Clinical Pharmacist (Remote)
Vanscoy Rare Pharmacy
Summary
Remote Clinical Pharmacists play a critical role in optimizing medication therapy, providing clinical support, and ensuring seamless coordination of care for patients with rare and orphan diseases at Vanscoy Rare Pharmacy. This role requires a patient-centric approach, strong clinical expertise, and a passion for improving access to specialized treatments. This Orlando-based role is fully remote, though a few weeks of travel to Pittsburgh, PA for training will be required, and the opportunity for on-site work will become available following the completion of our facility in early 2027.
Job description
Responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive telephonic and/or video-based clinical support services for patients with rare diseases.
- Collaborate with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to develop and optimize individualized treatment plans.
- Educate patients and caregivers on medication use, potential side effects, and adherence strategies.
- Monitor patient outcomes, assess treatment efficacy, and make clinical recommendations to optimize therapy.
- Ensure compliance with specialty pharmacy protocols, regulatory guidelines, and best practices.
- Work closely with pharmaceutical manufacturers, payers, and patient assistance programs to facilitate medication access.
- Support prior authorization processes and assist in navigating insurance barriers to ensure timely treatment initiation.
- Maintain accurate and complete documentation of clinical interventions and patient interactions.
- Stay up to date with emerging therapies, clinical guidelines, and advancements in rare disease treatment.
- Provide education and training to pharmacy staff, healthcare providers, and patients on rare disease management.
- Provide on-call support services to patients and healthcare providers outside of normal business hours.
- Participate in the organization’s licensure redundancy plan by acquiring and maintaining pharmacy licensure in assigned states and jurisdictions.
- Travel to Pittsburgh (and, in the future, the Orlando office) for initial training, and then on a periodic, but infrequent basis for training as necessary, covered by organization’s travel policy.
- In the future, Orlando clinical pharmacists may be able to support on-site dispensing operations following the completion of VRP’s Orlando-based facility. This may also involve managing Pharmacy Technicians.
- Additional projects and activities as assigned.
Required Qualifications
- Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree from an accredited pharmacy school
- Active pharmacist license in good standing with the Florida State Board of Pharmacy
- Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in a specialty pharmacy setting, with a focus on rare diseases preferred
- Strong knowledge of specialty pharmacy operations, including workflow design, systems setup, and program implementation.
- Excellent communication, organizational, and leadership skills
- Experience supervising and training pharmacists and pharmacy technicians
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities.
- Strong commitment to patient care and quality assurance
- Must be willing to obtain and maintain additional Pharmacist State licensure(s) as requested
- High level of independent judgment, individual initiative, and time management skills
- Ability to communicate effectively in a manner that is clear, logical and consistent
Preferred Qualifications
- CPR+ or CareTend pharmacy system experience
- Multi-state pharmacist licensure
- Experience managing and leading pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in a specialty pharmacy setting
Requirements
- Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree from an accredited pharmacy school
- Active pharmacist license in good standing with the Florida State Board of Pharmacy
- Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in a specialty pharmacy setting, with a focus on rare diseases preferred
- Strong knowledge of specialty pharmacy operations, including workflow design, systems setup, and program implementation.
- Excellent communication, organizational, and leadership skills
- Experience supervising and training pharmacists and pharmacy technicians
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities.
- Strong commitment to patient care and quality assurance
- Must be willing to obtain and maintain additional Pharmacist State licensure(s) as requested
- High level of independent judgment, individual initiative, and time management skills
- Ability to communicate effectively in a manner that is clear, logical and consistent
- CPR+ or CareTend pharmacy system experience
- Multi-state pharmacist licensure
- Experience managing and leading pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in a specialty pharmacy setting
Company overview
Vanscoy Rare Pharmacy is a Pittsburgh-based rare-disease specialty pharmacy founded in 2024 by Dr. Gordon Vanscoy and members of the original PANTHERx founding team. The company operates a rare-disease-only pharmacy model dedicated to supporting orphan and ultra-rare therapy launches that require narrow distribution, intensive patient onboarding, benefit and prior-authorization coordination, affordability support, and high-touch patient follow-up. Vanscoy Rare provides financial navigation, patient assistance programs, quick-start, commercial copay, voucher, and free-drug support for rare-disease programs, along with clinical education and patient-care management through its RarePath platform and V-IMPACT manufacturer reporting tools. The company has established exclusive-distribution launch relationships with major pharmaceutical partners, including Arrowhead for Redemplo in familial chylomicronemia syndrome and Cycle Pharmaceuticals for VENXXIVA in cystinuria. Reporting 50-state licensure, Vanscoy Rare partners with pharmaceutical companies, healthcare providers, and rare-disease advocacy groups to deliver a comprehensive, mission-driven approach to patient care in the rare disease space.