Clinical Pharmacist Illinois

Bio Matrix is a nationwide, independently-owned infusion pharmacy with decades of experience supporting patients on specialty medication. Our compassionate care team helps patients navigate the often-challenging healthcare environment. We treat our patients like family and get them started on therapy quickly. We work closely with them as well as their family and their healthcare providers throughout the patient journey, staying focused on optimal clinical outcomes.

At Bio Matrix the heart of our Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Access (IDEA) philosophy is the commitment to cultivate a welcoming space where everyone’s contributions are acknowledged and celebrated. Our goal is to draw in, develop, engage, and retain talented, high-performing individuals from diverse backgrounds and viewpoints. We believe that both respecting and embracing diversity enriches the experiences and successes of our patients, employees, and partners.

Monday Through Friday from 8:30am Central Standard Time To 5pm Central Standard Time.

It is anticipated that an incumbent in this role will work onsite in our Belleville, IL location.

The Clinical Pharmacist will be responsible for ensuring safe practices of pharmacy operations, including but not limited to the review and interpretation of prescriptions for verification, reviewing patient records to determine appropriateness of medication therapy, providing patient medication counseling, detecting therapeutic incompatibilities and dispensing medications, within and for various Bio Matrix Specialty Pharmacy locations and/or therapy specific Centers of Excellence operations.

The Clinical Pharmacists will monitor drug therapies for patients, advise on interventions as needed, and assume the responsibility of general oversight and management of patient care which may include providing effective medication management for the accurate treatment and prevention of specialty disease states. This position may be required to oversee and/or verify and validate pharmacy technician activities and documentation and will work closely and collaboratively with other internal and external departments as needed, including but not limited to Reimbursement and managed Markets Services, Quality Management, Nursing and/or Clinical Services, and/or other Pharmacy Services team members.

• Graduate with a BS or Doctorate of Pharmacy from an ACPE-accredited School of Pharmacy required
• Current, unrestricted license to practice pharmacy in the state noted in posting required
• Strong knowledge and understanding of specialty therapies, the steps needed to qualify a patient for such therapy, and the ability to lead team members through these steps for patient support
• Experience providing customer service to internal and external customers, including meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Basic level skill in Microsoft Office (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc)

• Minimum of three (3) years of experience in Specialty, Infusion/In-Home Infusion, Retail, Community, Mail-order and/or Hospital Pharmacy strongly preferred
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience working alongside pharmacy technicians and other clinical and administrative service providers to support patient care strongly preferred
• Minimum of one (1) year of experience in Specialty Pharmacy service operations preferred
• General knowledge and understanding of payer contracts for specialty and/or rare disease therapies and operational requirements to support contracts for pharmacy or prescription services
• Certification in Good Clinical Practices
• Proficiency with Care Tend preferred

• Support prescription management and documentation in accordance with Bio Matrix established processes and systems guidelines and requirements while following all legal, regulatory, and state regulations including HIPAA
• Comply with the regulatory guidelines of the State Board of Pharmacy, FDA, DEA, Department of Health & Human Services, Medicare, ACHC, URAC and OSHA
• Work and interact collaboratively and effectively with Intake and Referral Services team members in support of the on-boarding of new patient in need of specialty services and therapies offered by Bio Matrix.
• Support successful outcomes overall end to end processes to support getting referrals to their proper destination for prescription fulfillment
• Ensure continuity of patient referral activities are performed optimally
• Support staffing and resource adjustments as found necessary to support referral and prescription volume needs across various Bio Matrix specialty pharmacy locations and in alignment with overall growth goals for the organization
• Monitor, oversee, and/or manage pharmacy technician activities, documentation, and performance. Pharmacy technicians may also serve roles such as Referral, Patient Support
• Work and interact collaboratively and effectively with various…