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Are you looking for a clinically interesting role that has a big impact on geriatric health? CVS Health has an exciting opportunity to join the team at our Fortune 4 healthcare company!
The Clinical Pharmacist in Clinical Geriatrics will focus on converting clinical guidelines, primary literature, prescribing information, and compendia into clinical and regulatory support. This work focuses on supporting clinicians who care for older adults in the long-term care setting.
Responsibilities for this position include :
- Maintaining the consultant pharmacy database of best practice recommendations, tracking changes to the database, and preparing documents related to the database for review by internal and external specialists (including physicians and pharmacists)
- Completing annual review of current resources (e.g., tools, disease-focused treatment algorithms, nursing education slide decks, job aids) for clinical accuracy and relevance
- Using your clinical and written skills to respond to mailbox inquiries from consultant pharmacists for clinical information
This role has the opportunity to work in a hybrid format out of our corporate offices in Buffalo Grove, IL or to work remotely in a work from home capacity from anywhere within the United States.
Pay Range
The typical pay range for this role is:
Minimum: 84,500
Maximum: 182,000
This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors. This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above.
In addition to your compensation, enjoy the rewards of an organization that puts our heart into caring for our colleagues and our communities. The Company offers a full range of medical, dental, and vision benefits. Eligible employees may enroll in the Company's 401(k) retirement savings plan, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan is also available for eligible employees. The Company provides a fully-paid term life insurance plan to eligible employees, and short-term and long term disability benefits. CVS Health also offers numerous well-being programs, education assistance, free development courses, a CVS store discount, and discount programs with participating partners. As for time off, Company employees enjoy Paid Time Off (PTO) or vacation pay, as well as paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Number of paid holidays, sick time and other time off are provided consistent with relevant state law and Company policies.
For more detailed information on available benefits, please visit
Required Qualifications
- Licensed Pharmacist in good standing in state of residence
- 2+ years relevant clinical Pharmacist experience in a geriatric and/or ambulatory care setting OR completion of an ambulatory care residency and 1+ years relevant clinical Pharmacist experience in a geriatric and/or ambulatory care setting
- General knowledge of geriatric concepts and clinical programs that impact the older adult
- Excellent clinical and analytical skills including proficiency in the retrieval and review of evidence-based medical literature.
- Ability and willingness to travel up to 5% as needed
- Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal, and presentation skills, including the ability to tailor the message to the specific audience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Board Certified Geriatric Pharmacist (BCGP) highly preferred
- Broad knowledge across multiple complex disease states (e.g., infectious disease, neurology, endocrinology, cardiology) and the current landscape of drug therapy.
- Experience in medical writing or content creation for decision-support tools
- Excellent attention to detail in proofreading documents for accuracy, spelling, grammar, and content.
- Experience working on multiple projects as an independent or remote contributor, including the ability to prioritize and meet tight deadlines for competing projects.
- Confidence in articulating issues and recommendations to management.
- Proficiency in MS Office, Outlook, Word, Excel, and Power Point.
- Understanding of the health care industry, especially the payer systems, current trends and issues.
- Understanding of Federal and State regulations that affect geriatric patients such as Medicare Part D, Medicare Part B and the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Education
BS Pharm or PharmD
Business Overview
Bring your heart to CVS Health Every one of us at CVS Health shares a single, clear purpose: Bringing our heart to every moment of your health. This purpose guides our commitment to deliver enhanced human-centric health care for a rapidly changing world. Anchored in our brand — with heart at its center — our purpose sends a personal message that how we deliver our services is just as important as what we deliver. Our Heart At Work Behaviors™ support this purpose. We want everyone who works at CVS Health to feel empowered by the role they play in transforming our culture and accelerating our ability to innovate and deliver solutions to make health care more personal, convenient and affordable. We strive to promote and sustain a culture of diversity, inclusion and belonging every day. CVS Health is an affirmative action employer, and is an equal opportunity employer, as are the physician-owned businesses for which CVS Health provides management services. We do not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, promotion, or any other personnel action based on race, ethnicity, color, national origin, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. We proudly support and encourage people with military experience (active, veterans, reservists and National Guard) as well as military spouses to apply for CVS Health job opportunities.
Are you looking for a clinically interesting role that has a big impact on geriatric health? CVS Health has an exciting opportunity to join the team at our Fortune 4 healthcare company!
The Clinical Pharmacist in Clinical Geriatrics will focus on converting clinical guidelines, primary literature, prescribing information, and compendia into clinical and regulatory support. This work focuses on supporting clinicians who care for older adults in the long-term care setting.
Responsibilities for this position include :
- Maintaining the consultant pharmacy database of best practice recommendations, tracking changes to the database, and preparing documents related to the database for review by internal and external specialists (including physicians and pharmacists)
- Completing annual review of current resources (e.g., tools, disease-focused treatment algorithms, nursing education slide decks, job aids) for clinical accuracy and relevance
- Using your clinical and written skills to respond to mailbox inquiries from consultant pharmacists for clinical information
This role has the opportunity to work in a hybrid format out of our corporate offices in Buffalo Grove, IL or to work remotely in a work from home capacity from anywhere within the United States.
Pay Range
The typical pay range for this role is:
Minimum: 84,500
Maximum: 182,000
This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors. This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above.
In addition to your compensation, enjoy the rewards of an organization that puts our heart into caring for our colleagues and our communities. The Company offers a full range of medical, dental, and vision benefits. Eligible employees may enroll in the Company's 401(k) retirement savings plan, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan is also available for eligible employees. The Company provides a fully-paid term life insurance plan to eligible employees, and short-term and long term disability benefits. CVS Health also offers numerous well-being programs, education assistance, free development courses, a CVS store discount, and discount programs with participating partners. As for time off, Company employees enjoy Paid Time Off (PTO) or vacation pay, as well as paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Number of paid holidays, sick time and other time off are provided consistent with relevant state law and Company policies.
For more detailed information on available benefits, please visit
jobs.CVSHealth.com/benefits
Required Qualifications
- Licensed Pharmacist in good standing in state of residence
- 2+ years relevant clinical Pharmacist experience in a geriatric and/or ambulatory care setting OR completion of an ambulatory care residency and 1+ years relevant clinical Pharmacist experience in a geriatric and/or ambulatory care setting
- General knowledge of geriatric concepts and clinical programs that impact the older adult
- Excellent clinical and analytical skills including proficiency in the retrieval and review of evidence-based medical literature.
- Ability and willingness to travel up to 5% as needed
- Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal, and presentation skills, including the ability to tailor the message to the specific audience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Board Certified Geriatric Pharmacist (BCGP) highly preferred
- Broad knowledge across multiple complex disease states (e.g., infectious disease, neurology, endocrinology, cardiology) and the current landscape of drug therapy.
- Experience in medical writing or content creation for decision-support tools
- Excellent attention to detail in proofreading documents for accuracy, spelling, grammar, and content.
- Experience working on multiple projects as an independent or remote contributor, including the ability to prioritize and meet tight deadlines for competing projects.
- Confidence in articulating issues and recommendations to management.
- Proficiency in MS Office, Outlook, Word, Excel, and Power Point.
- Understanding of the health care industry, especially the payer systems, current trends and issues.
- Understanding of Federal and State regulations that affect geriatric patients such as Medicare Part D, Medicare Part B and the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Education
BS Pharm or PharmD
Business Overview
Bring your heart to CVS Health Every one of us at CVS Health shares a single, clear purpose: Bringing our heart to every moment of your health. This purpose guides our commitment to deliver enhanced human-centric health care for a rapidly changing world. Anchored in our brand — with heart at its center — our purpose sends a personal message that how we deliver our services is just as important as what we deliver. Our Heart At Work Behaviors™ support this purpose. We want everyone who works at CVS Health to feel empowered by the role they play in transforming our culture and accelerating our ability to innovate and deliver solutions to make health care more personal, convenient and affordable. We strive to promote and sustain a culture of diversity, inclusion and belonging every day. CVS Health is an affirmative action employer, and is an equal opportunity employer, as are the physician-owned businesses for which CVS Health provides management services. We do not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, promotion, or any other personnel action based on race, ethnicity, color, national origin, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. We proudly support and encourage people with military experience (active, veterans, reservists and National Guard) as well as military spouses to apply for CVS Health job opportunities.
