Job Description

Expanding access to affordable, high quality health care starts here. This is where some of the most innovative ideas in health care are created every day. This is where bold people with big ideas are writing the next chapter in health care. This is the place to do your life's best work.(sm)

Primary Responsibilities:

* Pharmacy:
* Present clinical findings and literature before National Pharmacy & Therapeutics (P&T) committee
* Oversee pharmacy projects from inception to completion
* Provide responses to drug information requests
* Assess and interpret customer needs and requirements
* Identify solutions to non - standard requests and problems
* Coach, provide feedback and guide others; acts as a resource for others with less experience
* Work with other pharmacists and internally to support clinical utilization programs
* Given time - sensitive issues required by CMS and other regulatory bodies, there may be times that extended work hours are required to ensure deliverables are met in a timely manner
* Program Management:
* Ability to interpret competitive intelligence, industry and market trends, and customer feedback and devise strategies and plans for product development opportunities
* Adapt at developing sound development business cases and cost / benefit analyses to support product development efforts
* Ability to translate ideas into strategies, define plan for those strategies, and work cross-functionally to launch and execute on product development plans
* Work directly across many departments and cross functional teams to design, develop and drive successful deployment of new and enhanced programs and services
* Support the development of market and sales strategies and value proposition
* Navigate and influence multiple cross - functional teams in a complex, matrix work environment, which may require working across Optum and UHG business units
* Seamlessly transition product development projects to product manager
* Adapt departmental plans and priorities to address business and operational challenges
* Manage cross - segment projects and initiatives that require problem solving, relationship building, influencing and analyzing
* Works with leadership to determine appropriate success metrics with which pilots and / or general available products will be evaluated

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:

* Current and unrestricted pharmacist licensure in CA
* PharmD or Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy
* 3+ years of experience working as a clinical pharmacist
* 3+ years of Managed Care experience OR Clinical Program Development/Management experience
* Ability to navigate MS Office and a Windows based environment
* Ability to navigate Outlook and conduct Internet searches
* You will be provisioned with appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and are required to perform this role with patients and members on site, as this is an essential function of this role
* Employees are required to screen for symptoms using the ProtectWell mobile app, Interactive Voice Response (i.e., entering your symptoms via phone system) or a similar UnitedHealth Group-approved symptom screener prior to entering the work site each day, in order to keep our work sites safe. Employees must comply with any state and local masking orders. In addition, when in a UnitedHealth Group building, employees are expected to wear a mask in areas where physical distancing cannot be attained

Careers with OptumRx. We're one of the largest and most innovative pharmacy benefits managers in the US, serving more than 12 million people nationwide. Here you'll fill far more than prescriptions. As a member of one of our pharmacy teams, you're empowered to be your best and do whatever it takes to help each customer. You'll find unrivaled support and training as well as a wealth of growth and development opportunities driven by your performance and limited only by your imagination. Join us. There's no better place to help people live healthier lives while doing your life's best work.(sm)

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

Job Keywords: Pharmacist, Pharmacy, Clinical Pharmacist, Pharm D, PBM, Managed Care, UHG, UnitedHealth Group, OptumRx, Irvine, CA, California