Clinical Pharmacist, Population Health - Per Diem

Responsibilities

• Analyzes and interprets pharmacy and healthcare utilization and cost data within populations to identify opportunities for medication management intervention.
• Reviews payer data to identify opportunities for optimization of medication therapy to improve patient outcomes.
• Collaborates with network physicians and practice administrators to improve prescribing practices to comply with national standards of quality for medication prescribing.
• Aids in identifying and developing interventions for HMH attributed members that are not meeting target quality measures.
• Identifies populations at risk. Develops strategic initiatives to further improve medication management, quality outcomes and value-based prescribing outcomes for patients using population health analytics.
• Serves as a resource for care coordination teams and CIN providers.
• Supports the strategic management and initiatives for the optimization of medication use for the Clinically Integrated Network partners.
• Develops guidelines and protocols to standardize best practice for medication prescribing using evidence-based medicine.
• Creates internal infrastructure and policies to support formulary management to promote value-based prescribing.
• Evaluates and integrates technological resources to promote improvement in medication adherence and ease access to medication therapy.
• Promotes and facilitates access to clinical pharmacy resources to patients through Medication Therapy Management (MTM) and other novel approaches for comprehensive medication management.
• Promotes medication management in alignment with care coordination team initiatives in support of value-based practice models.
• Supports the development of clinical pharmacy programs to support population health initiatives for the value-based practice models such as (e.g., reducing avoidable inpatient admissions, reducing avoidable emergency department visits, etc.).

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited School of Pharmacy with a Doctorate in Pharmacy (PharmD) with 2 or more years of relevant work experience or Bachelor's degree with 5 or more years of relevant work experience.
• Experience in a clinical pharmacy setting.
• Experience with Medication Therapy Management & Comprehensive Medication Reviews.
• In-depth knowledge of pharmacotherapy and pharmacy practice; experience with current medication management guidelines for chronic disease and geriatric conditions, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure, diabetes, dementia, etc.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both oral and written, with care management team, patients, physicians and other health care professionals.
• Ability to prove technical knowledge of Microsoft Excel; ability to quickly learn Clinical Applications.
• Experience in developing education curricula and programs for medication management.
• Experience working within managed care model.