Clinical Pharmacist - Patient Care - Per Diem/Temporary - 100%25 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 Clinical Pharmacists is responsible for ensuring the safe and effective use of medications for Optum at Home patients by providing medication therapy management including medication reconciliation, assessing for optimal drug product selection, dosage regimen design, effective administration and drug therapy monitoring services. The activities entail collaborating with providers and other multi-disciplinary team members and applying medication management strategies in alignment with evidence-based medicine. You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely
• from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. Primary Responsibilities: Participate in disease state management programs targeting chronic conditions such as diabetes, heart failure, COPD, and chronic kidney disease. Manage chronic conditions through collaborative practice agreements (dependent on state-specific regulations) Appropriately manage, assess and/or recommend evidence-based medication therapy based upon the patient’s clinical needs for optimizing care outcomes and reducing any potential patient safety problems (i.e. drug interactions, suboptimal medication regimens, high risk medications etc.) Communicate with providers to discuss pharmacy-related recommendations and benefit options Design, implement, assess, monitor, and document therapeutic plans utilizing the most effective, safe, and economical medication treatments Provide concise, applicable, comprehensive, and timely responses to requests for drug information from patients and health care providers Provide education to patients and/or caregivers regarding medications and chronic disease states Asses open STAR measure care gaps and provide evidence-based recommendations to prescribers, care teams and patients to close quality gaps 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

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

Preferred Qualifications