Clinical Pharmacist - Call Center - TX Licensed - Remote

For those who want to invent the future of health care, here's your opportunity. We're going beyond basic care to health programs integrated across the entire continuum of care. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.The WellMed Quality Pharmacy Operations team supports WellMed Medical Management by delivering patient-centered, clinically collaborative medication consultations to help people live healthier lives. Our team focuses on the design, execution, and delivery of telephonic and digital engagement strategies designed to close STARs measure gaps in care, e.g. medication adherence, care for older adults, statins in patient with diabetes. Our interdisciplinary service delivery team is comprised of Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Licensed Vocational Nurses, and Care Coordinators.The Pharmacy Clinical Pharmacist (CP) will report into the Director of Clinical Pharmacy. The Clinical Pharmacist will perform telephonic, patient-centered clinical consults focused on Care for Older Adults annual medication reviews, pain and functional assessments. In addition, the CP will field clinical concerns escalated by the medication adherence call center agents via warm transfer. The CP will be required to meet or exceed established productivity and quality metrics and work a flexible schedule to support the hours of operation of the business (Mon-Fri 8am-6pm Central and Saturday 8am-5:30pm Central).If you are TX Licensed, you’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely as you take on some tough challenges.Primary Responsibilities:

Conduct telephonic medication consultations that meet/exceed production & quality metrics

Complete annual medication review of prescription and non-prescription medications with emphasis on patient assessment and counseling, safe and effective use of medications, identification of potential drug interactions, and other related activities

Complete pharmacotherapy assessment of patients' claims, past medical history, and disease states

Assess patients for medication adherence barriers and develop a plan to maximize patients' medication success through improving or maintaining adherence to medications

Deliver high quality evidence-based therapeutic recommendations to providers

Deliver a patient-centered, clinically collaborative medication consultation

Develop a post-consultation list of action items for the patient and/or prescriber

Document clinical consultations into internal data base

Participate in and contribute to staff meetings and other staff development opportunities and interdepartmental work groups

Identify areas of improvement where systems modifications could result in operational advancements and efficiencies

Maintain a high level of clinical knowledge of chronic disease states and changes in pharmacy practice in adult and geriatric patient populations to serve as an authoritative information source on drugs and their utilization in therapy

Other duties as assigned

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:

Doctor of Pharmacy degree or equivalent experience

Active, unrestricted pharmacy license in state of primary residence with ability to obtain licensure in one or more of the following states: Texas, Florida, Indiana, New Mexico, New Jersey, and Ohio. Preference will be given to applicants with active licensure in any of the listed states

3+ years of Clinical Pharmacy Practice experience

1+ years of Call Center experience

Experience with Medicare STARs & HEDIS Measures

Care for Older Adults (COA) medication review, pain and functional assessments

Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint

Proven ability to work independently, as well as a member of a team

Proven ability to manage multiple complex, concurrent projects

Proven excellent written and verbal communication and relationship building skills

Proven planning and organizational skills to demonstrate leadership and initiative

Proven solid interpersonal skills

Proven comfortable working in a rapidly changing and highly matrixed environment

Preferred Qualifications:

MBA/MPH Degree

Post Graduate Training (Pharmacy Residency and/or Fellowship)

Board certification by the Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS)

Certified Geriatric Pharmacist

Bilingual with preference given to Spanish (Vietnamese, Cantonese, Mandarin, & Russian also considered)

All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter PolicyAt 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.Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: OptumCare is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employers and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.OptumCare is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment