Clinical Pharmacist Patient Care - Remote

UnitedHealth Group; Atlanta (GA); Remote; USD 92,000 - 164,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Equity stock purchase plan

401(k) matching/contribution

Job summary

Optum Home & Community Care, part of UnitedHealth Group, is advancing an integrated care model addressing physical, mental, and social needs to support patients at home. This Clinical Pharmacist role focuses on safe medication use, therapy management, and collaboration with providers across the care team.

You will participate in disease management programs, optimize drug regimens, and educate patients to improve outcomes.

Qualifications

• Active, unrestricted Pharmacist license in your state of residence.
• 2+ years of direct patient/member interaction.
• 2+ years of experience in managed care, ambulatory, medication consultative services, and/or hospital settings.
• Experience working within a multidisciplinary team including nurses, physicians, and care coordinators.
• Solid clinical foundation and experience in providing clinical pharmacy services.

Responsibilities

• Participate in disease state management programs targeting chronic conditions such as diabetes, heart failure, COPD, and CKD.
• Manage chronic conditions through collaborative practice agreements (dependent on state-specific regulations).
• Assess and/or recommend evidence-based medication therapy based upon the patient's clinical needs for optimizing care outcomes and reducing safety problems.
• Communicate with providers to discuss pharmacy-related recommendations and benefit options.
• Design, implement, assess, monitor, and document therapeutic plans utilizing effective, safe, and economical medications.
• Provide concise, applicable, and timely responses to drug information requests from patients and healthcare providers.
• Provide education to patients and/or caregivers regarding medications and chronic disease states.
• Assess STAR measure care gaps and provide evidence-based recommendations to prescribers and care teams to close quality gaps.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe and effective patient care.

Skills

Active Pharmacist license

Direct patient interaction

Managed care / ambulatory experience

Multidisciplinary team collaboration

Clinical pharmacy services

Job description

Optum Home & Community Care, part of the Optum family of businesses, is creating something new in health care. We are uniting industry-leading solutions to build an integrated care model that holistically addresses an individual's physical, mental and social needs - helping patients access and navigate care anytime and anywhere. As a team member of our Optum team, together in an interdisciplinary care environment, we help patients navigate the health care system and connect them to key support services. This preventive care can help patients stay well at home. We're connecting care to create a seamless health journey for patients across settings. Join us in making healthcare work better for everyone through people-led, responsible AI while Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

The Clinical Pharmacists is responsible for ensuring the safe and effective use of medications for Optum at Home patients by providing medication therapy management including medication reconciliation, assessing for optimal drug product selection, dosage regimen design, effective administration and drug therapy monitoring services. The activities entail collaborating with providers and other multi-disciplinary team members and applying medication management strategies in alignment with evidence-based medicine.

Primary Responsibilities

• Participate in disease state management programs targeting chronic conditions such as diabetes, heart failure, COPD, and chronic kidney disease
• Manage chronic conditions through collaborative practice agreements (dependent on state-specific regulations)
• Appropriately manage, assess and/or recommend evidence-based medication therapy based upon the patient's clinical needs for optimizing care outcomes and reducing any potential patient safety problems (i.e. drug interactions, suboptimal medication regimens, high risk medications etc.)
• Communicate with providers to discuss pharmacy-related recommendations and benefit options
• Design, implement, assess, monitor, and document therapeutic plans utilizing the most effective, safe, and economical medication treatments
• Provide concise, applicable, comprehensive, and timely responses to requests for drug information from patients and health care providers
• Provide education to patients and/or caregivers regarding medications and chronic disease states
• Asses open STAR measure care gaps and provide evidence-based recommendations to prescribers, care teams and patients to close quality gaps

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications

• Active, unrestricted Pharmacist license in your state of residence
• 2+ years of direct patient/member interaction
• 2+ years of experience in managed care, ambulatory, medication consultative services, and/or hospital settings
• Experience working within a multidisciplinary team including nurses, physicians, and care coordinators
• Solid clinical foundation and experience in providing clinical pharmacy services

Preferred Qualifications

• Completion of a pharmacy residency in ambulatory care or primary care
• Active, unrestricted Pharmacist license in multiple states
• Board Certification (BCPS or BCACP)
• 1+ years of experience with managed care pharmacy benefits

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $91,700 - $163,700 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and help make the health system work better for everyone. Together, we are shaping the future of healthcare by harnessing technology and innovation to make care simpler to navigate, more affordable and more connected for the people we serve. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcomed, valued, heard and respected, empowering people to bring their authentic selves to work and strengthening our collective impact through diverse talents, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.

UnitedHealth Group and its affiliated brands are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

UnitedHealth Group and its affiliated brands are a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.