Optum · 2 months ago
Clinical Consultant Pharmacist, Sales and Retention, Optum Rx - Remote from Philadelphia, PA Region only
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$90K/yr - $161K/yr
3+ years expOptum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The Clinical Consultant Pharmacist role involves identifying clinical program opportunities, supporting sales and marketing efforts, and providing clinical consultation to clients to improve health outcomes.
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Responsibilities
Identifies opportunities for clinical program up-sell
Clearly communicates analytical and reporting needs to supporting departments. Identifies and creates opportunities to manage trend and add OptumRx products
Supports sales and marketing including participating UR sales activities, as needed based on criteria
Supports RFPs (tier analyses, formulary disruptions, answer questions)
Supports Implementations (presenting on formulary disruptions or discussing clinical programs)
Participates in health fairs and other member events
Identifies and creates opportunities to manage trend and add OptumRx products
Stays aware of and provides clinical market intelligence to clients
Communicates drug information to clients and responds to plan-specific clinical inquiries
Helps clients be competitive within their market
Analyzes and interprets benefit designs
Makes clinically sound recommendations to clients based on trend
Comprehends and effectively explains formulary and clinical program changes to clients
Routinely collaborates with account management to provide clinical aspects of client quarterly reviews
Provides superior clinical consultation and clinical account management with a focus on client satisfaction, client retention, and trend management
Provides education for clients, pharmacists, members and physicians per contractual requirements
Formulates and delivers client recommendations based on available data
Able to incorporate treatment and practice guidelines into client presentations including up-selling opportunities
Effectively manages client objections to new programs and required changes
Collaborates with clients to establish achievable but aggressive clinical program goals, including generic dispensing rate improvements, implementation of utilization management programs, improvement in medication adherence rates, improvements in therapy gaps for key chronic disease states, formulary compliance targets, and HEDIS and NCQA measures
Facilitates ongoing maintenance of client custom formulary and utilization management updates
Identifies opportunities to increase efficiency
Mentors clinical coordinators, as needed
Qualification
Required
Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy or PharmD
Current and unrestricted Pharmacist license in the state of Pennsylvania
3+ years of experience working as a licensed pharmacist
3+ years of clinical account management pharmacist experience
Experience working for a PBM or Health Plan in a client-facing role with external clients (beyond patients and prescribers)
Experience developing and delivering formal presentations to clients
Proficient skills in Microsoft Office, Power Point, Excel, Word, Teams, OneNote, and Outlook
Permanent residence within a commutable distance to the Philadelphia, PA area
Ability to travel locally up to 30%
Preferred
Experience contributing to the Request for Proposal (RFP) process
Experience participating in Finalist presentations
Formulary analysis experience
Experience working with Commercial Self-Funded clients
All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits package
Incentive and recognition programs
Equity stock purchase
401k contribution
Company
Optum
Optum is a healthcare company that provides pharmacy services, health care operations, and population health management. It is a sub-organization of UnitedHealth Group.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Daniel Castillo
Chief Executive Officer, Optum Care Delivery
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Jay Green
Chief Financial Officer
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