Pharmacy Jobs in Crestwood, Kentucky

Job Title: Director, Pharmacy Company: AmerisourceBergen Location: Louisville, KY Description: Work Location:Prestonsburg, KYShifts:Not ApplicablePositions Available:1Position Summary Under general direction of the Director - Hospital Operations, manages the daily departmental operations and clinical services, interprets physicians' prescriptions and compounds and dispenses medications within regulatory guidelines. Consults with customers regarding use of medications and potential drug interactions; counsels customers and handles complex problem resolution. This position is categorized as compliance critical and, as such, requires and is assigned specific responsibility for ensuring continual and proper compliance with all division, corporate and regulatory requirements. Primary Duties and Responsibilities Responsible for the procurement and dispensing of inpatient medications; verifies prescribed medications according to professional standards, facility procedures, and state and federal legal requirements.Maintains and manages the Hospital Drug Formulary through the Hospital Medical Staff Committees.Maintains the Pharmacy Quality Improvement Program.Maintains compliance with all applicable JCAHO Standards.Maintains all Pharmacy Operational & Clinical Policies and Procedures.Consults with patients regarding medications or supplies prescribed, including dosage, frequency, specialized requirements and possible drug interactions.Works closely with patient in order to answer all questions and/or concerns regarding their prescriptions.Reviews and evaluates patient's plan of care for obvious conflicts.Manages all associate relations functions for the staff pharmacist(s) and pharmacy technicians such as hiring, terminating and performance management.Monitors the overall performance of staff members to ensure compliance with policies, practices and approved pharmaceutical dispensing processes.Maintains established procedures concerning quality assurance, security of controlled substances, and record keeping.Makes recommendations to the manager regarding any changes to operating procedures in an effort to facilitate smooth customer service operations.Performs prescription verification of unit dose orders, order entry and verification of IV admixtures, providing technical guidance to staff pharmacist(s) and pharmacy technicians.Responds to customer inquiries, requests and issues when situations get escalated to a higher level of authority other than a customer service associate.Provides consulting on pharmaceutical matters to various levels of personnel regarding pharmacy operations.Reviews daily reporting and scheduling of hours worked for the staff pharmacist(s) and pharmacy technicians to include sick time, vacation time, personal and holiday time.Supervises activities relative to customer files and contacts, ensuring that they are updated as needed to comply with current licensing.Leads department meetings and in-service training for staff pharmacist(s), pharmacy technicians, nursing and ancillary clinical staff.Performs related duties as assigned. Experience and Education Requirements Requires broad training in fields such as business administration, accountancy, sales, marketing, computer sciences or similar vocations generally obtained through completion of a four year Bachelor's Degree program or equivalent combination of experience and education. Normally requires two (2) to four (4) years directly related and progressively responsible experience, including at least one (1) year in a supervisory/management role; a Degree in Pharmacy from an accredited College of Pharmacy/RPh License required. Advanced degree, Master's or Pharm.D., and successful completion of an ASHP accredited Residency is strongly preferred. Minimum Skills, Knowledge and Ability Requirements Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing Ability to work quickly and accurately under time and volume constraintsStrong decision making skillsStrong leadership skillsStrong interpersonal skillsGood analytical skillsAbility to resolve customer issues quickly and creatively in order to improve customer satisfactionFamiliarity with pharmaceutical products, services and drug interactions Strong organizational skills; attention to detailMust have a general knowledge of pharmacy computer systems and automated dispensing solutionsKnowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook Additional Information

Job Title: IV Pharmacy Technician Company: PharMerica Corporation Location: Louisville, KY Description: PharMerica Corporation is a premier institutional pharmacy services provider, dedicated to providing quality patient care and innovative pharmacy solutions to institutional customers and patients in long-term care settings. With nearly $2 billion in annual revenues, PharMerica is the second largest institutional pharmacy company in America. PharMerica operates more than 100 institutional pharmacies in over 40 states and serves nursing facilities that care for approximately 350,000 patients.PharMericaLouisville is recruiting for an IV Pharmacy Technician to join our team.Essential Functions:IV mixing/compounding procedures, and processing patient information in computer.Assists the Pharmacist in filling prescription items, as permitted by the State Board of Pharmacy. Types prescription information to produce labels.Labels products appropriately, including cautionary or auxiliary labels.Takes inventory, places orders, checks in drugs and supplies, stocks shelves and removes out-of-date items from the inventory.Inputs patient data and medication orders into a computer system.Prepares medications including emulsions, liquids, powders and ointments.Packages medications for dispensing and for delivery.Sanitizes IV room, equipment and hood.Communicates with nursing center personnel and other customers in a please and professional manner.Processes returned medications from the facility for credit or destruction.Minimum Qualifications:High School Diploma or equivalent.Certification if required by state.Minimum 1 year of IV compounding experience required in hospital or home infusion pharmacy setting.Minimum 1 year Pharmacy Technician experienceIV admixture experience strongly preferredOccasional weekend rotation shiftsInterested candidates please apply on-line.For more information, please contact:David Register to View

Job Title: Pharmacist PRN Company: AmerisourceBergen Location: Louisville, KY Description: Work Location:Prestonsburg, KYShifts:Not ApplicablePositions Available:4Position Summary Under general direction of the manager of the facility, interprets physicians' prescriptions and compounds and dispenses medications within regulatory guidelines. Consults with customers regarding use of medications and potential drug interactions; counsels customers and handles complex problem resolution.This position is categorized as compliance critical and, as such, requires and is assigned specific responsibility for ensuring continual and proper compliance with all division, corporate and regulatory requirements. Please note, this position can be categorized as Exempt or Non-Exempt. Pharmacist who meet the learned professional exemption and are paid on a salary or fee basis are designated Exempt. Pharmacist who are paid hourly are designated Non-Exempt. Primary Duties and Responsibilities Responsible for the dispensing of inpatient and outpatient medications; verifies prescribed medications according to professional standards, facility procedures, and state and federal legal requirements. Consults with patients regarding medications or supplies prescribed, including dosage, frequency, specialized requirements and possible drug interactions. Works closely with patient in order to answer all questions and/or concerns regarding their prescriptions. Reviews and evaluates patient's plan of care for obvious conflicts. Manages all associate relations functions for the pharmacy technicians such as hiring, terminating and performance management. Monitors the overall performance of staff members to ensure compliance with policies, practices and approved pharmaceutical dispensing processes. Maintains established procedures concerning quality assurance, security of controlled substances, and record keeping. Makes recommendations to the manager regarding any changes to operating procedures in an effort to facilitate smooth customer service operations. Performs prescription verification of unit dose orders, order entry and verification of IV admixtures, providing technical guidance to pharmacy technicians. Responds to customer inquiries, requests and issues when situations get escalated to a higher level of authority other than a customer service associate. Provides consulting on pharmaceutical matters to various levels of personnel regarding pharmacy operations. Reviews daily reporting and scheduling of hours worked for the pharmacy technicians to include sick time, vacation time, personal and holiday time. Supervises activities relative to customer files and contacts, ensuring that they are updated as needed to comply with current licensing. Leads department meetings and in-service training for pharmacy technicians. Performs related duties as assigned. Experience and Education Requirements Requires broad training in fields such as business administration, accountancy, sales, marketing, computer sciences or similar vocations generally obtained through completion of a four year Bachelor's Degree program or equivalent combination of experience and education. Normally requires a minimum ofeight (8)years directly related and progressively responsible experience; a Degree in Pharmacy from an accredited College of Pharmacy / PharmacistLicense required. Minimum Skills, Knowledge and Ability Requirements 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 customer 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 Additional Information

Job Title: Pharmacy Program Manager Company: Humana Location: Louisville, KY Description: Humana Inc., headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, is one of the nation's largest publicly traded health benefits companies. Humana offers a diversified portfolio of health insurance products and related services - through traditional and consumer-choice plans - to employer groups, government-sponsored plans, and individuals. Today, Humana is a leader in consumer engagement. Throughout its diversified customer portfolio, the company provides guidance that can both help lower costs and lead to a better health plan experience.Role: Pharmacy Program ManagerAssignment: Humana Pharmacy SolutionsLocation: Louisville, KY or Kansas City, MOAssignment Capsule Plan, coordinate, monitor and implement complex programs, delivering superior project planning and management throughout the project life-cycle. You will also lead special projects and assignments as necessary, demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of the relationship between business needs and technological solutions.Develop a consolidated management-level dashboard of relevant metrics, including number of implementations by month, number of open issues and defects, first pass rates and project status.Create and deploy a training curriculum for an audience of Service Operations associates, educating them about process flow and system procedures.Design and maintain a cross-team release and project status reporting mechanism that can be used by senior management to ensure that projects are tracking according to schedule.Document current processes and recommend areas and approaches for process improvement and re-engineering.Scope of Role and Responsibilities: Pharmacy - Understanding of medication related needs for the purpose of achieving definite outcomes that improve a member's quality of life by providing high quality pharmaceutical consultation and services that foster the efficacy, safety and cost effectiveness of drug use for our customers and consumers.Aligning Systems for Performance - able to design, align and integrate the organizations structures, systems, policies and programs to achieve optimal performance; uses workflow management evaluation techniques and/or system to automate and improve business processes.Customer Value Chain and Competitive Intelligence - Understanding of the competitive environment, including Humana's marketplace, industry, competition and regulatory environment, as well as understanding of how the components of Humana's business model (i.e. strategy, finances, operations) interrelate to make Humana competitive in the marketplace.Project Management - Understands how to define the scope of a project, develop an approach and project plan, secure resources, and coordinate the activities of a team of people to achieve important business objectives within a pre-determined timeframe..Key Competencies: Acts Strategically: You foster a consistent understanding of strategy, translate it into defined plans, and "stay the course" to implement it, while anticipating and identifying where change is needed.Leadership: You inspire extraordinary results by: engaging associates, valuing diversity and shaping culture to support a high performance environment.Communication: You actively listen to others to understand their perspective and ensure continuous understanding regardless of communication channel or audience. Innovate: You introduce new ideas and processes which improve performance and productivity.Role Essentials: Bachelor's Degree Advanced experience leading special projects and producing metrics, measurements and trend reportsDemonstrated ability to run large scale, highly visible programs with responsibility for multiple project teamsProficiency in Microsoft Office applications including Microsoft ProjectAbility to maintain an 80% travel ratePrior experience managing vendor relationshipsRole Desirables:MBA or other Advanced DegreeSix Sigma or other process and/or PMP certificationDemonstrated experience with process documentation and re-engineeringStrong negotiation skillsReporting RelationshipsReports to Business Development Strategic Consultant

Job Title: Director, Pharmacy Networks Company: Humana Location: Louisville, KY Description: Humana Inc., headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, is one of the nation's largest publicly traded health benefits companies. Humana offers a diversified portfolio of health insurance products and related services - through traditional and consumer-choice plans - to employer groups, government-sponsored plans, and individuals. Today, Humana is a leader in consumer engagement. Throughout its diversified customer portfolio, the company provides guidance that can both help lower costs and lead to a better health plan experience.Role: Director, Pharmacy NetworksLocation: Louisville, KY Assignment Capsule:The Director, Pharmacy Networks will be responsible for strategy and day-to-day operations of a competitive, market priced pharmacy network for all distribution models, including retail, mail, specialty drug, home infusion and long-term care settings, as well as Humana's generic fee schedule programs. Your responsibilities will include the following: Leading all contracting efforts and trend management initiatives with the pharmacy networks.Actively interfacing with counterparts and Senior Executives within the pharmacy network.Leading all program management efforts that influence the behavior of the consumer at the retail pharmacy counter.Leading all program management efforts that influence the behavior of the pharmacy or pharmacist. Acting as thought leader for all network strategy metrics, including industry benchmarks. Actively participating on Humana Pharmacy Senior Staff.Key Competencies: Acts Strategically: You foster a consistent understanding of strategy, translate it into defined plans, and "stay the course" to implement it, while anticipating and identifying where change is needed. Communication: You actively listen to others to understand their perspective and ensure continuous understanding regardless of communication channel or audience. Drives for excellence: You are a continuous leaner who encourages others to learn. By constantly upgrading your own work, you achieve results and outperform the competition.Implementation/Execution: You are good at organizing and managing multiple priorities and/or projects by using appropriate methodologies and tools.Is Accountable: You meet clearly stated expectations and take responsibility for achieving resultsRole Essentials:5+ years experience in leading a contracting discipline 5+ years experience in leading high performing teams Working knowledge of the PBM industryAbility to work both independently and as a member of cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, demanding, and complex business environmentStrong communication skills, both verbally and writtenExcellent presentation skillsAbility to form strong, strategic client relationshipsRole Desirables Masters in Business Administration Experience in managed care

Job Title: Director of Pharmacy Supply Chain Strategies Company: Humana Location: Louisville, KY Description: Humana Inc., headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, is one of the nation's largest publicly traded health benefits companies. Humana offers a diversified portfolio of health insurance products and related services - through traditional and consumer-choice plans - to employer groups, government-sponsored plans, and individuals. Today, Humana is a leader in consumer engagement. Throughout its diversified customer portfolio, the company provides guidance that can both help lower costs and lead to a better health plan experience.Role: Director of Pharmacy Supply Chain StrategiesLocation: Louisville, KY Assignment CapsuleThe Director of Pharmacy Supply Chain Strategies will provide overall leadership and direction for procurement of brand, generic and specialty pharmaceuticals for Humana Pharmacy Solutions. Consolidating the pharmacy purchasing work with (a) network pharmacy, (b) drug manufacturers, and (c) Humana-owned operations. Connecting dots between the various pharmacy purchasing elements and ensuring right, consistent price or variation where it makes sense. Looking end-to-end across the pharmacy supply chain. Implementing programs for cost reduction and lead-time reduction within the supply chain. Providing leadership to realize continuous improvement in the supply chain processes. Key Competencies Acts Strategically: You foster a consistent understanding of strategy, translate it into defined plans, and "stay the course" to implement it, while anticipating and identifying where change is needed. Implementation/Execution: You are good at organizing and managing multiple priorities and/or projects by using appropriate methodologies and tools.Innovate: You introduce new ideas and processes which improve performance and productivity.Problem Solving: You are a problem solver with the ability to encourage others in collaborative problem solving. Acting as both a broker and consultant regarding resources, you engage others in problem solving without taking over.Leadership: You inspire extraordinary results by: engaging associates, valuing diversity and shaping culture to support a high performance environment.Sees the Whole System: You understand and effectively influence the multiple processes and components of the organization, its stakeholders and environment; acting in ways that optimize business performance.Role Essentials Bachelor Degree in Business or related field3-5 years of experience in supply chain management Experience managing complex and multiple programs and projects Strong systems and process experience Proven record of identifying process gaps and implementing improvements Excellent analytical skills Effective negotiating skills specific to achieving favorable prices and services Strategic thinking, problem-solving, negotiation and decision-making skills Role Desirables Masters in Business Administration Experience in 2 of the following areas: manufacturing, retail, wholesale and/or pharmacy benefit management

Job Title: Casual Pharmacist Company: UPS Location: Louisville, KY Description: UPS Supply Chain Solutions is seeking a Pharmacistwho will provide leadership and direction to assure safe, efficient, prescription fulfillment and delivery. This individual will take the leadership role in transforming a traditional pharmacy into a high volume automated pharmacy. The Pharmacist responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following: Ensure pharmacy attains operation efficiencies, yields and cost goals while simultaneously exceeding service level goalsWork with a cross-functional team to ensure timely fulfillment of prescriptions that consistently exceeds expectations.Maintain a liaison relationship between the pharmacy and the corporate office through attendance of meetings and written & oral communication.Ensure that the pharmacy meets all internal and external Standards of Conduct, as well as, Legal and regulatory requirements.Ensure that appropriate state and federal agency compliance is reported (i.e. Boards of Pharmacy, Medicaid, etc.)Oversee quality assurance activitiesPrepare and submit exceptions to budgetary compliancePerform as a technical consultant to the organization Required Education/Experience: Unencumbered current pharmacist license is requiredBachelors degree, BS in Pharmacy or PharmD preferredTwo to five years of experience in automated prescription fulfillment is desiredKnowledge of purchasing and contracting policies, laws and regulationsStrong communication skills, both written and oralAbility to work on multiple, complex projects as a leader and subject matter expertAbility to work in a fast-paced environmentSelf-directed: able to function independently

Job Title: Oncology Clinical Pharmacist Advisor Company: Humana Location: Louisville, KY Description: Humana Inc., headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, is one of the nation's largest publicly traded health benefits companies. Humana offers a diversified portfolio of health insurance products and related services - through traditional and consumer-choice plans - to employer groups, government-sponsored plans, and individuals. Today, Humana is a leader in consumer engagement. Throughout its diversified customer portfolio, the company provides guidance that can both help lower costs and lead to a better health plan experience.Role: Pharmacy ConsultantAssignment: Oncology Clinical Pharmacist AdvisorLocation: Louisville, KYAre you a fit?Do you enjoy defining clinical strategy for a major market area? If so, then read on!Assignment CapsuleAs the oncology clinical pharmacist advisor, you will: serve as the pharmacy oncology expert for the pharmacy clinical programs, participate in the Humana's Pharmacy and Therapeutics processes, complete clinical drug reviews, policy development, recommend drug coverage and potential drug utilization tools for oncology related products to mitigate Humana's cost and trend while improving our member's health and costs, and support clinical programs that improve the quality and costs of pharmaceutical care for commercial and government business.Key Competencies Acts Strategically: Has vision, anticipates future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; creates competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.Builds Trust: You honor your word by doing what you say you are going to do.Drives for excellence: You are a continuous learner who encourages others to learn. By constantly upgrading your own work, you achieve results and outperform the competition. Problem Solving: You are a problem solver with the ability to encourage others in collaborative problem solving. Acting as both a broker and consultant regarding resources, you engage others in problem solving without taking over. Innovates - Introduces or develops new ideas and processes which improve performance or productivity. Implementation/Execution: You are good at organizing and managing multiple priorities and/or projects by using appropriate methodologies and tools.Communication: You actively listen to others to understand their perspective and ensure continuous understanding regardless of communication channel or audience. Role Essentials Must have an active PharmD license in the state(s) in which you are required to practice1-3 years clinical experience in managed care or pharmacy related field1-3 years experience in analysis and problem-solving1-3 years experience in modeling and forecastingExcellent oral and written communication skillsFlexible, dynamic personality who works well in a team environment and is also an individual contributor Role Desirables Board Certified Pharmacotherapy SpecialistBoard Certified Oncology PharmacistPharmacy practice residency or similar pharmacy practice experienceKnowledge of Medicare as it relates to pharmacySix Sigma and/or Project Management Professional certification Ability to assimilate, analyze, draw conclusions, and make recommendations from complex dataAbility to prioritize, organize, and execute effective time management. Ability to work in either a team or an individual capacity to achieve goals and meet deadlines Reporting RelationshipsYou will report to the Manager of Pharmacy Clinical Strategies.. This area is under the leadership of the Vice President, Pharmacy and Clinical Integration.

Job Title: Staff Pharmacist - Louisville Company: PharMerica Corporation Location: Louisville, KY Description: PharMerica Corporation is a premier institutional pharmacy services provider, dedicated to providing quality patient care and innovative pharmacy solutions to institutional customers and patients in long-term care settings. With nearly $2 billion in annual revenues, PharMerica is the second largest institutional pharmacy company in America. PharMerica operates more than 100 institutional pharmacies in over 40 states and serves nursing facilities that care for approximately 350,000 patients.PharMerica Louisville is recruiting a full timeStaff Pharmacist to join our team. The successful candidate will provide pharmaceutical services to long term care and institutionalized patients in a manner that maximizes quality and patient safety. Participates in and oversees the dispensing of medication in accordance with federal and state regulations and PharMerica policy.Essential Functions:Evaluates physician medication orders for appropriateness of drug, dosage, potential interactions, route of administration and stability. Makes recommendations for therapy changes to the physician and facility staff as appropriate. Works with patient medical information to conduct Drug Utilization Review (DUR) on all prescriptions and review clinical edits to ensure there is no adverse drug interaction.Maintains patient/resident database to include appropriate current and past medical history, appropriate clinical and laboratory data, and concurrent medication (including over-the-counter and home remedies). Works with appropriate pharmacy technician in reconciling Controlled Substances Log(s) with inventory on hand and prescriptions dispensed to comply with state and federal regulations.Works with Chief RPh to ensure that implementation of cost containment strategies (Pre-Pack, Front-End Process, Cycle-Fill, etc.) occurs on all dispensing and procurement activities.Provides clinical expertise by responding to drug-related questions and concerns initiated by internal (Technicians, Nursing Staff) and external (Directors of Nursing, Administrators) customers.Collaborates with the healthcare team to provide clinical and technical support as needed.Documents all communication with physicians, nurses, other members of the healthcare team and patients/residents and their family members in the medical record.Obtains, as necessary, and maintains all required documentation in accordance with federal and state regulatory agencies and PharMerica policy.Implements policies and procedures for the safe procurement, storage, distribution and use of drugs and biologicals, as well as disposal of drugs.Assists facility/agency staff personnel with procedures relating to safe and effective methods of procuring, maintaining, administering and disposing of drugs.Minimum Qualifications:Bachelors degree from an accredited School of Pharmacy or Pharmacy Doctorate.1 year experience in a retail, mail-order or institutional pharmacy environment preferred.Active & clear Kentucky Pharmacistlicense.IV clinical experience preferred.Interested candidates please apply on-line at www.pharmerica.com

Job Title: I. V. Pharmacy Tech Company: U of L Health Care University Hospital Location: Louisville, KY Description: Under the direct supervision of the pharmacist(s) on duty, performs technical and manipulative tasks required to receive, prioritize, record, process, fill, deliver, and bill medication orders and stock requisitions, inclusive of those which require the preparation of IV admixtures or other sterile products. Copy & paste link in browser to apply: http://www.applyhere-now.net/?101805