Clinical Coordination Pharmacist - Utilization Management
About The Position
Analyzes physician prescribing, recommends alternative cost effective therapies, develops intervention processes to improve quality and cost minimization of prescribing, creates educational programs for physicians, and provides drug information to clinicians within the Sutter Health system. Is responsible for analyzing drug trends and creating interventions to assist in decreasing overall healthcare costs, developing and funding educational programs, providing pharmaceutical information within the disease management programs, and developing clinics to assist physicians to improve the quality of care of patients.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited pharmacy school
- Current registration or Registered Pharmacist within 120 days
- 5 years recent relevant experience
- Demonstrated competency to advance strategic goals and lead multi-disciplinary, multi-organizational teams to foster collaboration and build consensus, within a diverse, integrated, matrix management style healthcare system.
- Organizational, teamwork, interpersonal, time management, written and verbal communication skills.
- Capability to set priorities amongst a series of competing clinical and operational priorities and to effectively coordinate and direct the work of others to meet specified deadlines.
- Extensive clinical knowledge of medical and pharmacy practice issues
- Demonstrated proficiency in the evaluation of clinical evidence and development of evidence-based drug monographs, therapeutic class reviews, medication and disease management guidelines.
- Effective written and oral presentation of clinical evidence reviews, clinical initiative proposals, presentation of research findings, and recommendations to administrators, clinicians, and committees.
- Ability to engage and build consensus among pharmacy, nursing and medical staff in support of organizational goals for medication safety and stewardship.
- Proficiency with MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Reliable transportation with appropriate insurance required
Nice To Haves
- Prior Authorizations
- Coverage Determinations
- Integrated Delivery Systems
- Managed Care
- PBM
Responsibilities
- Analyzes physician prescribing
- Recommends alternative cost effective therapies
- Develops intervention processes to improve quality and cost minimization of prescribing
- Creates educational programs for physicians
- Provides drug information to clinicians within the Sutter Health system
- Analyzes drug trends
- Creates interventions to assist in decreasing overall healthcare costs
- Develops and funding educational programs
- Provides pharmaceutical information within the disease management programs
- Develops clinics to assist physicians to improve the quality of care of patients
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
11-50 employees
