Pharmacy Intern - temporary

Job Responsibilities:

• Work on quality incentive projects to improve GPPC’s payer reimbursement
• Communicate with providers across GPPC in order to improve quality of care
• Perform patient chart review to assess appropriateness of medications prescribed
• Counsel patients on medication changes and provide solutions for related issues
•  Answer patient phone calls and triage appropriate situations to the Pharmacist
•  Assist with drug information questions
• Collaborate with the Clinical Pharmacy team on the development of weekly newsletters
• Perform other duties assigned by management
   

Qualifications:

Education (Minimum needed): Must have completed at least one year of pharmacy schooling and have a current, active NYS Pharmacist Intern license
Experience (Minimum needed): Previous Pharmacy related work experience preferred but not required
 

Specialized Knowledge & Skills Needed for Performance of Job:

• Foundational understanding of HEDIS and STAR quality measures helpful for this position
• Must have adequate Pharmacotherapeutic knowledge 
• Ability to utilize clinical practice guidelines and evidence-based medicine to make Clinical recommendations and counsel patients on medication regimens.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills for conveying educational material in an understandable manner to patients and their families as well as interacting effectively with providers and healthcare professionals.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team to improve patient care.
   
  Optimum Physician Alliance (OPA) is a physician-led network that operates as a subsidiary of Great Lakes Integrated Network, Inc. (GLIN) – a partnership between Kaleida Health and Erie County Medical Center (ECMC). 

Please send cove letter and resume via email to employment@opawny.com and in the subject line please indicate the position you are applying or you may mail to:

Optimum Physician Alliance

C/o Employment

726 Exchange Street, Ste 522

Buffalo, NY 14210