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Posted: 12-Sep-22
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Preferred Education: PharmD
PGY1:
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Residency Overview
Optum Specialty Pharmacy Residency Program is committed to developing clinical pharmacists to provide advanced patient care services in a specialty pharmacy environment. The program trains residents to:
- Provide and manage patient care services in complex, rare specialty disease states
- Collaborate with other health care providers
- Perform business functions of specialty pharmacy operations
- Educate pharmacy students and patients
- Teach as adjunct faculty for a school of pharmacy
The residency is based at Optum Specialty Pharmacy National Distribution Center in Phoenix, Arizona. The specialty pharmacy location offers a variety of patient care services to support chronic, complex specialty disease states such as oncology, inflammatory, immunologic, neurologic, infertility, and pulmonary. Chronic disease state management is conducted to manage the patient as a whole. We offer expanded learning opportunities through partner sites, such as Optum Care Primary Care and Genoa Healthcare Pharmacy. The clinical pharmacists work with health care professionals, third party payers, and pharmaceutical manufacturers to manage patient medication therapy and help to improve patient outcomes.
Our residency program partners with Midwestern University College of Pharmacy - Glendale to allow residents an opportunity to complete the Clinician Educators Program and serve as a lecturer of an elective course in Specialty Pharmacy.
Required Learning Experiences
- Direct Patient Care:
- Oncology and Limited Distribution Drugs
- Inflammatory and Immune-mediated Diseases (dermatology, rheumatology, gastroenterology, asthma, multiple sclerosis)
- Community HIV Pharmacy Practice
- Specialty Clinical Counseling
- Oncology Operations and Counseling
- Chronic Disease Management/Ambulatory Care (longitudinal)
- Business and Research Projects (longitudinal)
- Operations Staffing (longitudinal)
- Education and Professionalism (longitudinal)
- Management
Elective Options
- Business Development
- Rare Diseases and Gene Therapy
- Specialty Pharmacy Growth and Innovation Leadership
- Reporting and Analytics
- Pharmacy Capabilities Management
Example Residency Learning Activities
- Patient Care
- Patient outreach and education
- Clinical chart review using Pharmacist Patient Care Process
- Prior authorization and financial assistance support
- Pharmacist verification checks
- Staffing and Management
- Staffing every other Saturday
- Education and Professionalism
- Midwestern University College of Pharmacy - Glendale
- Committee participation
- Active involvement in pharmacy organization(s)
- Community service
- Projects
- Research
- Business Plan
- Quality Improvement
- Collaborative Practice Agreement
Program Information
- Number of Positions: 5
- Start Date: July 1, 2023
- Annual stipend: $50,000
- Residency program (optum.com)
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Professional travel reimbursement
- Paid time off and holidays
Program Contact
Lauren Lawler, PharmD, CSP, AAHIVP
PGY-1 Community-based Residency Program Director
Optum Specialty Pharmacy
24416 N. 19th Ave
Phoenix, AZ 85085
763-330-3127
lauren.lawler1@optum.com
Minimum Requirements
- Pharm.D. from an accredited college of pharmacy or equivalent experience
- Eligibility for licensure in Arizona
Application Process
The following must be received by 1/3/2023:
- Letter of Intent
- Curriculum Vitae
- 3 letters of reference
- Official pharmacy school transcripts
- Interview required (may be on site or virtual dependent on travel restrictions in early 2023)
- Applications submitted through PhORCAS
- NMS code: 236015
