Clinical Pharmacist

UnitedHealth Group•Estero, FL

3d•$89,900 - $160,600•Onsite

About The Position

Explore opportunities with CPS, part of the Optum family of businesses. We're dedicated to crafting and delivering innovative hospital and pharmacy solutions for better patient outcomes across the entire continuum of care. With CPS, you'll work alongside our team of more than 2,500 pharmacy professionals, technology experts, and industry leaders to drive superior financial, clinical, and operational performance for health systems nationwide. Ready to help shape the future of pharmacy and hospital solutions? Join us and discover the meaning behind Caring. Connecting. Growing together. 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.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

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)

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.
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