Pharmacy Coordinator - Clinics & Surgery Center Oncology & Infusi

Job Overview

Are you an experienced pharmacy technician interested in building your knowledge of specialized medications, complex compounding and third party regulations and billing guidelines?

Fairview Pharmacy has an immediate opening for a Float Pharmacy Coordinator
at our Oncology Pharmacy, located in the Clinic and Surgery Center right by the University of Minnesota campus. You will travel to cover Southdale, Maple Grove, and Burnsville's infusion centers. This is a 1.0 FTE, day shift position with a limited weekend rotation. We offer competitive pay, a float differential and outstanding benefits as well as many opportunities for advancement.  to find information about tuition reimbursement, medical, dental, retirement benefits and more:
Non-Contract Employees Benefits - Fairview Health Services

The Pharmacy Coordinator works directly with pharmacy patients, medical and nursing staff to handle help navigate patient medication needs. This includes: building and maintaining professional relationships with providers, patients, families, insurers, other units, and staff, coordinating workflow, ensuring compliance with state and federal regulations, anticipating business needs to assist in the growth and success of the business, inventory control and complex compounding and distribution of pharmaceuticals, IV solutions and documentation as ordered by prescribers.

• Partner with care providers and pharmacists to ensure that patient receives the needed medication accurately, safely, in accordance with all legal requirements and policies and in a professional and timely manner.
• Assist in resolving any billing issues, obtaining prior authorization for medications as needed, verifying eligibility, and escalating as appropriate.
• Under the direction of the pharmacist, utilize the appropriate computer system and protocols, prepare drug therapy and/or dispense medication in an accurate and timely manner in accordance with all legal, regulatory agency and Fairview requirements.
• Coordinate ordering, delivery of medications, supplies and equipment to multiple clinical areas as requested.
• Data collection, reporting, process improvement and maintenance of patient education materials.
• Maintain the IV hoods or isolators, segregated compounding area, clean room, ante room according to manufacturer’s specifications and regulatory requirements.
• Utilize Epic functionality of compounding/repackaging for anticipatory compounded.
• Maintaining inventory and records for free drug program inventory.
• Maintaining inventory and records for treatments/supply obtained through our retail sites, when required by payer.
• Maintain REMS (Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies) trainings and certifications specific to the site:
  Tysabri, Lemtrada, CART therapies, teclistamab, dsuvia, etc
• Maintain and utilize automated dispense systems for the site including inventory management and regulatory compliance.
• Coordinate outpatient cell therapy treatments including specialized ordering, stocking of supportive care medications and emergency medications.
• Manage multiple complex drug inventories required for business needs, including inventories for offsite specialty care clinics and the onsite surgery center. Inventories may include hospital-based clinics, freestanding clinics, joint venture clinics, oncology/infusion, ambulatory surgery center, West Bank Clinic Administered Medications, investigational drugs, home infusion, etc.
• Maintaining inventory and records for free drug program inventory including being the repository site for the systems’ discontinued supply.
• Sterile compounding of specialty medications for a variety of disease states including cancer treatment. Compounding includes hazardous medications.
• Compound…