Clinical Pharmacist

Explore opportunities at The Corvallis Clinic, part of the Optum family of businesses. For more than 75 years, our multi-specialty group has been committed to delivering exceptional care to our patients and fulfilling careers to our team members. As a leading clinic in Oregon's mid-Willamette Valley, we serve more than a quarter-million people with offices in Corvallis, Albany and Philomath. Join a team that empowers you from the start and values work-life balance, teamwork and trust. We offer comprehensive benefits and competitive pay. Elevate your career with us and discover the meaning behind Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

The Clinical Pharmacist ensures the safe, effective, cost-conscious use of medications by providing expertise in the therapeutic benefits, drug interactions, adverse reactions, and disease-specific evidence-based treatment protocols common to primary care and specialty medicine. The Clinical Pharmacist will interact with patients, clinicians, nurses, and other health care providers to provide management, information, and education about the use of drugs.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Participates and maintains a culture within The Corvallis Clinic that is consistent with the content outlined in the Service and Behavioral Standards document. To this end, employee will be expected to read, have familiarity, and embrace the principles contained within
• Works providing direct patient care. Obtains and evaluates patient medication regimens, allergies, and past/current medical history. Designs, recommends and monitors patient specific therapeutic regimens with evidence-based medicine. Use collaborative drug therapy management protocols for disease state management. Examples include diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and pain management
• Participates and supports guideline, pathway, and other disease management efforts. Participates in providing drug use feedback to providers using available data
• Collaborates with nurse care managers to provide expert advice on prescribing practices for selected patients with complex and unstable disease to improve their health and prevent unnecessary hospital and emergency care costs
• Conducts target drug programs or other interventional efforts designed to optimize the use of pharmaceuticals
• Professional Practice: Remains current in pharmaceutical regulations and applicable laws and advises The Corvallis Clinic to ensure compliance
• Perform other duties as assigned

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:

• Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy RPh or a PharmD degree from an accredited college or university
• Oregon Pharmacy licensure
• Pharmacy practice residency or 3+ years of practice experience in direct patient care
• Experience in an ambulatory care clinic or inpatient setting
• Proven knowledge of electronic medical records, spreadsheet and word processing software

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form
• Demonstrated ability to set goals, plan, organize, and take tasks to completion
• Ability to exercise independent judgement within the limits of authority
• Ability to communicate well in an interdisciplinary team setting
• Lead and train where necessary and accurately represent the standards of pharmaceutical practice
• Demonstrated flexibility and vision to try new collaborative approaches to clinical problems and the willingness to persevere through the challenges of creating positive change in a medical clinic setting
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: OptumCare is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employers 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.

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