Clinical Pharmacist

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We are currently conducting a search for a full-time Clinical Pharmacist to join a growing team of colleagues at our customer site, Lee Health, in Estero, FL, to provide outstanding service to patients with complex, specialty diseases to help them achieve improved clinical outcomes.

Pharmacy Location: Located within Lee Health in Estero, FL

Schedule: Monday through Friday 8:00am-5:00pm

Primary Responsibilities:

• Establishing great working relationships with clinic staff and physicians in customer clinics.
• Leading medication management in the clinic(s), owning clinical outcome KPIs (as set), and ensuring that the patient/CPS engagement is appropriate and consistent with customer preferences. This includes:
  
  • Ensuring that every patient who can benefit from specialty pharmacy services is identified and met in clinic upon arrival
  • Showing patients, through action, the benefits of using the customer's specialty pharmacy services, without impeding the patient choice of pharmacy
  • Leading clinical follow-up with patients per defined protocols - through outbound phone calls and in-person appointments - to ensure patients are adherent to therapy and any issues are
  • identified and resolved expediently
  • Accepting inbound calls from patients, and sharing in on-call coverage to ensure 24/7 patient support
  • Partnering with physicians in clinics to ensure therapies selected are evidence-based
  • Participating in leadership and clinic staff meetings to help explain the CPS model
  • Assisting the site leader with recruiting and training of on-site Pharmacy Liaisons and Clinical Pharmacists
  • Assisting with dispensing, administrative, compliance-related or other tasks to ensure patients in the program receive unmatchable service
  
  
  
  

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.

Qualifications - External

Required Qualifications:

• PharmD or BS Pharmacy degree with equivalent and acceptable experience from a College of Pharmacy accredited by American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP)
• Licensed to practice, or the ability to become licensed as a Pharmacist in the applicable state

Preferred Qualifications:

• Pharmacy residency or Board Certification
• 1+ years of clinical experience or residency equivalent is preferred, but all candidates will be considered
• Ambulatory or specialty experience
• Proficiency in multiple EMR systems such as Cerner, EPIC or Meditech
• Proficiency with dispensing systems such as Willow Ambulatory, QS1, RX30, Computer Rx, etc. along with experience in pharmacy dispensing
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

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 $89,900 to $160,600 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 make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

UnitedHealth Group is 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 is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.