Bilingual Clinical Pharmacist

About the role

At Suvida Healthcare, we are compassionate advocates dedicated to enriching the lives of Medicare-eligible Hispanic seniors through a multi-disciplinary primary care program addressing physical, behavioral, social, and cultural needs. Our empowered clinical and support teams create health equity through an exceptional clinical and consumer experience tailored to the culture, language, and overall well-being of the seniors we serve.

The Clinical Pharmacist plays 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 focuses on supporting clinical staff and patients through medication management support, clinical program integration, and practice transformation. Responsible for providing patient-centered care to optimize medication therapy, improve clinical outcomes, reduce overall cost of care, and increase patient and provider satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient-centered care to optimize medication therapy, improve clinical outcomes, reduce overall cost of care, and increase patient and provider satisfaction
• Perform medication management services to identify, resolve, and prevent medication-related problems
• Coordinate medication reconciliation on prescription and non-prescription drugs across the continuum of care through comprehensive reviews, addressing adherence concerns, assisting with patient education, and monitoring clinical outcomes to 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
• 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 practice workflows to optimize patient experience, improve quality of care, and positively impact resource utilization
• Serve as a drug information resource to Suvida Healthcare's care team and patients
• Provide oversight of the safety, appropriateness, and effectiveness of pharmaceutical care provided to patients as it relates to specialty products dispensed
• Ensure patients have a positive experience by providing a high level of service promptly, professionally, and empathetically
• Demonstrate ability to work independently, solve problems, and make sound decisions in a timely fashion
• Possess verbal and written communication skills, interpersonal relationship skills, and problem-solving skills

Requirements

• Pharm D. degree or equivalent education in pharmacy
• Active, unrestricted Pharmacy license in Arizona, or the ability to obtain one
• 3+ years of clinical pharmacist experience
• 3+ years' experience effectively building informal relationship networks inside and outside the organization
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office platforms including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Bilingual/Bicultural (English and Spanish) required
• Experience creating treatment plans for chronic diseases (COPD, DM, CHF)
• Experience closing quality gaps (medication adherence, statin use, etc.)
• Experience delivering drug information
• Subject matter and clinical expertise in population health initiatives and Case Management

Benefits

• Competitive Pay
• Best-In-Class Medical/Dental Coverage
• Free Mental Health & Life Coaching for Team Members and their Dependents
• Holiday Time Off with Pay
• Paid Community Service Day
• Paid Parental/Family Leave
• Paid Bereavement Leave
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 401k Retirement Plan with Company Match