PANTHERx® Specialty Pharmacy is THE Rare Disease Specialty Pharmacy®, servicing patients nationwide, and headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. PANTHERx Specialty's mission is to transform lives by delivering medical breakthroughs, clinical excellence, and access solutions to patients afflicted with rare and devastating conditions. PANTHERx was recently recognized as the fastest growing healthcare company by Inc. magazine and in the top 5 places to work by Modern Healthcare. PANTHERx identifies opportunities every day to Reinvent Specialty, Revolutionize Pharmacy, and Redefine Care®, by developing focused solutions, bold innovation, and novel clinical services associated with the life-transforming therapies.

Company Benefits:

• Competitive stipend
• comprehensive medical plan
• Paid time off 
• Travel expenses for a national meeting, professional membership and required travel

Overview:

The PANTHERx Specialty Pharmacy Fellowship Program offers a unique and distinctive opportunity to interface with patients, healthcare providers, health plans and manufacturers to effectively optimize patient outcomes.  Completion of this program will result in a highly knowledgeable pharmacist competent in both clinical and business aspects of specialty pharmacy management.  The fellow will have opportunities to work in the areas of:

• Business & Pharmacy Operations
• Quality Improvement & Clinical Education
• Pharmacy Analytics & Reporting
• Business Development, Strategic Partnerships, & Managed Markets

Fellowship Goals: 

• Perform focused, evidence-based comprehensive disease and medication therapy management services for patients with specialty disease states including hypophosphatasia, HIV, transplant, hepatitis c, oncology, and inflammatory/neurologic conditions
  
  
• Interact with prescribers, patients and partners to optimize the unique and complex care of specialty patients
  
  
• Analyze, develop, and implement quality improvement initiatives including pharmacovigilance to further enhance medication safety
  
  
• Participate in the development and analysis of clinical initiatives focused on enhancing patient therapeutic outcomes
  
  
• Develop skills required for medication pipeline analysis, management and market forecasting
  
  
• Understand specialty medication supply chain, inventory management and the impact on pharmacy operations
  
  
• Participate in quarterly business reviews and interface with industry partners and managed care organizations

• Gain an understanding of accreditation and regulatory standards, compliance, reporting and auditing

• Develop clinical resources to support professional development of internal colleagues

• Provide clinical and drug information support to healthcare providers, and patients

• Coordinate and complete a focused research project and submit a manuscript to a peer-reviewed journal

• Cultivate leadership, analytical and communication skills

Additional Program Attributes: 

• Participate in a structured mentorship program with senior leadership team members

• Collaboration with multiple schools of pharmacy to offer professional development programs and teaching opportunities

• Opportunity for PANTHERx partnership with the University of Pittsburgh Master of Science in Pharmacy Business Administration (MSPBA) program

Program Requirements: 

• Doctor of Pharmacy degree from a college or school of pharmacy accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education
• Currently licensed or eligible for licensure in Pennsylvania 

Application Process:

• Submission of the following materials via email:
  • Written statement of interest in the program
  • Curriculum vitae
  • Official college transcript
  • Three professional letters of recommendation
• Selected applicants will be asked to complete an on-site interview and a 30-minute presentation on a specialty pharmacy topic of their choosing
• Program dates: July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2018
• Application deadline: March 1, 2017