Clinical Pharmacist, Pharmacy Engagement

The Pharmacy Department at Healthfirst manages the pharmacy benefit and drives initiatives to manage drug spend, reduce medical cost, and achieve top quality in medication related quality measures. The pharmacy team works in collaboration with the Pharmacy Benefit Manager as well as various divisions within and outside the organization to maintain a top-quality benefit at a reasonable cost.

The Clinical Pharmacist is responsible for working closely with the pharmacy leadership team to support network providers including community pharmacies to improve quality and reduce pharmacy cost. This position will be provider facing and requires local travel throughout New York City and Long Island.

• Build relationships with community pharmacies and support them in various performance metrics including adherence and patient satisfaction.
• Establish positive, collaborative, and consultative relationships with network providers including community pharmacies, hospital and community providers and population health teams.
• Support and help implement comprehensive, provider-specific plans to increase quality ratings for pharmacy specific Part D Patient Safety and HEDIS measures.
• Effectively communicate with various healthcare professionals internally and externally for successful collaboration and implementation of initiatives.
• Act as a resource to provide pharmacist and provider education, best practices, and training related to pharmacy quality measures.
• Assist in the development and presentation of educational materials for providers and pharmacists.
• Provide ongoing strategic recommendations to decrease pharmacy costs and improve formulary compliance at pharmacy, provider, and hospital level.
• Communicate formulary changes and opportunities to achieve optimal prescribing through formulary compliance and optimizing generic dispensing.
• Participate in monthly or quarterly meetings as required, including material preparation and updates.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Current, unrestricted license to practice pharmacy as a Registered Pharmacist (RPh)
• Strong oral, written and interpersonal communication skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel
• Ability to travel (approx. 50%) throughout New York City and Long Island

Preferred Qualifications:

• PharmD degree
• 2+ years managed care pharmacy experience, residency experience, or 5+ years community pharmacy experience
• Medicare Stars or HEDIS experience
• Provider-facing experience
• Data analytics experience

Compliance & Regulatory Responsibilities:

• Included in duties above

License/Certification:

• Current, unrestricted license to practice pharmacy as a Registered Pharmacist (RPh)

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