Authorization Coordinator, Clinical Pharmacy Management - REMOTE

Authorization Coordinator, Clinical Pharmacy Management - REMOTE

Posting Date : 10 / 16 / 2025

601 Hawaii St, El Segundo, California, 90245-4814, United States of America

The Clinical Pharmacy Management team is growing and looking to hire an Authorization Coordinator. The Authorization Coordinator reviews and processes formulary exception requests through the determination process based on clinical criteria and guidelines.

The Clinical Pharmacy Management Team is an integral part of the Clinical Enterprise Department, whose charter is to “create the future of healthcare, by innovating clinical practice design, improving quality of care, service, and life.”

Roles and Responsibilities

Facilitate effective operational workflow while performing complete, accurate and consistent reviews of all formulary exception medication or product requests; including review of appropriate labs and supporting documentation against pharmacy clinical criteria and guidelines, which involves referral and escalation of requests when appropriate to clinical experts with appropriate recommendations. Utilize appropriate approval and denial language in messages and provide alternatives based on clinical guidelines.

Maintain ongoing communication with facility teammates, resolve technical processing issues, and elevate all outstanding issues including drafting written responses, correspondence, emails, and spreadsheets as needed. Ensure communication with facility teammates is clear, timely, and concise.

Assist with special projects as assigned by Clinical Operations management or its partners.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED required; Associates preferred.

Current Registered Pharmacy Technician preferred.

2 years of experience working in a pharmacy or other healthcare setting required.

Excellent MS Office skills, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Previous experience working in prior authorization preferred.

Ability to travel 10% as needed.

What We’ll Provide

Comprehensive benefits : Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, paid time off, PTO cash out.

Support for you and your family : Family resources, EAP counseling sessions, access to Headspace®, backup child and elder care, maternity / paternity leave and more.

Professional development programs : On-demand virtual leadership and development courses through DaVita’s online training platform StarLearning.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and comply with state and federal affirmative action requirements. Individuals are recruited, hired, assigned and promoted without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

This position will be open for a minimum of three days.

The wage range for this role is $24.00 – $32.98 per hour. Compensation will depend on a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience. Learn more about DaVita’s benefits at https : / / careers.davita.com / benefits.

For location‑specific minimum wage details, see the following link : DaVita.jobs / WageRates.

Colorado Residents : Please do not respond to any questions in this initial application that may seek age‑identifying information such as date of birth or dates of school attendance or graduation. Redacting or removing this information will not result in penalty.

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