Job Description

Innovation, adaptability, passion for analytics and problem solving. If those traits brought you here, this opportunity could take you much further. Optum, is serving the health care marketplace with the information tools and analytics solutions that will fuel change going forward. We are well past big data. In fact, we are using great data to uncover innovative solutions and novel marketplace opportunities. If you thrive on making an impact in an evolving market, we should be talking. Join the expanding family of UnitedHealth Group companies and help shape history. You will help us improve the lives of others while doing your life's best work.(sm)

The environment is aggressive, fast paced, and innovative. We are looking for smart, innovative employees who will take ownership of their responsibilities, work collaboratively and always look for ways to add to the personal and professional growth of the company and their peers.

Our ideal candidate will combine pharmacy and lab data experience and an excellent understanding of the healthcare data and data quality. This work requires some experience with medication terminologies, lab results, use of metadata, knowledge representation and other basics of medical informatics.

The work also requires skills and knowledge required understanding and safely working with clinical terminology and the systems in and with which it is used.

You'll enjoy the flexibility to telecommute* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

* Serve as a pharmacy subject matter expert for medication related questions within the company
* Participate in the definition of Optum standard medication terminologies
* Clinical mapping of coded and un-coded data from customer's clinical (EMR's) and financial (claims) systems to proprietary medication terminology system
* Operate Optum's advanced terminology development tools
* Participate in the implementation and use of clinical data quality systems and processes
* Support product release work and scheduled updates including but not limited to resolving mapping issues
* Work closely with clinical informatics specialists in knowledge representation areas
* Develop and contribute to medication terminology related editorial policies/ mapping heuristics
* Ability to work creatively and flexibly, both independently and as part of a team
* Desire and ability to learn new skills, systems, and processes

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:

* Bachelors or doctorate degree in pharmacy
* An active pharmacist license
* 2+ years of work experience with medication data in EMR (Electronic Medical Records) or Claims
* 1+ year experience in mapping of medication data from source to target system
* 1+ year of experience with medication terminology systems
* Experience performing tasks and adhering to timeframes within a project plan
* Experience to independently analyze and summarize medication data issues
* Experience creating presentations to convey ideas and data findings
* Telecommute available for this role with preference given to Boston, MA
* If you need to enter a work site for any reason, you will be required to screen for symptoms using the ProtectWell mobile app, Interactive Voice Response (i.e., entering your symptoms via phone system) or similar UnitedHealth Group-approved symptom screener. When in a UnitedHealth Group building, employees are required to wear a mask in common areas. In addition, employees must comply with any state and local masking orders

Preferred Qualifications:

* Master's degree in medical informatics, or health information management discipline, or work equivalent
* Experience with relational databases
* Experience with SQL
* Experience with Hadoop platform/Scala/Spark/Zepplin programs
* Experience working as a clinical pharmacist in a hospital setting
* Working knowledge of pharmacy operations
* Experience in healthcare information systems development
* Experience with vocabulary browsers and authoring tools
* Experience with reference set development
* Experience with creation of crosswalks between terminology systems

Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)

Colorado Residents Only: The salary range for Colorado residents is $64,800 to $116,000. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. As of the date of this posting, In addition to your salary, UHG offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: Health, dental, and vision plans; wellness program; flexible spending accounts; paid parking or public transportation costs; 401(k) retirement plan; employee stock purchase plan; life insurance, short-term disability insurance, and long-term disability insurance; business travel accident insurance; Employee Assistance Program; PTO; and employee-paid critical illness and accident insurance.

*All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy

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.

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