Bilingual Clinical Pharmacist

Company overview

At Suvida Healthcare, we are not just caregivers; we're compassionate advocates dedicated to enriching the lives of our cherished seniors. As a Team Member with us, you will embark on a fulfilling journey where your skills and empathy converge to make a meaningful impact on the well-being of an underserved community and their families. Our multi-disciplinary primary care program is built to address the physical, behavioral, social, and cultural needs of Medicare-eligible Hispanic seniors. Celebrate diversity and inclusivity in a workplace that attracts, engages, values, rewards, and recognizes the unique needs and backgrounds of both our patients and our team. We believe that a rich tapestry of experiences, shared interests, and perspectives enhances the care we provide, making us a stronger, service-centered, and more compassionate healthcare family and Employer of Choice!

We are an empowered primary care team, clinical operations, and support team creating health equity through an exceptional clinical and consumer experience that improves the quality of life for the people, families, and neighborhoods we serve. We tailor our primary care program to the culture, language, social, and overall well-being of the seniors we serve.

Our Culture & Core Beliefs: Earn Trust, Building Relationships, Creating Joy, Doing Right, Improving Every Day, Moving Forward.

About the role

The Clinical Pharmacist will play a critical role in executing Suvida’s Healthcare model to strengthen the provider-patient relationship and engagement by enhancing the quality and affordability of care. This individual will focus on supporting the clinical staff and patients through medication management support, clinical program integration, and practice transformation. You will be responsible for providing patient centered care for the purpose of optimizing medication therapy to improve clinical outcomes, reduce overall cost of care, and increase patient and provider satisfaction. The clinical pharmacist performs medication management services for patients to identify, resolve, and prevent medication-related problems. The pharmacist provides subject matter and clinical expertise in various areas (including population health initiatives and Case Management), creates treatment plans for chronic diseases (i.e. COPD, DM, CHF), works to close quality gaps (i.e. medication adherence, statin use, etc.), and delivers drug information.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient centered care for the purpose of optimizing medication therapy to improve clinical outcomes, reduce overall cost of care, and increase patient and provider satisfaction
• Perform medication management services for patients to identify, resolve, and prevent medication-related problems
• Coordinate medication reconciliation on prescription and non-prescription drugs across the continuum of care by providing comprehensive reviews, addressing adherence concerns, assisting with patient education, and monitoring clinical outcomes to help prevent unnecessary readmissions, lapses in care and adverse drug reactions
• Review patient care plans, medications, allergies, labs, and other pertinent information from the medical record to identify and resolve medication-related problems
• Efficiently assess prescribed medication therapy for unnecessary medications, need for additional medications, ineffective medications, inappropriate doses, adverse drug reactions, and adherence concerns
• Follow-up with patients and/or caregivers and appropriately document outcomes
• Provide patient-centered education on chronic disease states including medications used for prevention and treatment
• Collaborate with providers, interdisciplinary care teams, patients and/or caregivers to identify and develop patient-specific disease state therapy goals
• Provide patient care services through provider-delegated collaborative practice agreements (e.g. refill approvals, therapeutic interchange, disease state management)
• Assist in the development and presentation of educational materials for patients and providers
• Monitor patient drug therapies and work with medical staff to find alternatives when needed
• Participate in quality improvement programs and initiatives driven by clinical needs
• Support providers by analyzing medication utilization, performance reports, and data to guide decision-making, process, and program implementation
• Utilize available data to implement pharmacy initiatives, such as HEDIS/Star measures
• Utilize pharmacy benefit manager resources and maintain comprehensive knowledge base on all health plan pharmacy benefits
• Participate in patient discussions as a member of the multidisciplinary team
• Understand Suvida’s clinical programs, identify practice opportunities and integrate programs and resources into the practice workflows to optimize the patient experience, improve quality of care, and positively impact