Clinical Pharmacist Patient Care - Remote

UnitedHealth Group•Raleigh, NC

2d•$91,700 - $163,700•Remote

About The Position

Optum Home & Community Care, part of the Optum family of businesses, is building an integrated care model that addresses patients’ physical, mental, and social needs and helps them access and navigate care. The Clinical Pharmacist supports Optum at Home patients by ensuring safe and effective medication use through medication therapy management. This includes medication reconciliation, selecting appropriate drug products, designing dosage regimens, supporting effective medication administration, and monitoring drug therapy. The pharmacist collaborates with providers and multidisciplinary team members and applies evidence-based medication management strategies. The role includes participating in chronic disease management, managing conditions under collaborative practice agreements where state regulations allow, and recommending medication therapy based on patients’ clinical needs. The pharmacist communicates medication recommendations and benefit options to providers, develops and monitors therapeutic plans, answers drug information requests, educates patients and caregivers, and helps close quality measure gaps with evidence-based recommendations. The position is remote. The salary range is $91,700–$163,700 annually based on full-time employment. Benefits are subject to eligibility requirements.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

Completion of a pharmacy residency in ambulatory care or primary care.
Active, unrestricted Pharmacist license in multiple states.
Board certification (BCPS or BCACP).
At least 1 year of experience with managed care pharmacy benefits.

Responsibilities

Participate in disease state management programs for chronic conditions such as diabetes, heart failure, COPD, and chronic kidney disease.
Manage chronic conditions through collaborative practice agreements, subject to state-specific regulations.
Assess and recommend evidence-based medication therapy based on patient needs to optimize outcomes and reduce potential safety problems, such as drug interactions, suboptimal regimens, and high-risk medications.
Communicate pharmacy-related recommendations and benefit options to providers.
Design, implement, assess, monitor, and document therapeutic plans using effective, safe, and economical medication treatments.
Provide concise, applicable, comprehensive, and timely drug information responses to patients and health care providers.
Educate patients and caregivers about medications and chronic disease states.
Assess open STAR measure care gaps and provide evidence-based recommendations to prescribers, care teams, and patients to close quality gaps.
Provide medication therapy management, including medication reconciliation, drug product selection, dosage regimen design, medication administration support, and drug therapy monitoring.