Clinical Pharmacist

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

What makes your career greater with Optum Frontier Therapies? You’ll work with expert and enthusiastic peers, be part of a culture focused on both clinical outcomes and business results and contribute to a growing team that prides itself on learning, evolving and challenging the status quo. 

The Clinical Pharmacist in Optum Frontier Therapies will be on the team of an exciting new business serving patients with rare diseases, pharma manufacturers, and providers by dispensing and servicing therapies at the frontier of healthcare.  As a new Optum business, we are building on our strengths but also challenging the status quo. We are creating a business that is designed to specifically serve the unique needs of rare disease patient populations and support the emerging therapies, which require enhanced services and new capabilities over traditional specialty pharmacies. Our mission, ‘supporting people with compassion while creating access to therapies at the frontier of health care,’ and vision, ‘that all people, no matter how unique, can access a better tomorrow’ are what drive and motivate us, as part of the larger UnitedHealth Group mission ‘to make the health system work better for everyone.’

The Clinical Pharmacist will be responsible for ensuring the Optum Frontier Therapies pharmacy orders are verified with accuracy and quality. This role will play a primary role in supporting wholesale operations, including, but not limited to, order entry, order fulfillment, inventory, and account management. The pharmacist will execute pharmacy services including prescription data processing and verification, dispensing of drugs, supplies and equipment, and clinical pharmacy services for customers and patients in accordance with established policies, procedures, laws, and regulations that govern the practice of pharmacy. This role will be under direct supervision from the Associate Director of Operations at an Optum Frontier Therapies pharmacy located at 325 West Atherton Rd., Flint, MI 48507.

Location: 325 West Atherton Rd. Flint, Michigan 48507

Schedule: M-F 8:00am – 4:30pm

Primary Responsibilities:

• Platform coordination comprehension and proactive input into systems for patient and manufacture needs up to and including HUB, partnership platforms, front end/back-end prescription intake/output, inventory management, etc.
• Provides primary pharmacist intervention service support throughout the patient’s prescription lifecycle, including patient consultation, new/transferred prescription intake, prescription data verification, physician clarifications and interventions, claims/benefit coordination and resolution, order fulfillment, etc.
• Adheres to all pharmacy operations, practices and procedures to meet all licensing and standards requirements established by local, state and federal agencies as well as accrediting bodies (e.g. ACHC, URAC)
• Ensures compliance with all controlled substances related rules, regulations, company policies and maintains proper communication and coordination with other departments and staff
• Compliance to and education for all accreditation programs including VAWD, ACHC, URAC, etc.
• Monitors for compliance with all HIPAA regulations, adherence to all State and Federal regulations and laws, accrediting bodies, adherence to all pharmacy accepted standards of practice, responsible for handling complaints and / or grievance programs
• Provide oversight of the safety; appropriateness, and effectiveness of the pharmaceutical care provide to patients (consumers) as it relates to specialty products dispensed
• Provides insight to platform improvement(s) and process improvement(s)
• Willingness to obtain and maintain state specific non-resident licensure to provide business continuity for site
• Completes special duties or projects as assigned by leadership 

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:

• Current, unrestricted Pharmacist license in MI
• Proven ability to move or transport  50 pounds
• Proven ability to be in a stationary position up to 8 hours with intermittent breaks

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience in a specialty pharmacy
• 2+ years of experience in a fulfillment industry setting

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone–of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income–deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes — an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug – free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.