Dur Pharmacist
Core
Assess chronic medicine applications and requests to ensure safe, appropriate, and cost-effective access to medicines for members.
Role type
Drug Utilisation Review Pharmacist
Builds
Medicine authorisation decisions aligned with scheme rules and benefit structures
Domain
Healthcare / Pharmaceutical benefits administration
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
Clinical assessment of medicine requests, application of clinical protocols and formularies, evaluation of cost-effectiveness, resolution of complex/high-risk medicine requests, adherence to SLA turnaround times
Preferred skills
Experience in administrative processes
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Review and assess chronic medicine applications and related medicine requests, Conduct Drug Utilisation Reviews to ensure appropriate and clinically sound medicine use, Authorise medicines in accordance with Scheme rules, formularies, clinical protocols and benefit structures, Apply evidence-based clinical principles when making medicine authorisation decisions, Ensure medicine benefit allocations are correctly applied and administered, Provide professional and accurate assistance to members and healthcare providers regarding medicine-related queries and authorisations
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC