Clinical Pharmacist Resident

At UnitedHealthcare, we're simplifying the health care experience, creating healthier communities and removing barriers to quality care. The work you do here impacts the lives of millions of people for the better. Come build the health care system of tomorrow, making it more responsive, affordable and equitable. Ready to make a difference? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

As a Clinical Pharmacist Resident, you will conduct research and maintain or enhance clinical pharmacy programs such as drug utilization review, prior authorization, health outcomes, disease state management, care management, and other specialty programs. This is your opportunity to join a pharmacy team with a focus on clinical and business collaboration. You will find an incredible team culture that provides opportunities to learn and evolve every day.

Our program is a unique and challenging experience where you will develop a deeper understanding of the national pharmaceutical and healthcare arena while contributing to the development of UHCP's Prescription Drug List (PDL) and clinical programs through pharmacy analytics and strategic planning. The UHCP residency is a unique opportunity because it's not like other residencies. At UHCP you work with all areas of pharmacy management by seeing a project through from beginning to end. Residents are given the opportunity to develop a strategy, work with the analytics team to determine the value of the strategy, develop the presentation to senior leadership for decision making and then work with the operations and communication departments to successfully implement and communicate the strategy. Pharmacy Residents at UHCP are expected to complete a variety of challenging clinical, research, business and leadership projects.

Primary Responsibilities:

Projects include:

• Completing an original research project
• Completing a business project
• Preparing presentations for subject matter experts and/or thought leaders in a particular disease state
• Completing AMCP/ASHP PGY1 Residency Objectives

Residency Focus:

Our residency focuses on business analytics and leadership. Residents spend a large amount of time interacting with business analysts and leadership to understand how we use data (both internal data and published literature) to evaluate clinical program and/ or tier placement strategies of pharmaceutical products. Additionally, our resident learns how we use data to track the performance of various strategic initiatives. Clinical knowledge is critical in the residency, but is used to develop strategies, review evidence and develop presentations to thought leaders rather than to provide individual patient care. Unlike many traditional residencies, we do not have the resident rotate through various departments every 4-5 weeks. The resident stays within our group for the entire year but because our group interacts with every other department in the organization, they learn about all aspects of pharmacy management in this manner. The resident is highly involved in the evaluation and development of strategic initiatives within our group and then works with other departments within the organization as the strategy is further developed and then implemented. This allows the resident to be part of a project from start to finish rather than bouncing from project to project.

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:

• PharmD candidate
• Pharmacist License or eligible for licensure in Minnesota within 2-3 months of employment
• Ability to navigate MS Office and a Windows based environment and the ability to create, edit, save, and send documents utilizing Microsoft Word
• Ability to navigate Outlook and conduct Internet searches

Preferred Qualifications:

• PBM experience
• Pharm D
• Managed care experience
• Experience conducting research and analysis
• Experience in a community pharmacy

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $55,000 to $85,000 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

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. 

UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

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