Contract Pharmacy Analyst

Overview

Multnomah County Health Department (MCHD) works with communities to advance health equity, protect the most vulnerable, and promote health and wellness for everyone.

Come join a team that includes Portland's most outstanding healthcare professionals! The mission of MCHD Pharmacy Services is to provide exceptional pharmaceutical care for vulnerable, underinsured and uninsured clients of the MCHD. We deliver cost-effective medication and medication management services that positively and compassionately impact the health and well-being of those we serve.

THIS WORK MATTERS! Multnomah County Health Department (MCHD) oversees compliance activities and provides additional support for the pharmacy program. The Contract Pharmacy Analyst role focuses on compliance, program coordination, and operational evaluation and implementation of the contract pharmacy program.

• Act as Subject Matter Expert (SME) and Program Coordinator to drive initiatives, oversee program activities, and be responsible for the operational evaluation and implementation of the contract pharmacy program.
• Manage the 340B Third Party Administrator and contract pharmacy relationships.
• Provide strategic analysis and support to management, including analyzing laws, regulations, and best practices to ensure compliance, and recommending and implementing policies and procedures.
• Conduct workflow and quality assurance analyses to identify improvements, simplify processes, and develop, implement, and maintain quality management plans for compliance.
• Develop program evaluation criteria, collect data, analyze performance against goals, and prepare formal assessments and reports with recommendations for program development.
• Carve in referral claims at contract pharmacies.
• Maintain a continuous state of HRSA audit readiness to ensure contract pharmacy program integrity and compliance, including conducting routine claims audits.
• Actively participate in the 340B Oversight Committee.
• Manage PBM contracts, oversee credentialing, re-credentialing and audits. Monitor and report on reimbursement trends.
• Work as a Pharmacy Technician in the health center pharmacies as needed to cover planned and unplanned absences.
• Represent the county and the assigned programs to the public, elected officials, other agencies, and the media, which includes developing presentations and conducting community outreach.

We will consider any combination of relevant work experience, volunteering, education, and transferable skills as qualifying unless an item or section is labeled required. Please be clear and specific about how your background is relevant. For details about how we typically screen applications, review our overview of the selection process page.

Minimum Qualifications/Transferable Skills Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be as noted below. All non-traditional education, training and experience will be evaluated.

Education/Training: Equivalent to a Bachelor's degree - in lieu of a degree, we will consider equivalent related experience; AND

Experience: Two (2) years of Pharmacy Technician experience, including lead or project experience.

License/Certification: Currently licensed as a Pharmacy Technician in good standing by the Oregon Board of Pharmacy.

Preferred Qualifications/Transferable Skills
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You do not need to have the following preferred qualifications/transferable skills to qualify. However, we may consider some or all of the following when identifying the most qualified candidates. Please clearly explain on your application how you meet any of the following preferred qualifications/transferable skills.

• 340B Drug Pricing Program experience.
• PBM Contracts experience.
• Transferable skills:
  Your transferable skills are any skills you have gained through education, work experience (including the military) or life experience that are relevant for this position. Be sure to describe any transferable skills on your application and clearly explain how they apply to this position.

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