Supervisor of Patient Engagement and Pharmacy Operations

Supervisor of Patient Engagement

Location: Remote

Shields is seeking an experienced person who loves to work with and lead people, has strong management skills, and who is a highly motivated self-starter who is looking for a challenging career with a fast-growing company. Applicants should be results-oriented with a positive outlook and a clear focus on high quality. The ideal candidate should have front-line employee management experience with a background in pharmacy or healthcare and is a natural forward planner who critically assesses their own performance. Applicants should be service-oriented, motivated in their style, and have a clear focus on performance accountability and employee development.

A Supervisor of Patient Engagement is a key leadership position supporting the Engagement Center team reporting to the Director or Manager of Patient Engagement. This position will provide day-to-day leadership for the Engagement Center and will be responsible for leading a team of Patient Engagement team members. This person is primarily responsible for ensuring all responsible work of assigned sites/clinics is managed and ensuring service level metrics are reached in accordance with contract requirements. The Supervisor is responsible for the adoption of best practices, ongoing team support, coordinating coverage, providing coaching, performance management, and professional development of the team.

Key Responsibilities:

Directly lead and manage a team of Patient Engagement team members to ensure timely and accurate refill support to assist patients in obtaining medication

Proactively manage support in assigned hospitals and/or clinics to ensure patients receive medications on time

Ensure all service level goals are met and patients receive the highest quality care

Manage all aspects of ADP, Paid Time Off (PTO), and Time Reports for team members

Complete audits of team members in supported systems to ensure efficient workflow

Manage responsiveness to new requests in supported systems

Provide front-line supervision and ongoing coaching and performance management to the Patient Engagement team

Monitor and act on all forms of communication between the Patient Engagement team and other clinical teams as needed

Work with on-site management at hospital partners for any collaboration calls, such as quarterly calls, kick off calls, as needed calls

Facilitate team meetings which include creating agendas, facilitating meetings, and following up

Facilitate hospital management meetings which include calls from on-site managers to review status, identify areas for improvement, and areas of success

Record keeping/notes of all collaboration calls and team meetings

Provide guidance/assistance/troubleshooting in daily tasks for Patient Engagement team members as requested by team members

Review and address any concerns with the Patient Engagement team and hospital partners as needed

Establish efficient workflows between the Patient Engagement team and liaison team via collaboration with clinical integration team and on-site managers

Provide insight to various teams for growth and development opportunities as needed

Work with various teams for special projects

Report on hiring needs based on implementation roll outs

Assist in interviewing, and onboarding new team members

Coordinate access requests for new hires

Coordinate training with Clinical Training Team

Absorb overflow work in times of short staffing or excess workload

Investigate research needed for data analytics team and contracting team as needed

Manage on site pharmacy relations and workflows through some/all of the following: reversal of claims, delivery slips, coordination of care, phone calls

Use discretion and maintain confidentiality of highly sensitive and private data

Ability to lead, manage, and motivate team members that are in both remote working environments and/or at on-site Shields hub locations

Reports to Director or Manager of Patient Engagement

Support and coordinate after-hour coverage, including occasional weekends during high volume weeks

Required Licenses/Requirements:

We are seeking experienced pharmacy technicians who are state registered as a pharmacy technician. Nationally certified as a CPhT or equivalent is required.

*If the candidate's state of residence does not have a state registration available, then the National certification is required at time of hire. Should additional licensure need to be obtained, the applicant will commit to obtaining the required licensure within a mutually agreed upon timeframe. Continued employment is contingent upon meeting these requirements.

Experience/Education:

Required 3+ years of pharmacy technician experience (3-5+ years’ experience preferred in Specialty Pharmacy)

Prior leadership experience is strongly preferred (i.e. Regional Team Lead or equivalent type of role or experience where you have led other team members even if they do not directly report to you)

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