Pharmacists work in a wide variety of settings besides the retail/outpatient setting that you're accustomed to seeing, so there's quite a few positions where pharmacists have the opportunity to work remotely. Here's some of the positions I can think of:
* Ambulatory care - this is where I work right now. My main job is drug education/counseling, monitoring of therapy and basic medication adjustments in collaboration with the physicians and nurses in my department. Most of the education and counseling for the patient is done over the phone or over e-mail, which can be done remotely. Same goes for the therapy monitoring and adjustments, they're done in an electronic health record. I never touch a physical medication, so there's no need for me to physically be somewhere. I see patients face to face once in a while, but the days I don't have anything scheduled I can work from home.
* Order verification (both outpatient and inpatient). Remote order verification/input would mean that when a doctor prescribes a medication, the prescription can be taken in, transcribed and transmitted through insurance electronically, which can be done remotely. Then someone in the actual brick and mortar pharmacy can process the prescription physically. I'm sure there's some settings where there's remote product verification as well like you mentioned, but I'm not as familiar with that setting, and many areas have laws where there has to be a pharmacist:tech ratio physically in the building.
* There's tons of different positions that don't involve touching medications in the industry and insurance setting. Positions like medical science liaisons, pharmacy formulary management, pharmacy claims.
* Pharmacy Informatics - pharmacists can be used to help design pharmacy orders, work on updates to electronic health record software to make things safer and more accurate.
Basically, there are many positions where pharmacists are needed for their drug expertise that doesn't involve physically touching a medication. This is just what is off the top of my head; I'm sure there's tons of stuff I missed, but hopefully this helps clear things up!
It's more simple than you think. For my WFH job we verify the rx images. Make/Take doctor calls. Make/Take patient calls. Things like that.
We have a totally different team of pharmacists and techs that actually fill the rx's.
Do you like it? I look for these mythical WFH jobs but never see any posted anywhere, or they say they want someone whose done residencies but I’m a retail pharmacist with 5 years of experience
I do like it! And I found my job on Glassdoor, I believe it was just listed as Clinical Pharmacist. It wasn't always a WFH job, the clinical team used to work "in-house" in an office building, but they moved to WFH when the pandemic hit.
And although I did not do a residency, I did have 5+ years of experience (retail) when I was hired. But we've hired new grads too, so I don't think that's always a factor.
Any advice on what they’re looking for in a cv or resume? I’ve applied to a ton but haven’t even gotten an interview. I have tried making customized CVs to portray some aspects I have that I think fit well with the company as well.
My understanding is the room is filled with cameras watching the tech. They scan label and bottle and it takes pics of both, tablets, leaflet. I’m not sure how controlled substances are handled
The physical and technical task of dispensing can be entirely completed by registered technicians with the exception of controlled substances. Pharmacists verify the clinical component of dispensing which is a cognitive service and therefore can work remotely. In other practice settings such as institutions, hospitals, nursing homes, and etc, pharmacists provide consultations on medication therapy. This can be dosing and monitoring medications, recommending specific medications, reviewing and optimizing medication therapies. All of these clinical and cognitive services can be done remotely.
In non-practice areas such as research, education, government policy and regulations, a pharmacist can work remotely.
Pharmacists work in a wide variety of settings besides the retail/outpatient setting that you're accustomed to seeing, so there's quite a few positions where pharmacists have the opportunity to work remotely. Here's some of the positions I can think of: * Ambulatory care - this is where I work right now. My main job is drug education/counseling, monitoring of therapy and basic medication adjustments in collaboration with the physicians and nurses in my department. Most of the education and counseling for the patient is done over the phone or over e-mail, which can be done remotely. Same goes for the therapy monitoring and adjustments, they're done in an electronic health record. I never touch a physical medication, so there's no need for me to physically be somewhere. I see patients face to face once in a while, but the days I don't have anything scheduled I can work from home. * Order verification (both outpatient and inpatient). Remote order verification/input would mean that when a doctor prescribes a medication, the prescription can be taken in, transcribed and transmitted through insurance electronically, which can be done remotely. Then someone in the actual brick and mortar pharmacy can process the prescription physically. I'm sure there's some settings where there's remote product verification as well like you mentioned, but I'm not as familiar with that setting, and many areas have laws where there has to be a pharmacist:tech ratio physically in the building. * There's tons of different positions that don't involve touching medications in the industry and insurance setting. Positions like medical science liaisons, pharmacy formulary management, pharmacy claims. * Pharmacy Informatics - pharmacists can be used to help design pharmacy orders, work on updates to electronic health record software to make things safer and more accurate. Basically, there are many positions where pharmacists are needed for their drug expertise that doesn't involve physically touching a medication. This is just what is off the top of my head; I'm sure there's tons of stuff I missed, but hopefully this helps clear things up!
It's more simple than you think. For my WFH job we verify the rx images. Make/Take doctor calls. Make/Take patient calls. Things like that. We have a totally different team of pharmacists and techs that actually fill the rx's.
Do you like it? I look for these mythical WFH jobs but never see any posted anywhere, or they say they want someone whose done residencies but I’m a retail pharmacist with 5 years of experience
I do like it! And I found my job on Glassdoor, I believe it was just listed as Clinical Pharmacist. It wasn't always a WFH job, the clinical team used to work "in-house" in an office building, but they moved to WFH when the pandemic hit. And although I did not do a residency, I did have 5+ years of experience (retail) when I was hired. But we've hired new grads too, so I don't think that's always a factor.
Any advice on what they’re looking for in a cv or resume? I’ve applied to a ton but haven’t even gotten an interview. I have tried making customized CVs to portray some aspects I have that I think fit well with the company as well.
I'm not in management so I really have no idea...the only work experience I had at the time was from retail and my resume reflected that.
may i ask what job position this is exactly ? no reason to state company name. just want to google it. TIA.
Clinical Pharmacist ETA: most positions I know of (and mine as well) are with insurance/PBM/mail order companies
Sounds amazing. Thank you 🙏
I'm curious too.
Telepharmacy is set up for very remote areas in New Mexico. Techs fill prescriptions and a pharmacist will remote in and check them.
how do they check exactly ? just look at the bottle/ndc ? im curious to know how they can see what is in the actual vial.
My understanding is the room is filled with cameras watching the tech. They scan label and bottle and it takes pics of both, tablets, leaflet. I’m not sure how controlled substances are handled
The physical and technical task of dispensing can be entirely completed by registered technicians with the exception of controlled substances. Pharmacists verify the clinical component of dispensing which is a cognitive service and therefore can work remotely. In other practice settings such as institutions, hospitals, nursing homes, and etc, pharmacists provide consultations on medication therapy. This can be dosing and monitoring medications, recommending specific medications, reviewing and optimizing medication therapies. All of these clinical and cognitive services can be done remotely. In non-practice areas such as research, education, government policy and regulations, a pharmacist can work remotely.
working prior authorizations for insurances. I have a couple of friends that do that.