At Shields Health Solutions, we pride ourselves on our culture of inclusion, kindness, acceptance, and the difference we make in patients' lives every day. We are tremendously proud to consistently be certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ several years in a row; we’ve been recognized as a Fortunes Best Workplaces in Healthcare™, Millennials™, and Women™; and a Becker’s Healthcare Top 150 Workplace.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to improving lives by ensuring seamless access to specialty medications, better health outcomes, and an enhanced care experience. That’s why more health system leaders trust us to deliver personalized support and comprehensive solutions that make specialty pharmacy more accessible for the patients who need it most. Through our proven Shields Performance Platform, we help drive the financial sustainability of health systems while prioritizing best-in-class outcomes that patients deserve. With a team of leaders in specialty pharmacy, a track record of success partnering with over 80 health systems, and an unwavering dedication to measurable results, we empower health systems to transform their specialty pharmacy into a driver of growth—ensuring every patient receives the best possible care.

As Shields Health Solutions continues to experience rapid growth and expand our partnerships with leading health systems across the country, we’re actively hiring to support our mission. Our expanding footprint means more opportunities to make a meaningful impact in patients’ lives—so we’re looking for passionate, driven individuals to join our team and continue to grow with us. 

We have some flexibility with part-time or full-time 24-32hrs. 

Job Purpose:

Provides integrated support to patients and physicians by providing a 'hands-on" approach to total quality patient care through the delivery of a full continuum of medication administration from preparing medications to giving pharmacological information to monitoring patient drug therapies and providing adherence support.   

Job Duties:

• Prepares and dispenses medications by reviewing and interpreting physician orders; detecting therapeutic incompatibilities;
• Medication therapy management, including reviewing and monitoring of medication regimens, advising clinicians on evidence based therapy as indicated, documenting interventions;
• Completes pharmacy operational requirements by organizing and directing technicians' work flow; verifying their preparation and labeling of pharmaceuticals; verifying prescriptions; care coordination, identifying and resolving insurance related issues, recognizing situations where financial assistance can be applied.
• Complies with state and federal drug laws as regulated by the state board of pharmacy, the drug enforcement administration, and local policies and procedures; maintaining records for controlled substances; removing outdated and damaged drugs from the pharmacy inventory; supervising the work results of support personnel; maintaining current registration; studying existing and new legislation; anticipating legislation; advising management on needed actions;
• Make referrals to other health professionals if necessary;
• Develops own knowledge by participating in education programs; training pharmacy staff, students, interns, externs, residents, and health care professionals;
• Manage, organize, and update relevant data using database applications;
• Apply observations and recommendations to operational issues, increased productivity, quality, and customer-service standards;
• Identify trends, resolves problems; recommend improvements; implements change;
• Actively participates in process improvement initiatives;
• Protects organization's value by keeping information confidential;
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations;
• Willing to do whatever is necessary for the betterment of the Company;
• Other duties as assigned;

Experience/ Education:

• Applicant must hold a Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) or BS in Pharmacy and be a licensed Pharmacist in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
• Required 1+ years, Preferred 5+ years experience in a clinical setting
• Analyze information, administer medication accurately, exercise good judgment, possess strong verbal communication skills, have deep knowledge of pharmacology developments and FDA health regulations, able to manage processes, exhibit strong technical and clinical skills, excellent leader and manager of people, constant focus on legal compliance, highly productive, quality focused, maniacal attention to detail, highly computer proficient (knowledge of the "Rx30" software system a plus)
• Organized, high-integrity, attention to detail, dependable, quality focus, empathetic, good listener/communicator
• Energetic, highly motivated, team player with strong personal and communication skills; discretion and confidentiality essential as position deals with highly sensitive and private data

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