Clinical Pharmacist, Medication Optimization and Strategy - West Region

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Job Description
- Clinical Pharmacist, Medication Optimization and Strategy
- West Region (2386549)

Clinical Pharmacist, Medication Optimization and Strategy
- West Region - 2386549

For those who want to invent the future of health care, here's your opportunity. We're going beyond basic care to health programs integrated across the entire continuum of care. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

You will play a crucial role in supporting specialty medication and infusion-related programs across the West region. This position partners with providers, nurses, operational teams, and market leaders to optimize medication utilization, evaluate treatment strategies, promote biosimilar and cost-effective therapy adoption, and improve the quality, affordability, and coordination of patient care across the continuum through direct and indirect patient care and care coordination activities for California and the West region (Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington).

Hours/

Location:

Must reside in California.
* Primarily remote position with occasional travel (up to 10%) within Southern California for site visits and business needs. Variable hours to work 8 hours within the hours of 8:00AM - 6:00PM Pacific Time Monday - Saturday based on business needs.

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

Primary Responsibilities:

• Clinical Program & Medication Optimization
  • Lead prospective clinical review activities for specialty medications, infusions, and high-cost drug therapies to support appropriate utilization, affordability, and quality outcomes across the continuum of care
  • Conduct clinical consultations and evidence-based recommendations regarding medication access, utilization management, and pharmaceutical stewardship initiatives to support medication-related changes, including dose, frequency, route of administration, and therapeutic substitutions
  • Provide expertise regarding infusion protocols, medication administration considerations, monitoring requirements, and specialty drug operational workflows
  • Evaluate specialty medication treatment plans to identify opportunities for clinically appropriate optimization, including benefit alignment, site-of-care selection, biosimilar utilization, formulary compliance, and cost-effective therapy alternatives
  • Monitor and manage medication shortage, backorder, and recall processes, partnering with providers, pharmacies, infusion centers, and operational teams to mitigate supply disruptions and ensure continuity of patient care
  • Establish relationships with physicians, nurses, infusion centers, specialty pharmacies, care management teams, and operational stakeholders to provide pharmaceutical consultation, clinical guidance, and strategic support to ensure effective implementation and adoption of medication management initiatives and best practices
• Strategy and Execution
  • Support strategies that promote optimal medication sourcing and administration across care settings, including physician offices, infusion centers, home infusion, specialty pharmacy, and alternate sites of care
  • Apply pharmacoeconomic principles and clinical expertise to balance patient outcomes, medication access, provider experience, and affordability objectives
  • Assist with the development, implementation, and maintenance of policies, procedures, workflows, clinical guidelines, job aids, and operational documentation
  • Evaluate quality controls, monitor program outcomes, and identify opportunities to improve operational performance, standardization, and clinical effectiveness
  • Support implementation activities, user…