HealthPartners is offering an exciting opportunity to lead and advance medication therapy management services (MTM) to our members and patients.
This Clinical Pharmacy Manager position is responsible for the management and direction of the HealthPartners MTM program including services to both Medicare and commercial health plan members as well as to HealthPartners clinic patients. This person will also develop and support quality and utilization improvement programs aimed at improving safe and effective medication use.The culture at HealthPartners is one of ownership, pride, service, and most importantly, partnership. That spirit of partnership among employees, with patients and the community, is just one of the many reasons we were recently named one of nations -best places to work in health care by Modern Healthcare Magazine. Join us for a career that offers respect, support and encouragement.Required Qualifications:*Bachelors degree or Pharm. D from a recognized school of pharmacy*Licensure in the State of Minnesota as a pharmacist.*Five (5) years of clinical pharmacy experience preferably in managed care or ambulatory care or successful completion of one or two years specialized post-doctoral residency/fellowship.Preferred Qualifications:*Supervisor/management experience.*Knowledge of managed care pharmacy practice.*Experience with Medication Therapy Management (MTM) *Knowledge of pathophysiology and therapeutic disease states commonly found in ambulatory patients.*Strong verbal and written communication skills.*Strong clinical research skills and DUR/DUE experiences*Computer and software literate.*Ability to conduct literature searches, to interpret and incorporate into medical proactive.*Ability to implement changes and develop innovative roles.*Interpersonal and communication skills necessary to obtain cooperation among Pharmacy, Nursing, and Medical Departments.*Ability to interpret data and generate reports.*PharmD degree and BPS certification *Recent clinical practice experience.Accountabilities:*Directs the delivery of clinical pharmacy services and programs that meet the six aims (effective, efficient, equitable, patient centered, timely and safe) that include, but are not limited to: medication therapy management and quality and utilization improvement.*Provides supervision and training to clinical staff pharmacists. *Develops written policies and procedures for the delivery of clinical pharmacy services.*Provides specialized clinical pharmacy services including participation on disease management teams, screening of appropriateness of drug therapy, patient education, and active input into the selection of cost-effective pharmaceuticals.*Participates as a member of health plan and medical group committees or subcommittees (e.g., Pharmacy and therapeutics, Institutional Review Board, etc.).*Designs, develops and/or supports the development of written appropriate use criteria and threshold standards for review by the Pharmacy Quality and Utilization Improvement Committee or P&T Committee. Conducts or assists in conducting DUR/DUE studies and monitors and coordinates DUR/DUE activities and initiatives.*Assist in the monitoring of adverse drug reactions and assists in the development of disease management outcome parameters to assess the impact of medications in the treatment of specific disease states.*Supervises and participates in the education of pharmacy students and postdoctoral residents.*Provides education to pharmacists, nurses and physicians.*Participates in applied clinical pharmacy research.*Prepares and presents new drug reviews and therapeutic class reviews for the HealthPartners P&T Committee.*Manages and provides academic detailing program activities.HealthPartners, nationally acclaimed for providing outstanding patient care, offers a comprehensive benefits package.Health is what we do. Partnership is how we do it.EOE