Clinical Pharmacist
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, 90079, USA
Listed on 2026-11-02
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Healthcare
Clinical Pharmacist
The Clinical Pharmacist serves as an integral member of the interdisciplinary care team as part of the Care at Home Solutions program. The Clinical Pharmacist partners closely with the Medical Director, Advanced Practice Provider (APP), Registered Nurse (RN), Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Community Health Worker (CHW), and Care Navigators to optimize medication therapy, improve clinical outcomes, and reduce avoidable healthcare utilization for individuals with complex medical, behavioral, and social needs.
The Clinical Pharmacist provides comprehensive medication management services, including medication reconciliation, medication therapy management, polypharmacy review, deprescribing recommendations, patient and caregiver education, and evidence-based medication optimization. The Clinical Pharmacist supports medication safety, adherence, quality performance, and outcomes across the four core pillars of the program:
Annual Wellness Visits (AWVs), Transitions of Care (TOC), Complex Care Management (CCM), and Disease Management.
FLSA Status: Exempt
Salary Range: $145,000 - $165,000
Reports To: Medical Director / Practice Leadership
Direct Reports: No
Location: Remote; preference for Los Angeles-based candidates
Travel: Up to 10%
Work Type: Part-Time
Schedule: Flexible
Duties and Responsibilities (including but not limited to)- Performs comprehensive medication reconciliation following hospital discharge, emergency department visits, specialist visits, and other transitions of care.
- Conducts comprehensive medication reviews (CMRs) and Medication Therapy Management (MTM) for medically complex and high-risk patients.
- Identifies and addresses polypharmacy, therapeutic duplication, drug-drug and drug-disease interactions, contraindications, adherence concerns, and potentially inappropriate medications.
- Identifies opportunities to deprescribe unnecessary medications, reduce anticholinergic burden, simplify medication regimens, and improve medication safety and quality of life.
- Develops evidence-based medication optimization recommendations in collaboration with physicians, APPs, and other members of the interdisciplinary care team.
- Collaborates with providers to optimize therapy for chronic conditions including diabetes, hypertension, heart failure, COPD, chronic kidney disease, hyperlipidemia, and anticoagulation.
- Provides medication education and counseling to patients and caregivers to improve medication understanding, adherence, and self-management.
- Assesses medication affordability, access, and adherence barriers and recommends formulary alternatives, assistance programs, or other cost-effective options.
- Supports Annual Wellness Visits (AWVs), transitions of care, complex care management, disease management, and medication-related quality gap closure activities.
- Participates in interdisciplinary case conferences and contributes medication-related expertise to individualized care plans.
- Collaborates with primary care providers, specialists, pharmacies, health plans, and community partners to coordinate safe and effective medication management.
- Supports efforts to reduce avoidable emergency department visits, hospital admissions, and readmissions through proactive medication management.
- Reviews medication-related quality, utilization, and performance metrics and supports quality improvement initiatives.
- Maintains accurate and timely documentation within the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and other designated systems.
- Ensures compliance with applicable federal and state regulations, payer requirements, organizational policies, and standards of pharmacy practice.
- Licensed pharmacists independently perform clinical activities within their education, training, licensure, credentialing, and organizational privileges.
- Pharmacy interns perform assigned activities only under the supervision of a California-licensed pharmacist and within applicable California scope-of-practice requirements.
- Pharmacy interns do not independently diagnose, prescribe, modify therapy, or communicate final clinical recommendations without pharmacist review and approval.
- All medication recommendations requiring prescriber action are communicated to the appropriate licensed provider and documented in accordance with organizational protocols.
- Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree from an accredited college or school of pharmacy required for licensed pharmacist applicants.
- Active and unrestricted California…
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