Job: Consulting Pharmacist - OptumRX - Oklahoma City, OK

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Jobing Description

Join us as one of our newest Consulting Pharmacists in Oklahoma City! The consulting pharmacist performs various duties to support our mail service customers and internal Customer Service Advocates. The pharmacist consults with customers, pharmacies and/or physicians and provides explanations and interpretations within area of expertise. Consultations include, but are not limited to: Completing Drug Utilization Reviews (DURs), Discontinuing medications, Initiating resends of orders, Counseling patients on medication use and interactions, Identifying specific medications by appearance, Advising patients and CSAs of alternative medications, Interpreting prescriptions, Updating allergy and disease profiles, Make outgoing phone calls to patients for follow-up, Take new prescription orders from prescribers, Make outgoing phone calls to drug manufacturers. All consultations are telephonic.

Skills / Requirements

- Current and unrestricted Pharmacist license for the State of OK

- Experience in retail, mail order, managed care or PBM preferred, but not required.

- Recent graduates accepted

- Basic to intermediate level of experience with MS Office suite and the ability to type and navigate a Windows environment

- Experience using on-line clinical references and accessing professional (clinical and regulatory) internet sites

- Up-to-date clinical skills (through current work practice or demonstrated upon interview)

- Fluent English speaking skills; bilingual and multi-lingual candidates fluent in English are highly desirable

- Able to communicate effectively and professionally both orally and in writing

- Able to work effectively in a team environment and interact with colleagues in a professional and supportive manner

- Able to communicate effectively and at the appropriate level with healthcare professionals, peers and patients

- Strong customer service skills including knowledge of standard phone etiquette, problem solving and customer interfacing skills

- Organized, detail oriented and excellent on follow-up

- Able to work flexible schedules and rotate job functions

OptumRx is part of the family of companies that make UnitedHealth Group one of the leaders across most major segments of the US health care system.

If you're ready to talk about groundbreaking interactions, let's talk about what happens when a firm that touches millions of lives decides to gather results from millions of prescriptions every month and analyze their impact. Let's talk about smart, motivated teams. Let's talk about more effective and affordable health care solutions. This is caring. This is great chemistry. This is the way to make a difference. We're doing all this, and more, through a greater dedication to our shared values of integrity, compassion, relationships, innovation and performance.

OptumRx is an empowering place for people with the flexibility to help create change. Innovation is part of the job description. And passion for improving the lives of our customers is a motivating factor in everything we do. In the largest and most personal sense, your impact can be greater than even you thought at OptumRx.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: equal opportunity employer M/F/D/V

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. In addition, employees in certain positions are subject to random drug testing.