Pharmacy Resident

Pharmacy Resident

CalOptima

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The Team You'll Join

We are a mission driven community-based organization that serves member health with excellence and dignity, respecting the value and needs of each person. If you are ready to advance your career while making a difference, we encourage you to review and apply today and help us build healthier communities for all.

More About the Opportunity

We are hoping you will join us as a Pharmacy Resident and help shape the future of healthcare where you'll be an integral part of our Pharmacy Management team, helping to strive for excellence while we serve our member health with dignity, respecting the value and needs of each of our members through collaboration with our providers, community partners and local stakeholders. The Pharmacy Residency Program at CalOptima Health is a non-accredited managed care residency that provides a unique opportunity to gain valuable clinical and administrative experience in an integrated managed care setting. You will be trained in the role of the Clinical Pharmacist in developing and implementing formulary administration, medication use management, pharmacy benefit design, pharmacy network management, pharmacy benefit management relationship and drug-use policy development. You will also be trained to function as a leader in developing and implementing pharmaceutical care plans for specific patients in an integrated health plan and delivery system setting.

Clinical experiences include but are not limited to, face-to-face and / or telephonic Comprehensive Medication Review (CMR) sessions as a part of the in-house Medication Therapy Management (MTM) program, Interdisciplinary Care Team (ICT) meeting participation, involvement in the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), coverage determination training, prior authorization criteria development and medication profile reviews for identified high-risk patients. Administrative experiences include training in CalOptima Health's policies and procedures and learning the relationship managed care organizations have with the community pharmacy provider network, physician provider network and the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM). Throughout the year, you will have the opportunity to attend various meetings, such as CalOptima Health's quarterly Pharmacy & Therapeutics (P&T) meeting and other quality improvement meetings. These experiences will provide you with valuable insight into the patient and quality-centered approach to managed care at CalOptima Health. Together, we are building a stronger, more equitable health system.

Your Contributions To the Team

95% - Program Support

Participates in a mission-driven culture of high-quality performance, with a member focus on customer service, consistency, dignity and accountability.

• Assists the team in carrying out department responsibilities and collaborates with others to support short- and long-term goals / priorities for the department.
• Designs and implements clinical programs to enhance the efficacy of patient care.
• Ensures the safety and quality of the medication-use system.
• Provides medication and practice-related information, education and / or training.
• Designs effective benefit structures to service specific population's needs.
• Completes a residency project, which may be in the form of original research, a problem-solving exercise or development or enhancement of some aspect of our pharmacy services.
• Delivers a formal presentation of the residency project at the annual Western States Pharmacy Conference.

Precepts pharmacy interns on rotation at CalOptima Health.

5% - Other

Completes other duties and projects as assigned.

Do You Have What the Role Requires?

You'll Stand Out More If You Possess the Following :

What the Regulatory Agencies Need You to Possess?

Your Knowledge & Abilities to Bring to this Role :

Your Physical Requirements (With or Without Accommodations) :

Ways We Are Here For You

You'll enjoy competitive compensation for this role.

Our current hiring range is : Pay Grade : 305 - $55,966 - $83,949 ($26.91 - $40.3601).

The base pay offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors.

This position is approved for Partial Telework ( If the position is Telework, it is eligible in California only )