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The Academic Detailer Pharmacist is a field-based role that will independently engage community-based physicians and medical group administrators in an educational capacity with the goals of:

• Driving adherence to evidence-based medicine guidelines
• Supporting medication adherence
• Supporting prescribing of lower cost alternatives

As part of their daily responsibilities, this individual will work under the guidance and direction of their health plan partner to successfully drive initiatives and engage providers.

The Academic Detailer Pharmacist serves as the primary liaison between their health plan partner and their assigned provider portfolio. They will be expected to proactively establish and manage prescriber relationships as an outward facing, dedicated resource. In addition to providing prescriber/group education and performance report cards, this individual will engage medical groups to strategically identify ways to make provided reports more useful, and will be expected to bring back recommendations from physician offices to support continuous quality improvement of the detailing program. The Detailer will then be expected to collaborate with their health plan partner to continually improve ongoing utility of provider reports and education materials.

You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S., preferably in Atlanta, GA, as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Plan weekly activities, summarize outcomes and detail actionable items from activities
• Engage top prescribers through face-to-face visits, telephonic outreach, and fax/mail intervention to provide them with key feedback on their prescribing patterns, including benchmarks against relevant peer groups
• Review prescriber-specific opportunities to improve care on behalf of members
• Review patient-specific opportunities to optimize and provide cost-effective, quality care
• Develop and manage the client relationship with your health plan partner by employing effective communication, utilizing professional acumen, and incorporating drug expertise
• Apply marketing/consultation techniques in promotion of national practice guidelines for clinical effectiveness and safety
• Participate in the development of reports providing comparative data on prescribing practices
• Participate in the development of outcome reports to track the success of interventions
• Analyze data to track and trend program impact and identify areas of opportunity to improve the program
• Function with high level of urgency in all business responses- internal and external
• Receive training and materials from health plan partner to disseminate to practices, including handouts, provider reports, and other desired collateral
• Provide monthly progress updates during health plan partner hosted meetings
• Provide annual presentation of each year's activities and outcomes
• Assist with providing data and feedback to truly change provider behavior and achieve results
• Build collaborative and trusting relationships with the providers. Work as a clinical liaison between health plan partner and portfolio of practices/providers
• Maintain confidentiality and use only the minimum amount of protected health information (PHI) necessary to accomplish job related responsibilities. This position may require PHI or other confidential information be taken outside the office or accessed from home electronically. The Academic Detailer Pharmacist is responsible for safeguarding this information in accordance with all HIPAA policies and regulations

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 of Science in Pharmacy or PharmD
• Current and unrestricted Pharmacist license
• 3+ years of experience as a practicing Pharmacist OR completion of an ASHP-accredited pharmacy residency in 1 of the following: managed care, ambulatory care or specialty pharmacy
• Experience analyzing and interpreting pharmacy claims data, cost drivers and trends
• Proficient skills in Microsoft Office and Outlook
• Ability to travel locally, up to 50%
• Willingness to travel

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience proactively outreaching to providers or provider offices on pharmacy recommendations and topics
• Experience driving change through collaboration with providers and their staff
• Experience giving formal presentations 
• Academic Detailing experience
• Managed care or PBM experience
• General pharmacy/PBM, medical practices business understanding related to prescribing
• Solid clinical knowledge and experience collaborating with providers to recommend or promote clinically appropriate and cost-effective care
• Understanding of clinical quality programs (i.e. CMS STAR Ratings, NCQA/HEDIS, PQA)
• Understanding of pay-for-performance programs, ACOs and other performance/quality based initiatives

Competencies:

• Demonstrated record of being a self-starter, with a solid independent work drive
• Habitual use of metrics in daily work
• Effective communication skills (phone, email, written communication and documentation)
• Effective organizational skills
• Effective interpersonal skills, ability to establish and build new relationships from scratch

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $91,700 - $163,700 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

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.

UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

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