Specialist, Pharma Audit Programs
Location: Deerfield, Illinois
Job ID 1511096BR
Job Summary:
Responsible for providing administrative, organizational and audit support to the Audit and Adherence Pharma Programs team. Conducts regularly scheduled contract audits to ensure that Specialty remains compliant with Pharma contractual requirements. Assists in the distribution, reconciliation and audit preparation of all Pharma Program related training. Works as a SME understanding the relevance & importance of various trainings including operational training assignments that support contracted Pharma Programs. Ensures sites remain compliant by monitoring and tracking changes within the organization that directly impact target audiences. Ensures timely and accurate development and maintenance of pharma program training index and matrix and the timely review and submission of pharmacovigilance cases for the specialty division.
Job Responsibilities
Walgreens is the flagship U.S. brand of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA), an integrated healthcare, pharmacy and retail leader. Its retail locations are a critical point of access and convenience in thousands of communities, with Walgreens pharmacists playing a greater role as part of the healthcare system and patients’ care teams than ever before. Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy provides critical care and pharmacy services to millions of patients with rare disease states and complex, chronic conditions.
The actual salary an employee can expect to receive, plus bonus pursuant to the terms of any bonus plan if applicable, will depend on experience, seniority, geographic location, and other factors permitted by law. To review benefits, please visit jobs.walgreens.com/benefits. "An Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans".
Responsible for providing administrative, organizational and audit support to the Audit and Adherence Pharma Programs team. Conducts regularly scheduled contract audits to ensure that Specialty remains compliant with Pharma contractual requirements. Assists in the distribution, reconciliation and audit preparation of all Pharma Program related training. Works as a SME understanding the relevance & importance of various trainings including operational training assignments that support contracted Pharma Programs. Ensures sites remain compliant by monitoring and tracking changes within the organization that directly impact target audiences. Ensures timely and accurate development and maintenance of pharma program training index and matrix and the timely review and submission of pharmacovigilance cases for the specialty division.
Job Responsibilities
- Responsible for developing, gathering and maintaining the Pharma Audit Team training matrix and index; this includes identifying team members due for specific trainings.
- With directions from leadership, conducts pre-audit/desk top audits to ensure all contractual requirements, including but not limited to, adverse event reporting, REMS requirements and Pharma Program SOPs are being followed.
- Responsible for daily, continuous monitoring of the Clinical Adverse Event Worklist.
- Responsible for working Adverse Event Review Assessments to determine reportability of drug safety cases and ensuring drug safety cases are created accurately and completely and transmitted successfully.
- Provides cross-functional audit team support related to daily audits of operating system outputs specific to drug safety.
- In partnership with Audit and Adherence team and other internal teams, ensures that all Pharma Program standard operating procedures (SOPs) are reviewed and updated on an annual basis, or as needed.
- Responds to inquiries from Operations staff, and acts as a resource for Adverse Event reporting Pharma Program SOPs.
- Distributes and maintains all training records for ARx manufacturer programs. This includes, but is not limited to: Pharma Program SOP training, adverse event training, clinical training, and correction and preventative action training.
- Other responsibilities as judgment or necessity dictate.
About Walgreens
Founded in 1901, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) has a storied heritage of caring for communities for generations, and proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and leading omni-channel platforms. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for retail pharmacy and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.Walgreens is the flagship U.S. brand of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA), an integrated healthcare, pharmacy and retail leader. Its retail locations are a critical point of access and convenience in thousands of communities, with Walgreens pharmacists playing a greater role as part of the healthcare system and patients’ care teams than ever before. Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy provides critical care and pharmacy services to millions of patients with rare disease states and complex, chronic conditions.
The actual salary an employee can expect to receive, plus bonus pursuant to the terms of any bonus plan if applicable, will depend on experience, seniority, geographic location, and other factors permitted by law. To review benefits, please visit jobs.walgreens.com/benefits. "An Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans".
Basic Qualifications
- High School Diploma or equivalent GED; or equivalent combination of education and/or work experience
- 2 years' work experience with healthcare or pharmacy setting with at least 1 year experience in quality assurance, audit, pharmacovigilance, or regulatory compliance field
- Intermediate level skills in Microsoft Office suite of programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Excellent administrative and organizational skills
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Willing to travel up to/at least 10% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in healthcare, business, or related area of study; or equivalent combination of education and/or related work experience
- Understanding of contractual obligations to pharma partners around pharma trainings and/or pharmacovigilance
- Experience creating statistical reports
- Must be self-motivated and detail-oriented
- Must have the ability to think and act independently
An employee in this position can expect an hourly rate between $18.25 to $24.35. The actual salary will depend on experience, seniority, geographic location, and other factors permitted by law. This job posting will remain open for 5 days from the job posting date. To review benefits, please click here jobs.walgreens.com/benefits. If you are applying on a job board or unable to click on the link, please copy and paste this URL into your browser jobs.walgreens.com/benefits.
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