Walgreens Health Outcomes Pharmacist

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Interviewed for new position with Walgreens. Work at home. $39 per hour.
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Looks like $10 cut for their new hires remote pharmacists as well.

New grad starts out of the gate. I'm guaranteed making 130-140k+ IF I can get a job! I'm gonna be a big baller. Chicks gonna love me (my money).
Walgreed: $39/hr
New grad: 80k... wtffff

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what exactly does this health outcomes thing entail you to do?
$39/hr really isnt too bad if you dont have to commute and deal with angry patients all day
sounds like a quite sweet gig as long as you didnt have delusions of living in big mansions and driving luxury cars
 
dknight007 said:
Interviewed for new position with Walgreens. Work at home. $39 per hour.
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I’ll echo as well:

What does working from home entail exactly? Any underlining incentive or benefit proposal? (Of course not dealing with the public could easily fit the incentive/benefit category).
 
Yeah I saw that listing pop up in Chicago. Curious to hear more about this.
 
Eichhoernchen said:
I think they said in the job posting work is from a local retail store, not home.
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That is a very low pay rate, if one still has to commute to work each day. For a true work-at-home job, it's still pretty low, but I don't doubt that people would consider it or the benefit of working at home and not having the expenses of commuting.
 
Just looked it up "health outcomes pharmacist" on-line, and it sounds like a manager planning kind of position, not a home-based position, the job description I saw even said 10% of the job involved traveling in and out of state.
 
BidingMyTime said:
Just looked it up "health outcomes pharmacist" on-line, and it sounds like a manager planning kind of position, not a home-based position, the job description I saw even said 10% of the job involved traveling in and out of state.
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I also just looked it up and it sounds similar to the PCSM position we have at WM. If that’s the case that rate is way low because at WM I’m pretty sure they get paid RXM wages.
 
From what I've heard Walgreens is centralizing the MTMs.
I briefly read the flyer for internal candidates for this position- my guess is Health Outcomes Pharmacists will be doing MTM all day
 
GrandTheftAutumn said:
From what I've heard Walgreens is centralizing the MTMs.
I briefly read the flyer for internal candidates for this position- my guess is Health Outcomes Pharmacists will be doing MTM all day
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I was talking with someone at wags and that’s what I gathered too.
 
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It may be similar to WM pharmacists (or whoever actually does these) working on CMRs remotely.

PCSM at Walmart won't be around in 5 years probably, at least not at their current compensation level
 
Sine Cura said:
It may be similar to WM pharmacists (or whoever actually does these) working on CMRs remotely.

PCSM at Walmart won't be around in 5 years probably, at least not at their current compensation level
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That’s basically what our PCSM thinks. Their plan is to aggressively pay off loans and ride the bus until the wheels fall off.
 
From job listing:

Job Objectives
Responsible for the implementation of healthcare strategies and driving patient health outcomes. Executes patient intervention pharmacy programs and ensures compliance of clinical pharmacy services. Responsible for executing against identified partner-established pharmacy programs. Drives Pharmacy financial performance by executing on pharmacy programs to maximize reimbursements while improving patient health outcomes. Fosters strong relationships with medical communities in assigned area and acts as a representative and liaison of the company. Serves as a subject matter expert and resource to other pharmacists and field leaders. Maintains current knowledge of Pharmacy industry and maintains required licensure.

Job Responsibilities/Tasks
  • Implements direct patient care programs, including but not limited to Medication Therapy Management programs, Immunization Services, and Payer and Pharma Adherence & Clinical Programs. Drives the execution of multiple business plans and projects to ensure business needs are being met.
  • Drives compliance and continuous quality improvement in the delivery of clinical pharmacy patient care and services by studying, evaluating, and re-designing processes; monitoring and analyzing results; and implementing changes. Helps ensure area Pharmacies adhere to regulatory compliance, standard operating procedures and FDA regulations.
  • Drives regional pharmacy financial performance by aligning business strategies with company financial goals. Implements and executes patient intervention pharmacy programs to maximize financial performance.
  • Supports efforts on enhancing patient experience by increasing focus on healthcare services (e.g. patient consultation, medication management, drug therapy reviews, and retail, clinical, or wellness services such as immunizations, disease state management and Specialty programs).
  • Provides expertise, resources, education and support to pharmacists and field leadership. Supports staff training experiences and development opportunities. Promotes teamwork and motivates Pharmacy staff by fostering a shared vision and supporting company policies, procedures, mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity.
  • Performs other work consistent with the job responsibilities in this document as assigned by management.
  • Maintains current knowledge of information technology associated with pharmacy systems such as Intercom Plus, registers, automation, StoreNET to provide support to customers as well as pharmacy staff.
  • Maintains current knowledge and skills related to pharmacy and healthcare by reading pharmacy related journals, company publications, and communications. Maintains awareness of developments in retail and management and pursues best practices that would enhance performance.
  • Fosters and maintains relationships with area medical communities including physicians, nurses, and other health care providers. Participates in community outreach activities to promote the pharmacy business and further enhance growth opportunities.
  • Attends training and completes E-Learning Modules requested by Manager or assigned by corporate.
 
$39 per hour = $81 per year.
If they only give 32 hour weeks it will be $65k per year

If this is what is coming, a lot of new graduates will self-select out of pharmacy anyway.
 
MatCauthon said:
$39 per hour = $81 per year.
If they only give 32 hour weeks it will be $65k per year

If this is what is coming, a lot of new graduates will self-select out of pharmacy anyway.
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90% of pre-pharms go blindly into pharmacy school without truly understanding what the job market looks like. If there is self-selection out of pharmacy then that won’t take full effect for another 5-10 years at minimum. Though I would make the argument that schools will just recruit more foreign/international students to fill their seats if that ever became the case, because this type of applicant would have virtually no idea about what the job outlook looks like, they are just happy to get to live in America.

I can definitely see a scenario where pharmacists made $50-60k/year.
 
DOOM N GLOOM said:
90% of pre-pharms go blindly into pharmacy school without truly understanding what the job market looks like. If there is self-selection out of pharmacy then that won’t take full effect for another 5-10 years at minimum. Though I would make the argument that schools will just recruit more foreign/international students to fill their seats if that ever became the case, because this type of applicant would have virtually no idea about what the job outlook looks like, they are just happy to get to live in America.

I can definitely see a scenario where pharmacists made $50-60k/year.
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What we need is a couple of national news stories in the NYT/WaPo about how new graduates are struggling to find work and how salaries have drastically declined. The general public's impression of pharmacy being a cushy and high paying field needs to change. I'm sure reporters will start sniffing around for stories in a year or so with as much change has happened in the field in a short period of time.
 
DOOM N GLOOM said:
$35 at 32 hrs sounds about right. There was a post a while back about an independent pharmacy in Brooklyn hiring a PIC for $35/hr just because they can.
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If you think any PIC will not attempt to rob that place blind while getting paid 35$ you have no idea what goes on in independent pharmacy.
 
gwarm01 said:
Pharmacy students take note: this is the type of pay to expect when you stop dispensing medications and focus solely on cognitive services.
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Fascinating remark. Makes sense though - the bonus dollars available likely won't trickle down to the pharmacists, nurses, etc. doing med reviews. There are just so many stakeholders doing MTM... the health plans have their own call centers; they contract with OutcomesMTM and Mirixa for local stores to do; local stores don't have time to do them and outsource to tech companies looking to enter the business... or the plans themselves outsource to 3rd parties to do the Outcomes and Mirixa cases. SinfoniaRx and others come to mind. So far, my pharmacist friends at the call centers are still paid better than that. I'll have to watch to see if things trend this way.
 
DOOM N GLOOM said:
90% of pre-pharms go blindly into pharmacy school without truly understanding what the job market looks like. If there is self-selection out of pharmacy then that won’t take full effect for another 5-10 years at minimum. Though I would make the argument that schools will just recruit more foreign/international students to fill their seats if that ever became the case, because this type of applicant would have virtually no idea about what the job outlook looks like, they are just happy to get to live in America.

I can definitely see a scenario where pharmacists made $50-60k/year.
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30 years ago when I embarked on this journey, most of my classmates had no clue what the job really involved, and my first job out of school was $25/hour in 1994.
 
Gombrich12 said:
What we need is a couple of national news stories in the NYT/WaPo about how new graduates are struggling to find work and how salaries have drastically declined. The general public's impression of pharmacy being a cushy and high paying field needs to change. I'm sure reporters will start sniffing around for stories in a year or so with as much change has happened in the field in a short period of time.
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1) The general public does NOT think of pharmacy as a cushy and high paying field....the general public thinks pharmacists have an associates degree from a community college and make $12.50/hr. Seriously. Only pre-pharms think pharmacy is cushy and high paying field, and that is only because that is what their high school guidance counselor told them.

2) Reporters and nobody else who finds out that the average pharmacist makes $125,000/yr will care about anything else. They won't care about debt, they won't care that about decreasing salaries . They won't care about pharmacist saturation. The will be glad of all that, because they will assume the pharmacist $125,000/yr is why their medicine costs so much. And then they will complain about how stupid pharmacists are to rack up $200,000 debt at a community college (because they have no idea what a Pharm.D. is and they won't believe pharmacists actually go to school 6 - 8 yrs + residency to be a pharmacist.
 
dknight007 said:
Interviewed for new position with Walgreens. Work at home. $39 per hour.
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hey there, I know I revived an old post, but I found it through a Google search of this position. Did you graduate in 2019 or were already graduated? Wondering if December is when Walgreens hires for new grads. Did you end up taking the job? Thank you!
 
Had a friend take one of these jobs, then got laid off 6 months later. It's the first to go whenever corporate is looking to trim payroll. My company just expects the PIC to do MTMs..luckily we get a piece of every successful claim. I made quite a bit this year just doing CMRs.
 
Wickett said:
Had a friend take one of these jobs, then got laid off 6 months later. It's the first to go whenever corporate is looking to trim payroll. My company just expects the PIC to do MTMs..luckily we get a piece of every successful claim. I made quite a bit this year just doing CMRs.
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Do you work for a big chain? Never heard of a company giving an employee a piece of the MTM payouts
 
Prepharm1214 said:
Do you work for a big chain? Never heard of a company giving an employee a piece of the MTM payouts
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I work for a regional chain. Yea, it is definitely a nice perk, and also a good motivator to get them done. It's more work, but at least you feel like you are getting fairly recognized/compensated for bringing in that extra revenue to the company. Doing a CMR or two a week, on top of 10 or so smaller MTMs each week can really add up every quarter.
 
Wickett said:
I work for a regional chain. Yea, it is definitely a nice perk, and also a good motivator to get them done. It's more work, but at least you feel like you are getting fairly recognized/compensated for bringing in that extra revenue to the company. Doing a CMR or two a week, on top of 10 or so smaller MTMs each week can really add up every quarter.
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How much do you get for each CMR/MTM?
 
Wickett said:
I work for a regional chain. Yea, it is definitely a nice perk, and also a good motivator to get them done. It's more work, but at least you feel like you are getting fairly recognized/compensated for bringing in that extra revenue to the company. Doing a CMR or two a week, on top of 10 or so smaller MTMs each week can really add up every quarter.
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Do we work for the same regional chain in Texas? 🤔 You must be at a busier store since I don't even have a CMR available for me to try and complete each week...
 
Thestrugglez said:
Do we work for the same regional chain in Texas? 🤔 You must be at a busier store since I don't even have a CMR available for me to try and complete each week...
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I get plenty....I think I've done about 70 of them so far this year.
 
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