Contracting Manager

Business Overview:

Shields Health Solutions “The Company” is a fast-growing healthcare management services business that partners with hospitals to provide comprehensive and highly customized care for patients with complex medical needs. Such services include: on-site specialty pharmacy management, medication adherence programs, home infusion services and high risk care management. These services are owned by the hospital and co-developed with Shields to meet many of the unique ambulatory needs of the patients. Shields provides the expertise, the speed, and the economies of scale needed to deliver a customized care model to patients quickly and efficiently. The cornerstone of the Company’s approach is an unparalleled level of integration with the clinical team coupled with highly personalized service, thus driving better outcomes at lower cost.

General Description:

The Company is seeking a highly motivated, self-starter who is looking for a challenging career with a fast-growing company in the Healthcare Services sector. Applicant should be results-oriented with a positive outlook, and a clear focus on high quality. A natural forward-planner who critically assesses own performance. Mature, credible, well-presented, professional and comfortable in dealing with others both in-person and on the phone. Critical to this position is a person who is able to work well under deadlines and time pressures. Applicant must be reliable, tolerant, and determined; an empathetic communicator, able to see things from the other person’s point of view. Most importantly, person must be able to work as a member of a close-knit team.

Job Purpose:

The Contracting Manager is responsible for establishing specialty pharmacy payor contracts and restricted drug purchasing contracts on behalf of each partnering health system.

Job Duties:

• Source specialty pharmacy and retail pharmacy payor contracts on behalf of each partnering health system;
• Source limited distribution drug contracts with drug manufacturers on behalf of each partnering health system;
• Develop specialty pharmacy contracting partnerships with self-funded employers;
• Assist in the development of comparative analysis related to patient total cost of care;
• Protect organization’s value by keeping information confidential;
• Collaborate with internal team members to support URAC, ACHC and other industry certifications;
• Other duties as assigned;

Experience/ Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in business and/or related field
• Minimum of 3-5 years relevant business experience
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, able to extract relevant information, strong organizational skills a must
• Organized, high-integrity, attention to detail, dependable, quality focus, empathetic, good listener/communicator
• Energetic, highly motivated, team player with strong personal and communication skills; discretion and confidentiality essential as position deals with highly sensitive and private data