Clinical Pharmacist- Remote

About the role

Join us and put your expertise to work in ways you never imagined possible. We know you’ve honed your career in a fast-moving medical environment. While Gainwell operates with a sense of urgency, you’ll have the opportunity to work more flexible hours. And working at Gainwell carries its rewards. You’ll have an incredible opportunity to grow your career in a company that values work-life balance, continuous learning, and career development.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate prescription claims data
• Develop and present clinically driven recommendations and initiatives
• Evaluate utilization management criteria and operational impact
• Support and maintain configuration requirements
• Research policy and regulatory drivers
• Coincoperate with operations, claims, network, reporting, medical management, population health, and other internal stakeholders
• Analyze clinical, utilization, prescribing, claims, and pricing data to identify opportunities that improve medication use, quality outcomes, cost effectiveness, medication adherence, preventive care, health equity, and population health performance
• Develop, implement, manage, and evaluate utilization management programs, RetroDUR initiatives, clinical interventions, communications, clinical edits, coding, consultation tools, outreach efforts, and other pharmacy strategies aligned with organizational goals
• Review prescribing patterns, prescription claims, and prior authorizations to identify gaps in care, high-risk populations, outlier practices, and opportunities to improve quality, safety, adherence, and member outcomes
• Conduct provider consultations and evidence-based education, build collaborative provider relationships, and partner with Medical Directors and cross-functional stakeholders to support improved clinical and population health outcomes
• Lead and collaborate across pharmacy, medical management, quality, care management, analytics, operations, claims, network management, technology, and other teams to implement programs, solve complex clinical and business challenges, and support evidence-based decision making
• Present program methodologies, interventions, outcomes, and recommendations to governance committees, evaluate impact on quality and clinical objectives, and support regulatory and organizational performance measures
• Serve as a pharmacy subject matter expert and strategic advisor, maintain current knowledge of medications, treatment guidelines, and industry best practices, and drive continuous quality improvement, operational excellence, innovation, and efficiency across pharmacy programs and operations

Requirements

• Licensed Pharmacist
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in pharmacy benefit management or pharmacy managed care
• Detailed knowledge of Medicaid programs at both state and federal levels
• Ability to communicate succinctly and accurately in both written and verbal English across diverse audiences, including executive leadership, clients, providers, and large groups
• Experience presenting complex clinical findings, recommendations, and program outcomes to senior leaders, clients, and governance committees
• Experience evaluating healthcare data, clinical outcomes, quality measures, and performance metrics
• Demonstrated experience applying population health principles to improve medication use, quality outcomes, and healthcare delivery
• Demonstrated leadership experience driving results through influence and collaboration across highly matrixed, cross-functional organizations
• Experience with the end-to-end pharmacy claims lifecycle, clinical operations, medication pricing methodologies, NCPDP standards, financial management, managed care regulations, and healthcare quality initiatives
• Maintain confidentiality and comply with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements
• Strong PC skills with advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, data analysis, project management, problem-solving, and virtual collaboration platforms such as Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and similar technologies

Qualifications

• Proven success leading cross-functional teams and building partnerships across pharmacy, medical, quality, operations, analytics, provider engagement, care management, and technology functions
• Experience with end-to-end pharmacy claims lifecycle, clinical operations, medication pricing methodologies, NCPDP standards, financial management, managed care regulations, and healthcare quality initiatives
• Maintain confidentiality and comply with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements
• Strong PC skills with advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, data analysis, project management, problem-solving, and virtual collaboration platforms such as Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and similar technologies

Skills

• Population health principles
• Medicaid programs
• Healthcare data analysis
• Quality measures and performance metrics
• Leadership experience
• End-to-end pharmacy claims lifecycle
• Medication pricing methodologies
• NCPDP standards
• Financial management
• Managed care regulations
• Healthcare quality initiatives

Benefits

• Flexible vacation policy
• 401(k) employer match
• Comprehensive health benefits
• Education assistance

Pay

The pay range for this position is $135,000.00 - $165,000.00 per year, however, the base pay offered may vary depending on geographic region, internal equity, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors.

Schedule

Remote position; candidates must reside within the United States.