Pharmacy Operations Manager

About The Company
Utah Retirement Systems provides financially sound retirement and 401(k)/457 investment benefits, as well as comprehensive health and dental, disability, and life insurance benefits to active and retired Utah public employees and their beneficiaries.

Job Description
A clinical pharmacist who performs a variety of duties managing the PEHP Pharmacy prior authorization and appeal services and is directly involved in the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee. Serves as a pharmacy benefits expert to assist in interpreting and communicating pre-authorization, appeal approvals and denials with physicians, members and PEHP employees.
Division: PEHP
Department: Clinical Services
Op Unit: Pharmacy
Required Experience
Requires considerable knowledge of drugs and drug prescription practices; considerable knowledge of PBM processes, pharmacy claims adjudication policies, procedures and processes; intricacies related to drug pricing, usage, dosage and drug definitions and codes, formulary practices, pharmacy electronic systems; and researching methods.

Must have the ability to draft technical reports, documents, manuals and instructions; analyze a variety of management issues and problems and make recommendations and decisions; communicate effectively verbally and in writing; establish and maintain effective working relationships with professionals, executives (public and private), department management, co-workers and the public; work independently and deal effectively with stress caused by work load and time deadlines.
Degree Requirements
Medical Doctorate

Discipline
Doctor of Pharmacy Degree from an ACPE accredited school of pharmacy.

Minimum of two years of progressively responsible pharmacy experience.
Previous experience within a managed care organization is preferred with management of staff. Course work or degree in areas of Business Management, Health Administration, Health Financing and Insurance Management is desirable.

Currently licensed to practice pharmacy in the state of Utah required with a clean licensing history record without infractions. Must be able to obtain unrestricted certificates with the Drug Enforcement Agency.

Certifications
Doctor of Pharmacy with current license to practice pharmacy in the state of Utah.

Physical Requirements·  Some travel within the State of Utah is required.

In addition to excellent career opportunities, URS offers highly-competitive compensation and benefits packages, which include health and dental insurance, life and long-term disability insurance, a noncontributory defined benefit retirement plan, 401(k) and 457 plans, paid time off, on-site fitness facilities, and educational assistance.

URS is an Equal Opportunity Employer.