Clinical Consultant Pharmacist

UnitedHealth Group • Schaumburg, IL

1d • Remote

About The Position

The HealthTrust Clinical Consultant Pharmacist serves as the primary liaison between OptumRx clinical operations, professional practice, and clinical products. The HealthTrust Clinical Consultant is contractually dedicated to HealthTrust. The role provides clinical support for OptumRx account management, operations, information technology, and other internal departments. The HealthTrust Clinical Consultant establishes client relationships and serves as primary point of contact for overall and day-to-day service delivery for clinical pharmacy needs. This individual is relied upon to provide proactive clinical recommendations, information regarding pharmacy trend, clinical programs and products, and industry changes to clients, thereby fostering consultative relationships with large, complex and/or strategic clients. This individual also represents client(s) internally and coordinates with other functional areas to implement client initiatives, complete projects, and address ongoing pharmacy service needs. In addition, the HealthTrust Clinical Consultant supports the clinical pharmacy team with formulary development, clinical program development and clinical pharmacy functions as the need arises.
You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely from anywhere within the Eastern Time Zone of U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy or Doctor of Pharmacy degree
• Active, unrestricted US state-specific pharmacist license
• 5+ years of pharmacy practice experience, including 3+ years of clinical account management experience within a PBM or Managed Care, including external client-facing (beyond patients and prescribers) responsibilities
• 2+ years of providing formal client presentations
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and Outlook
• Willing and ability to travel up to 15%25

Nice To Haves

• ASHP/AMCP-accredited residency in Managed Care
• 5+ years of managed care or PBM experience
• Experience support, planning and facilitating Pharmacy & Therapeutic (P&T) committees
• Experience implementing Formulary Management and Utilization Management criteria

Responsibilities

• Provide superior clinical consultation and clinical account management with a focus on client satisfaction, client retention, and trend management
• Collaborate with clients to establish achievable but aggressive clinical program goals, including generic dispensing rate improvements, implementation of utilization management programs, improvement in medication adherence rates, improvements in therapy gaps for key chronic disease states and formulary compliance targets.
• Communicate drug information to clients and respond to plan-specific clinical inquiries
• Stay aware of and provide clinical market intelligence to clients
• Identify opportunities for clinical program up-sell and spearhead up-sell to assigned client(s)
• Incorporate treatment and practice guidelines into client presentations including up-selling opportunities
• Comprehend and effectively explain formulary and clinical program changes to clients
• Effectively manage client objections to new programs and required changes
• Identify and create opportunities to manage trend and add OptumRx products
• Formulate client recommendations based on available data and trend
• Deliver clinically sound and fiscally responsible recommendations to clients based on their trend
• Routinely collaborate with account management to provide clinical aspects of client quarterly reviews
• Analyze & interpret benefit designs
• Demonstrate critical thinking by analyzing relevant information with multiple methods
• Generate innovative ideas that can be scaled across the organization
• Develop clinical strategy as outward-facing, direct client contact for large, complex and/or strategic accounts
• Clearly communicate analytical and reporting needs to supporting departments
• Help clients be competitive within their market
• Identify opportunities to increase efficiency
• Lead and manage ongoing contract relationships and pharmacy benefit analysis and consultation delivery to clients
• Manages/facilitates custom P&T committees for select clients, per contractual requirements
• Provide education for clients, pharmacists, members and physicians per contractual requirements
• Support sales and marketing including participating in RFP & strategic Finalist activities, per department policies
• Serve as subject matter expert in one or multiple areas and represent Clinical Consulting department in these areas – internally and externally
• Provide administrative/management/leadership back-up support to Director as necessary
• Drive enhanced client relationships through senior-level strategic discussions and planning which addresses issues of highest priority to the client
• Maintain familiarity with assigned client contract terms; particularly pricing of clinical programs/services, and is able to actively engage in contract renewal negotiations as needed
• Consistently look at existing processes, methods and materials to find opportunities for improvement
• Maintain strategic relationships with client leaders, key stakeholders, and brokers/consultants while maintaining focus on UHG and Optum strategies and goals
• Serve as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for other departments on Clinical Consulting-specific issues/inquires
• Routinely identify, develop and share best practice experience with peers

Benefits

• comprehensive benefits package
• incentive and recognition programs
• equity stock purchase
• 401k contribution

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior