About the Role
Role details below.
Responsibilities
- Counsel and educate new/existing patients/caregivers on specialty drug therapies
- Educate patients on disease-specific processes, treatment options, management of side effects, self-care measures, community resources, and end of life or palliative care issues
- Adhere to contracted and accrediting regulations as indicated by drug specification
- Complete, thoroughly and accurately, documentation utilizing good documentation practice and compliance to industry standards and regulations
- Discuss potential/current side effects with patients to educate about treatment alternatives and facilitate ongoing therapy adherence
- Identify and report adverse events (AEs) and product complaints (PCs) to the manufacturer, FDA, and/or other governing authorities
- Perform specialty drug verification and shipping verification for prescription medication
- Work in cooperation with all other pharmacy departments to ensure patient care
- Prioritize and multi-task to ensure daily activities are completed in a timely manner
- Work independently and demonstrate leadership in the practice of nursing and medication therapy management
- Recognize physical and psychological aspects of care using telephonic assessment skills
- Promote patient adherence to the prescribed regimen and assist with control and treatment of side effects caused from dispensed medications
- Work with supervisory staff to continually develop and implement ideas for delivering high quality, cost effective services
- Complete all other responsibilities as assigned by the clinical supervisors
- Maintain computer compliance training provided by employer or their affiliates
Requirements
- Registered Nurse with current unrestricted multistate compact license
- Must hold a Multi-State nursing license (NLC)
- Ability to obtain licensing in all states and United States territories serviced within 3 months of employment through Biologics supported programming (minimal application guidelines apply)
- Diploma, Associates, Bachelor, or higher degree in Nursing
- 5 or more years of registered experience
- Attention to detail
- Strong problem solving and decision-making skills with the ability to effectively handle multiple priorities in a changing environment
- Understanding of Key Performance Indicators and Metrics
- Effective communication skills; both written and oral
- Computer skills, including e-mail, word processing, spreadsheet, and web-based programs
- Effective orally and in writing communication
- Ability to read, analyze and interpret practice standards, professional journals, technical procedures and government standards and regulations
- Working with remote teams
- Ability to receive constructive criticism
- Remote office experiences
Nice to Have
- At least 1 year of acute inpatient care experience
- Experience with motivational interviewing
- Oncology guidelines and standards knowledge
Work Arrangement
local-city
Team
Reports to: Registered Nurse Supervisor; Clinical Pharmacy Supervisor in the absence of Registered Nurse Supervisor
Additional Information
- Physical Requirements: Sedentary with no lifting greater than 10 pounds
- General office demands
- Remote environment – per company/supervisor’s discretion and direction, subject to recall to office
- Flexibility of work demands with location and travel back and forth if Work from Home is an option
- Must reside within 1.5 hours of office location
- Career Level – IC – Professional – P3
- McKesson’s I²CARE values are foundational to all operations and decision-making
