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What makes your pharmacy career greater with OptumRx? You'll work within an incredible team culture; a clinical and business collaboration that is learning and evolving every day. As a pharmacist on the Clinical and Pharmacy Operations team, you will perform various duties as it relates to therapy assessment, care planning and departmental communications to streamline efficiencies across the department.

To succeed in this position, a baseline understanding of various infusion related therapies is needed. These functions include interpreting, formulating, and dispensing of infusion and/or specialty drugs for sterile compounding and/or distribution. Pharmacist clinical activities include therapy assessment, care planning and medication reconciliation as they pertain to individual patients and the appropriate monitoring for effective care and positive patient outcome. This is a dynamic work environment and requires flexibility to meet business needs and adaptability to frequent changes. Teamwork is the norm and all employees will be held accountable to work as effective team members.

This position is for a Clinical Pharmacist working in the Optum Specialty Infusion Services unit within OptumRx, a UnitedHealth Group company.

Candidates must be able to work on-site in our Columbia, Maryland pharmacy between the hours of 9:30 am - 6:00 pm, plus a rotating on-call weekend schedule

Primary Responsibilities:

• Reviews medication orders and evaluates appropriateness and completeness of orders with consideration given to the special needs and behaviors of the specific age group served

• Obtains patient prescription and assists physician, as necessary, in formulating prescriptions and monitoring regimen

• Enters medication orders into the computer system and dispenses medications in an accurate and timely manner in appropriate quantities based on stability, compatibility of the drug and age specific needs of the patient

• Verifies all prescriptions not directly received from the physician or the physician’s agent

• Assesses the patient at the initiation of drug therapy, develops a patient care plan and drug monitoring regimen and monitors the patient according to the care plan throughout the course of therapy

• Communicates with physicians in suggesting alternate or modified drug therapy programs that are the most cost effective. Communicates with the patient, physician, nursing staff, pharmacists and other members of the health care team regarding patient status, response to therapy and clinical objectives to ensure clinical outcomes is met

• Coordinates with nursing staff to assure the most cost-effective method of delivery is utilized to achieve expected outcome

• Information is input into the computerized software system to ensure accurate and timely dispensing and billing

• Coordinates the drug preparation work of pharmacy technician and checks the accuracy of that work prior to releasing the medications for distribution. Accurately checks medications prepared by pharmacy technicians

• Where applicable, compounds pharmaceuticals in an aseptic fashion according to literature guidelines. Compounds specialty drug products. Uses aseptic technique when compounding sterile drug products. Completes accurate documentation of items compounded and repackaged. Is familiar with, and strives to meet, various guidelines and recommendations as put forth by various governing bodies

• Is knowledgeable with regards to the proper use and handling of sterile and hazardous medications. Compounds and handles sterile and hazardous medications in accordance with established guidelines and regulations (i.e. USP <797>)

• Ensures compliance with all FDA, DEA, State Board of Pharmacy, OSHA and other regulatory standards. Follows all department policies and procedures. Participates in department staff meetings and other functions required in the department, maintains license, continuing education and competencies as required by the appropriate regulatory agency and department

• Complies with all applicable Federal, State pharmacy rules and regulations related to dispensing, controlled substances, etc

• Ensures that all manufacturer requirements for REMS and/or other requirements are met when dispensing and/or shipping drugs

• Provide oversight of the safety; appropriateness, and effectiveness of the pharmaceutical care provide to patients (consumers) as it relates to specialty products dispensed

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• BS in pharmacy or PharmD degree

• Pharmacist license in good standing in Maryland

• 1+ years of Pharmacist experience in home infusion, hospital, or specialty pharmacy

• Hospital or home infusion experience

• Experience working independently with minimal supervision

• Experience validating IV admixtures

• Solid drug product and clinical pharmacy knowledge

• Participate in the on-call rotation and, after-hours prescription dispensing

• Proven ability to fill medication orders accurately and in a timely manner

• Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision

Preferred Qualifications:

• PGY-1 Residency training

• Home Infusion experience

• Experience with sterile compounding

• Solid clinical experience with immunoglobulins, biologics or parenteral nutrition

• Experience with Prior Authorizations, third party adjudication

• Experience working within a managed healthcare system

• Proven possess both verbal and written communication skills, interpersonal relationship skills and problem-solving skills

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone–of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income–deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes — an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.