomes.
• Refers appropriate patients to financial counseling for copay assistance through manufacturer or charity programs.
• Communicates with patients and families about the benefits of filling their prescriptions with Baptist Health.
• Supports after hours urgent clinical escalations through on call service for call center positions.
• Collaborates with providers and clinical staff to integrate remote pharmacy services and coordinate care with patients.
• Communicates with physicians and other clinicians as necessary to facilitate exemplary service for new and existing Baptist Health specialty pharmacy patients.
• Provides limited/indirect supervision for Specialty Pharmacy Care Coordinators.
• Maintains centralized specialty pharmacy call center services, operational policies and procedures, workflows and practice expectations.
• Participates in ongoing trainings related to role, including but not limited to disease state overviews, clinical guidelines, pharmacology, REMS programs, etc.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy or Doctorate of Pharmacy required.
• 1-3 years related work experience or completion of ASHP accredited pharmacy residency program preferred.
• Kentucky Board of Pharmacy license required.
• Experience in ambulatory clinical pharmacy practice preferred.
• Specialty disease state experience preferred.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off available for use upon hire
• Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Retirement plans with company match
• Company paid Basic Life Insurance & Long-Term Disability
• Health Insurance, Pharmacy, Dental, Vision and much more!

"EEO Statement: Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to r ace, color, national origin, gender, s exual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing.

NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMATION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES
Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056."