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Summary:

In this role, you will work with Provider organizations, Vizient business units, suppliers, and other stakeholders to provide expertise and education. This position will work on a diverse set of clinical and operational topics that cause significant challenges for the pharmacy health system in the ambulatory space, including but not limited to specialty pharmacy, revenue cycle, site of care considerations, biosimilars, and management of high-cost drugs in relevant disease states. The successful candidate will be proficient at research, and medical literature evaluation, have excellent written and verbal communication, be innovative and strategic, and have previous experience in pharmacy formulary management, evaluation of drug utilization trends, and selection of therapeutic alternatives. You will be responsible for the development and delivery of resources on a variety of topics strategic to the growth of health system pharmacy in the ambulatory space.

Responsibilities:

• Monitor drug development pipeline and medical literature in relevant therapeutic areas.
• Monitor and identify environmental changes due to new drug approvals, losses of exclusivity, regulatory revisions, legal decisions, or other factors and forecast the potential economic impact on provider organizations.
• Coordinate and lead programmatic offerings across departments throughout the organization to address critical member needs in the outpatient setting.
• Facilitate and lead member councils, conferences, and expert panels and other groups as needed.
• Serve as a clinical subject matter expert for internal team and external providers, as required.
• Supervise undergraduate Pharm.D. students and pharmacy residents during clinical-based rotations.
• Represent Vizient as a principal thought leader both internally and externally in meetings, conferences, and other speaking and presentation engagements.
• Enhance existing product-specific tools and approaches to increase contract visibility and utilization; may partake in the development of new tools and approaches in partnership with others.
• Identify relevant advocacy issues and work with the Vizient public policy office to advance these causes after member requests.

Qualifications:

• Minimum Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy required. Doctor of Pharmacy is preferred.
• 5 or more years of relevant experience in an ambulatory pharmacy role is required.
• Experience as a Director of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Clinical Coordinator or Manager is preferred.
• A strong understanding of both inpatient and outpatient pharmacy services and trends is desired.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft (Proficient with Excel Spreadsheets) is required.
• Ability to work well in a team environment or as an individual contributor.
• Recognition or certification by the pharmacy profession is preferred BCPS (Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist) or BCACP (Board Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacist).
• Pharmacoeconomic and health outcomes training preferred.

Estimated Hiring Range:

This position is also incentive eligible.

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