Clinical Pharmacist - Patient Care

Explore opportunities with PharmScript, part of the Optum family of businesses. PharmScript is one of the nation's leading pharmacies, partnering with long-term and post-acute care facilities to supply medications to thousands of residents and patients. Be part of our team that's dedicated to delivering safe, accurate and timely medication to those who need it most. PharmScript is a place where you can thrive and contribute. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

PharmScript is one of the nation's leading pharmacies, partnering with long-term and post- acute care facilities to supply medications to thousands of residents and patients. When you join the PharmScript family, you join the ranks of more than 1,700 dedicated people across the country who help to get safe, accurate, and timely medication to those who need it most.

We're looking for Pharmacist to join our PharmScript team within our Shared Service department. In this role, you'll provide comprehensive pharmaceutical care through routine and emergency drug screening, information, processing, and dispensing services for various drug distribution systems to the facilities. You'll primarily be responsible for managing successful outcomes, ensuring that standards are maintained, policies carried out and objectives accomplished.

The ideal candidate will be organized, detail-oriented, possess strong leadership competencies, along with clear and concise communication skills; in addition to, having established management experience. They will be required to consistently ensure that the appropriate drug product reaches the customer safely. Always a team player, you're eager to support your colleagues by sharing knowledge and leadership to support the overall goals of the pharmacy and needs of customers.

Address: Remote in New Jersey or Indiana 
Hours: Monday - Sunday - 9:00 PM - 7:00 AM (7 nights on 7 nights off) 

If you are located in New Jersey or Indiana, you will have the flexibility to work remotely* as you take on some tough challenges. 

Primary Responsibilities:

• Execute day-to-day operations in the pharmacy as they pertain to workflow, production quotas and deadlines
• Clarification review to determine the appropriateness of resolve, whereby executing clinical judgement to either process the order or assign to the applicable departments to perform passive outreach to complete
• Respond to multi-media (Telephony, Mediprocity & Email) communication escalations for clinical or IV questions, delivery issues, Assisted Living, NarcCode / STAT / Psychiatric / Pediatric / LRP / RCO and/or Facility Pay requests and MD paging
• Sustain high-quality communications by ensuring RPh support is appropriately present to address all inbound customer contact across all channels
• Process Admission Alerts, check overnight the Admissions dashboard for all remote pharmacy locations; in addition to, triage orders received in the ERX folders or Docutrack
• Maintain proficiency in handling and processing of orders for all areas of discipline within pharmacy workflow including orders related to legend drugs, narcotics, IVs, psychiatric & pediatric orders, and assisted living orders
• Will be required to periodically work on-site at the pharmacy in response to increased workflow and need for additional RPh resources relating to emergency scenarios, staffing challenges, holiday coverage, and/or inventory
• Must possess a pleasant demeanor, also be willing and capable of problem solving, taking ownership of escalated issues, applying the appropriate fix, and following up with the facilities
• Maintaining a high level of facility satisfaction, keeping Client Services and leadership apprised of account status changes, along with updating information, relevant to the health of our "hot home" accounts
• Ensure that the pharmacy is compliant with all local, state, and federal rules and regulations regarding the practice of pharmacy
• Ensure that the pharmacy is compliant with all DEA policies and procedures and follows all applicable government regulations
• Must be willing to acquire licensure in the states that Pharmscript operates in

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:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy from an accredited School of Pharmacy
• Current license to practice pharmacy in NJ or IN
• Ability to obtain multiple state licensure
• Proficient in the area of clinical interpretation: drug-drug, drug-disease, drug-food interactions, and allergies

Skills and Abilities:

• 1+ years of experience in a retail Pharmacy setting
• Ability to work with a variety of technical applications

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 $91,700 to $163,700 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

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.