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Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at WellPower - All Jobs | Swiftcruit
WellPower envisions a community where every person’s mental health is fostered through strength, resilience and hope. We empower people to overcome barriers and achieve lasting well-being through collaborative behavioral health care and comprehensive support.
Our Guiding Principles:
Person Centered. We honor people’s identities, lived experience and journeys and treat every person with the dignity we all deserve.
Exceptional Care. We offer compassionate, innovative services that meet people where they are, from immediate support to long-term recovery.
Integrity. We operate from a deep foundation of ethical, accountable practices in all we do.
Organizational Resilience. We meet the moment and adapt to changing contexts with collaborative creativity, agile business processes, and financial stewardship.
Position Summary
The Clinical Pharmacy Specialist provides advanced, patient-centered clinical pharmacy services with a focus on medication optimization, disease state management, specialty pharmacy practice, and interdisciplinary collaboration. This role practices at the top of licensure under statewide protocols and WellPower Collaborative Practice Agreements (CPAs), while supporting clinical innovation, program development, and improved patient outcomes. The Clinical Pharmacy Specialist serves as a subject matter expert in clinical pharmacy practice and provides comprehensive medication management services for behavioral health conditions, substance use disorders, diabetes, metabolic disorders, ambulatory care, infectious disease prevention and treatment, population health, and other chronic disease states consistent with organizational programs, practitioner competency, and scope of practice. The position provides support to current and future initiatives as outlined by pharmacy and WellPower leadership.
Please note Salary will be adjusted at the start of the new year.
The posted range represents the full hiring range. Offers will not exceed this range, the majority of candidates are placed near the midpoint based on experience and qualifications.
Job Duties & Functions:
Advanced Clinical Care & Consultation
Design and optimize individualized pharmacotherapy plans
Conduct complex clinical consultations within area(s) of specialty practice.
Identify and mitigate medication-related risks, including drug interactions and adverse events, and barriers to adherence.
Provide timely, evidence-based drug information to providers and interdisciplinary teams
Document clinical recommendations, interventions, and patient outcomes
Provide pharmacist-delivered, protocol-driven clinical services under Collaborative Practice Agreements (CPAs), including initiating, modifying, and monitoring therapy as authorized.
Assess, initiate, monitor, and optimize medication regimens and clinical outcomes for patients with behavioral health conditions, diabetes, metabolic disorders, and other chronic disease states as appropriate to specialty area.
Administer medications and clinical therapies within scope of practice and organizational protocols, including long-acting injectable therapies, immunizations, and other pharmacist-delivered services.
Apply and interpret statewide and organizational clinical protocols to guide patient care and decision-making
Program Development & Clinical Leadership
Support implementation, evaluation, and continuous improvement of:
Collaborative Practice Agreements
Statewide protocols
Specialty clinical pharmacy services
Disease-state management programs
Develop and support clinical programs, medication use guidelines, and population health initiatives
Identify opportunities to expand pharmacist-delivered services and protocol-driven care
Partner with pharmacy and medical leadership to design and enhance clinical service models
Participate in committees, work groups, and organizational initiatives, as directed
Provide support to current and future initiatives as outlined by pharmacy and WellPower leadership.
Education & Workforce Development
Serve as a preceptor for pharmacy students, residents, and other learners as appliable.
Provide education to pharmacists, providers, nurses, and interdisciplinary care teams
Act as a clinical resource for pharmacy and medical staff within area of expertise.
Promote evidence-based practice and continuous professional development
Provide patient education focused on medications, disease management, self-care strategies, and health promotion.
Quality, Safety & Outcomes
Participate in medication safety programs, including adverse drug reaction and medication error monitoring
Support quality improvement initiatives tied to clinical and operational outcomes
Contribute to the development, monitoring, and reporting of clinical program metrics such as interventions, adherence, clinical outcomes, quality measures, and cost impact.
Utilize data to identify opportunities for improving patient care and service delivery.
Integrated Pharmacy Practice
Perform pharmacist duties as needed, including prescription verification and dispensing
Support technician workflow during operational needs
Provide MTM services and administer immunizations per protocol.
Collaborate with medical, behavioral health, nursing, and care coordination teams to deliver integrated patient care.
Ensure compliance with regulatory, legal, accreditation, and professional standards
Patient Experience & Equity
Deliver culturally responsive, trauma-informed care
Provide individualized medication education to support adherence, self-management, and patient engagement
Support equitable access to medications, clinical services, and preventative healthcare.
Role Flexibility & Scope
Adapts clinical programs and services in response to evolving regulatory standards, organizational priorities, and patient care needs
Participates in the implementation of new services, protocols, and care delivery models consistent with pharmacist licensure, specialty training, and organizational agreements
Maintain competency in specialty practice areas and applicable clinical certifications.
Other duties as assigned
Requirements & Qualifications:
Education & Licensure
Doctor of Pharmacy degree required.
Advanced clinical training through residency, board certification, certificate programs, diabetes education training, or equivalent clinical experience preferred.
Preferred Certifications (Specialty-Specific)
One or more of the following preferred:
Board Certified Psychiatric Pharmacist (BCPP)
Board Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacist (BCACP)
Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist (BCPS)
Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES)
Other specialty certification relevant to assigned clinical practice area
Experience
LICENSURE: Colorado Pharmacist license in good standing.
Physical Requirements: TYPICAL PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Requires sitting, standing, bending and reaching. Position requires manual dexterity to operate standard office machines, such as computers, fax machines, calculators, telephone, and other office and/or clerical equipment.
Learn more about WellPower:
WellPower is committed to fair and equitable hiring with salaries based on relevant factors, such as work experience, education, and certification/licensure (rather than wage history). Toward the principle of equal pay for equal work, we post and hire within defined hiring salary ranges. We ask all applicants to carefully review the hiring salary range for each posted job opportunity, as we will not hire outside the predetermined range.
WellPower is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, transfer, or promotion opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
