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Oncology Pharmacist

AT Cencora
Cencora

Oncology Pharmacist

Tulare, CA

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Job Details

Elevate your career by joining our dynamic team, where you will work alongside industry leaders to deliver exceptional patient care and advance your career . In this pivotal role, you will have the opportunity to interpret prescriptions, compound and dispense medications, supervise pharmacy technicians, provide patient consultations, and tackle complex challenges that arise in daily operations. Your expertise will be essential in ensuring adherence to regulatory guidelines and our company's high standards of excellence. If you are a passionate pharmacist seeking a challenging and fulfilling opportunity within a compliance-focused pharmacy team, we invite you to apply now and make a meaningful impact in the lives of our patients!

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Location: 100% onsite position at the Sequoia Regional Cancer Center Embrace a work-life balance that fits your lifestyle! Join us for a fulfilling Monday to Friday schedule from 7 AM to 6 PM with the added benefit of flexible hours.

  • Responsible for the evaluating preparing and dispensing of oncology medications; verifies prescribed medications according to professional standards, facility procedures, and state and federal legal requirements.
  • Ensures and behaves with a focus on excellent customer service and clinical care.
  • Consults with patients and providers regarding individual medications or supplies prescribed, including dosage, frequency, specialized requirements and possible drug interactions.
  • Oversees compounded preparations within the oncology pharmacy and collaborates with key stakeholders to ensure quality of compounded preparations and compliance with regulatory and best practices involving compounding.
  • Reviews and evaluates patient's plan of care for therapeutic appropriateness.
  • Participates in regulatory body surveys, fielding questions and matters related to compounding, and other pharmacy related operations and services.
  • Assists in the fiscal management of the oncology pharmacy to optimize profits and control expenses consistently consulting with the other relevant managers and directors.
  • Assists with managing all functions for the oncology pharmacy technicians such as hiring, training, terminating, and performance management.
  • Monitors the overall performance of all oncology pharmacy staff members to ensure compliance with regulatory and organizational policies, practices and approved pharmaceutical dispensing processes.
  • Assists indevelopment and maintaining and executing all established procedures concerning compounding, order sets, operational workflows, quality improvement, quality assurance, security of controlled substances, and record keeping.
  • Oversees medication procurement, inventory controls, shortage management and formulary processes within the outpatient oncology setting.
  • Collaborates with Pharmacy Leadership to help ensure regulatory compliance with regards to the 340b program.
  • Makes recommendations to the managers regarding any changes to improve operating procedures, or to improve and facilitate patient care.
  • Performs prescription verification of all prescriptions and provides technical guidance to pharmacy technicians.
  • Promptly and appropriately responds to patient inquiries, requests and issues when situations are escalated to a higher level of authority. Follows through on closing any outstanding patient concerns to provide a superior level of customer care.
  • Provides consultation on pharmacy and therapeutic matters to various levels of organizational personnel.
  • Completes staff schedule for the pharmacy technicians to include sick time, vacation time, personal and holiday time and adjusts scheduling as appropriate to assure optimal patient care is maintained.
  • Participates in departmental meetings, committees and in-service training for outpatient oncology services.
  • Works collaboratively with organizational personnel on quality, satisfaction, service excellence, clinical care, etc. as needed.
  • Performs related duties as assigned.

Requirements:

Normally requires Bachelors of Science Degree or Pharm D degree from an accredited School of Pharmacy a Degree in Pharmacy from an accredited College of Pharmacy; current, unrestricted pharmacist license through the appropriate state board of pharmacy. Also requires broad training and/or experience in the fields of business administration, sales, marketing, information technology and retail/ambulatory pharmacy. Normally requires zero (1) to three (3) years of directly related and progressively responsible retail/ambulatory care pharmacy experience.

  • Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing
  • Ability to work quickly and accurately under time and volume constraints
  • Strong leadership skills
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • Ability to resolve patient issues quickly and creatively in order to improve customer satisfaction
  • Familiarity with pharmaceutical products, services and drug interactions
  • Strong organizational skills; attention to detail
  • Good analytical skills
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

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What Cencora offers

We provide compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members' ability to live with purpose every day. In addition to traditional offerings like medical, dental, and vision care, we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical, emotional, financial, and social aspects of wellness. This encompasses support for working families, which may include backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave. To encourage your personal growth, we also offer a variety of training programs, professional development resources, and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs, employee resource groups, volunteer activities, and much more. For details, visit https://www.virtualfairhub.com/cencora

Salary Range

$98,200 - 151,250

This Salary Range reflects a National Average for this job. The actual range may vary based on your locale. Ranges in Colorado/California/Washington/New York/Hawaii/Vermont/Minnesota/Massachusetts/Illinois State-specific locations may be up to 10% lower than the minimum salary range, and 12% higher than the maximum salary range.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal, state or local law.

The company's continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory.

Cencora is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the employment process which are consistent with legal requirements. If you wish to request an accommodation while seeking employment, please call 888.692.2272 or email hrsc@cencora.com. We will make accommodation determinations on a request-by-request basis. Messages and emails regarding anything other than accommodations requests will not be returned

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Affiliated Companies:

Affiliated Companies: Value Apothecaries Inc

Client-provided location(s): Visalia, CA, USA
Job ID: Cencora-R2420644
Employment Type: Full Time

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Health Reimbursement Account
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • FSA With Employer Contribution
    • HSA
    • HSA With Employer Contribution
    • FSA
    • On-Site Gym
    • Pet Insurance
    • Mental Health Benefits
  • Parental Benefits

    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
    • Adoption Leave
    • Fertility Benefits
    • Adoption Assistance Program
    • Family Support Resources
  • Work Flexibility

    • Remote Work Opportunities
    • Flexible Work Hours
    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Leave of Absence
    • Volunteer Time Off
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K)
    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Stock Purchase Program
    • Financial Counseling
  • Professional Development

    • Internship Program
    • Promote From Within
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Tuition Reimbursement
    • Lunch and Learns
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program

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