Clinical Pharmacist - Ambulatory Care / COPD Population Health

About the role

Akido, an AI-native care provider, is hiring a Clinical Pharmacist to provide ambulatory pharmaceutical care within the Rhode Island Primary Care Physicians Corporation ACO. The pharmacist works inside primary care practices as part of an interdisciplinary team, focusing on medication management, chronic disease outcomes and reduced avoidable care. The role also supports a new pharmacist-led COPD population health program, which is being built from the ground up.

Key responsibilities

• Manage drug therapy: reconcile and assess medication regimens for adherence, safety and effectiveness, and give evidence-based recommendations with providers and the care team.
• Support COPD care: guideline-directed therapy, inhaler technique education, adherence monitoring and mitigation of medication access barriers.
• Identify high-risk COPD patients through population health platforms (recent ED visits, hospital admissions or readmissions) and run transitions of care after acute care.
• Educate patients on medications, disease states, self-management and early signs of COPD exacerbation.
• Work within collaborative practice agreements and contribute to quality improvement, quality metrics and new pharmacy services and workflows.
• Document encounters in the electronic health record, report program outcomes and give presentations on quality metrics and clinical initiatives.

Required profile

• Current unrestricted Rhode Island pharmacist license; able to make independent clinical decisions without physician sign-off at every step.
• PharmD with 2 years of experience, or BS in Pharmacy with 3 years of experience.
• Advanced training in chronic disease management: Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties certification or an ASHP-accredited residency (or CE program if the residency is outside the area).
• Preferred: ambulatory care, population health or chronic disease experience, respiratory disease experience (COPD, asthma), ASHP residency, interdisciplinary teamwork, EHR and reporting tool experience, and Microsoft Office proficiency.

What we offer

• Salary range of $125,000-$135,000.
• Medical, dental, vision and other health benefits, plus a company-paid HRA.
• 401K match eligibility after 1 year, paid time off and paid holidays.
• Life insurance.