Clinical Manager of Patient Services

Clinical Manager Patient Services - Louisiana Based, Hybrid schedule, 50% travel across LA/MS The Company is seeking someone with strong people management skills, highly motivated, self-starter who is looking for a challenging career with a fast-growing company in the specialty pharmacy management services. This applicant should be results-oriented with a positive outlook, and a clear focus on high quality. A natural forward planner who critically assesses their own performance.

The ideal candidate should have front-line employee management experience with a background in pharmacy or healthcare. Applicants should be service-oriented, with a motivational style and a clear focus on performance accountability and employee development. The applicant must be able to work as a member of a close-knit team.

The Clinical Manager of Patient Services is a key front-line manager supporting the Shields Health Solutions specialty pharmacy and medication adherence model. The manager provides day-to-day management for a team of pharmacy liaisons located in specialty clinics within hospital settings or other non-clinical roles including but not limited to Operations Associates, or National Integration Liaisons.

Key Responsibilities

Leads assigned Specialty Liaison team, managing and directing activities essential to providing the highest quality experience for patients in specialty clinics Coach and develop liaison team and instill Shields culture at health system partner site Provide consistent, timely and ongoing performance coaching, feedback, training, and development to liaison teams Facilitate effective communication between liaison, Shields functional group, pharmacy, and clinic teams Meet or exceed site operational targets surrounding clinic service, growth, and patient satisfaction & outcomes Proactively identify and implement improvement initiatives at health system partners to drive growth and efficiency Engage with Shields functional group leadership to ensure operational targets are met and drive growth and efficiency Establish credible relationships with stakeholders at health system partners including clinic leadership and pharmacy teams up to Manager and Director levels Ensure a high level of partner satisfaction by proactively communicating the value of Shields’ clinic operations team, addressing concerns responsively, and providing regular updates to clinic leadership Collaborate with regional leadership teams to implement strategic growth initiatives including new clinic launches, workflow changes, and other growth initiatives Provide performance updates to Shields leadership team Ensures Specialty Liaison team accountability and the consistent use of best practices for execution of the following critical

Responsibilities

: prior authorizations, patient financial assistance, medication refills, patient appointments, and patient outreach Ensures coverage for Specialty Liaisons when absent from work Effective problem-solver who works through barriers for success within clinics and with the support staff within the home office Identifies issues within a clinic and works with their manager to create tangible action plans to improve performance and ensures timely implementation of improvement efforts Collaboratively partners with the data analytics team and Patient Support Center to execute on identified opportunities Identifies, assesses and contributes to continuous process improvement and optimization initiatives Provides subject matter expertise to hospitals and clinics within their span of control Other duties as assigned Education & Experience Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD), RPh or BS in Pharmacy required with a minimum of 2 years supervisory/management experience preferred Experience as a licensed pharmaci