Joseph Endler

Experience

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  Walgreens Boots Alliance

  Jan 1997 - Jan 2004

  Responsible for day-to-day operations of a retail pharmacy that averaged approximately 300 prescriptions a day with direct reports that consisted of both technicians and staff pharmacists. Profit & Loss responsibility with cost & shrink control that exceeded same store comparisons.

  • Pharmacy Manager

    Jan 2000 - Jan 2004

  • Pharmacist

    Jan 1997 - Jan 2000
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  Omnicare, a CVS Health company

  Nov 2018 - Jun 2023

  Clinical/Consultant Pharmacist responsibilities include promoting the most appropriate pharmaceutical care for residents in a skilled nursing environment, assisting medical providers and nursing facility leadership in achieving cost-effective, optimal health outcomes and regulatory compliance. An expert resource in areas of geriatric drug therapy and long-term care pharmacy regulations to customers.With emphasis on the following:Expertise in geriatric drug therapy and disease state management • Optimize medication therapy, clinically evaluate drug regimens, and promote appropriate individualized care using current best practices and standard of care. • Disease state management of geriatric residents with complex medical histories. • Identifying, preventing, and minimizing adverse consequences related to medication therapy to the extent possible. • Work collaboratively with medical providers of different specialties. • Provide medication-related education and act as a drug information specialist.Regulatory Compliance • Perform monthly drug regimen reviews according to federal guidelines. • Assist facilities in developing and implementing policies and procedures to ensure compliance with federal and state regulations relating to medication ordering, storage, handling, labeling, destruction, and administration of drugs and biologicals. • Review controlled substances utilization, reconciliation, and documentation.Customer Service, Relations & Communication • Help facilities identify, evaluate, address and resolve pharmaceutical concerns and issues. • Provide assistance with pharmacy service issues or questions. • Meet regularly with Administration, Medical Director, and key providers. • Maintain ongoing communications and facilitate solutions to address concerns. Show less Management responsibilities comprise of direct and remote supervision of Clinical/Consultant Pharmacists a cross four states (AZ, NM, NV, UT), which includes handling schedules, travel and expenses, and establishing pathways to success in meeting company goals and metrics. Internally working with key stakeholders in customer retention and customer service initiatives; providing employees with timely, candid, and constructive feedback; developing employees to their full potential and providing challenging opportunities that enhance employee career growth; developing the appropriate talent pool to ensure adequate bench strength and succession planning; recognizing and rewarding employee accomplishments. Externally collaborating with customer national and regional leadership; reviewing key performance indicators with customer leadership to promote cost saving, patient care and quality goals.Additional Involvement:Propriety Software Development • Influence the direction of Omnicare’s propriety consulting software with focus on improving existing functionality, creating, and suggesting new functionality, and integrating senior management requests into the consulting software. • Review pharmacists’ suggestions and feedback to improve the software. • Test and give feedback on up-and-coming software updates and provide education.Subject matter expert for Clinical Services • Act as a liaison between CVS Health’s IT leadership and Omnicare’s Clinical leadership (Directors and Clinical Vice President) regarding the CVS/Omnicare IT clinical infrastructure. • Present at regional clinical meetings focusing on customer clinical software utilization. • Work with Senior Clinical Directors on troubleshooting issues between Omnicare and our customer’s chosen clinical systems. • Advise senior leadership about the needs of the Consultant Pharmacist in our customer’s environment for use in account management and contract negotiations. Show less

  • General Manager AZ, Operations - LTC

    May 2022 - Jun 2023

  • Clinical | Consultant Pharmacist-LTC

    Jan 2004 - May 2022

  • Clinical Manager-LTC

    Nov 2018 - Jun 2021
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  Landmark Health

  Jun 2023 - Feb 2024

  Clinical Pharmacist

  Ensures the safe and effective use of medications for Optum's HbMC patients by providing medication therapy management including medication reconciliation, assessing for optimal drug product selection, dosage regimen design, effective administration and drug therapy monitoring services. Reviews inpatient and outpatient drug therapies when appropriate and works with HbMC clinicians and multi-disciplinary team to find alternatives when needed, to ensure the best care possible is being given and to maximize clinical and financial outcomes. Show less

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  Optum

  Feb 2024 - now

  Clinical Pharmacist with Value Creation Team

  Clinical Pharmacist collaborates with providers and other interdisciplinary team members to improve the outcomes of patients with heart failure or COPD. Identify and resolve potential drug therapy problems through medication review, make recommendations to providers to optimize treatment regimens, provide patient education regarding medication use, achieve optimal medication adherence, and contribute to effective transitions of care through post-discharge medication reconciliation and review.