Clinical Innovation Scientist
Location
United States
Posted
6 days ago
Salary
Not specified
Job Description
AnewHealth is one of the nation’s leading pharmacy care management companies that specializes in caring for people with the most complex, chronic needs—wherever they call home. We enable better outcomes for patients and the healthcare organizations who support them. Established in 2023 through the combination of ExactCare and Tabula Rasa HealthCare, we provide a suite of solutions that includes comprehensive pharmacy services; full-service pharmacy benefit management; and specialized support services for Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly. With over 1,400 team members, we care for more than 100,000 people across all 50 states.
Job Details
Executes and refines clinical logic to support scalable, evidence-based medication decision support.
The Clinical Innovation Scientist serves as an applied clinical pharmacology expert supporting the development, maintenance, and enhancement of AnewHealth’s clinical decision support systems (CDSS). This role focuses on the execution and continuous refinement of clinical logic related to pharmacokinetics, pharmacogenomics, drug metabolism, drug transporters, and multi–drug interaction risk, ensuring scientific rigor and clinical relevance across product capabilities.
Working collaboratively within the Clinical Innovation Team and alongside Product, Engineering, Data Science, and UX partners, the Clinical Innovation Scientist integrates scientific evidence and mechanistic insight into production-ready clinical logic. This individual translates clinical research and literature into scalable algorithms, matrices, and decision-support outputs that improve system efficiency, deepen mechanistic understanding, and support safe, effective medication use.
The ideal candidate brings a strong working knowledge of clinical pharmacology, pharmacogenomics, and related pharmacokinetic principles, paired with the ability to apply that expertise in a highly collaborative, product-oriented environment. This role emphasizes applied execution, scientific integrity, and reliable delivery of clinically sound logic into operational systems.
AnewHealth’s Innovation and Experience – Clinical Innovation Team is committed to developing proprietary, evidence-based solutions that optimize medication regimens, improve patient outcomes, reduce healthcare utilization, and manage clinical risk. This is an opportunity to contribute to a high-impact clinical pharmacology team focused on translating science into meaningful, scalable patient and business value.
Team Purpose & Objectives
The Clinical Innovation Team is dedicated to advancing applied clinical pharmacy science through the development of scientifically rigorous, scalable, and clinically impactful solutions. The team serves as a bridge between clinical research, product development, and real-world implementation, ensuring that evidence-based insights are translated into tools that improve medication safety, patient outcomes, and healthcare efficiency.
The primary objectives of the Clinical Innovation Team are to:
Advance the understanding and application of medications through pharmacokinetics, drug metabolism pathway mapping, pharmacogenomics, clinical algorithm development, and clinical decision support systems.
Develop tools and frameworks that enable pharmacists to perform comprehensive medication safety reviews and promote patient well-being through evidence-based clinical practices.
Improve operational efficiency and user experience by supporting the development and enhancement of applications, user interface tools, clinical displays, and matrices.
Explore and support new market opportunities for the application of clinical pharmacy science by facilitating the adaptation, validation, and scaling of innovative approaches.
Responsibilities
Execute, refine, and maintain clinical pharmacology- and pharmacogenomics-based decision logic supporting AnewHealth’s clinical decision support systems (CDSS).
Conduct exhaustive clinical research and literature reviews to support CDSS updates, new features, and clinical algorithm development.
Codify, automate, and translate research findings and scientific evidence into scalable, production-ready clinical logic for use in software applications.
Interpret and integrate pharmacokinetic (PK) data, including pre-clinical and clinical studies, enzymatic assays, and in vitro/ex vivo drug metabolism studies, to support mechanistic accuracy.
Assist with the integration of drug metabolism and transporter data to provide mechanistic interpretation within the CDSS, aligned with the product roadmap.
Research and evaluate clinical literature, case reports, and scientific data related to pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, side effects, drug–drug interactions, and pharmacogenomics to support database metrics.
Maintain a current and working knowledge of PK/ADME, pharmacogenomics (PGx), and drug transporter science.
Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams—including Product, Engineering, Data Science, UX, and Analytics—to improve system efficiency, user experience, and clinical usability.
Support the development of clinical displays, matrices, algorithms, applications, and user interface tools.
Participate in cross-functional meetings to review findings, discuss clinical implications, and transfer knowledge across teams.
Work within project-directed teams to ensure the Clinical Innovation Team’s purpose and objectives are achieved.
Work closely with healthcare data to identify restricted elements across application data sources using appropriate data profiling tools.
Assist in validation, regression support, documentation, and quality processes to ensure accurate and reliable clinical logic delivery.
Develop and contribute to documentation supporting standard operations, training, issue resolution, and troubleshooting.
Participate in ensuring valid methods, review processes, and scientific standards are developed and consistently followed.
Comply with all applicable regulations and maintain proper records in accordance with SOPs and organizational policies.
Work closely with leadership to support high-quality, timely delivery of clinical products and milestones.
Embody AnewHealth’s Core Values in all communications and interactions.
Other duties as assigned.
The above essential functions are representative of major duties of positions in this job classification. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary based upon departmental needs. Other duties may be assigned similar to the above consistent with knowledge, skills and abilities required for the job. Not all of the duties may be assigned to a position.
Qualifications: These represent the desired qualifications of the ideal candidate. They are not meant to limit consideration for candidates who do not meet all of the standards listed. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education
PharmD degree required; PhD, residency, or fellowship in Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmacokinetics, Drug Metabolism, or a related field preferred.
Experience
2+ years of experience in clinical pharmacy, pharmacokinetics and drug metabolism, pharmacogenomics, or equivalent experience in related scientific or clinical fields.
Direct healthcare industry experience in clinical pharmacology (preferred) and/or pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics (PK/PD) and pharmacogenomics (PGx) data analysis.
Experience working effectively within cross-functional, project-directed teams.
Additional Qualifications & Growth Opportunities
Preference will be given to candidates with additional knowledge and/or experience in clinical pharmacology, the applied use of pharmacokinetics, pharmacogenetics, and translational research.
This role may include opportunities to supervise clinical pharmacologists, scientists, or equivalent roles within project-directed teams, as organizational needs evolve.
Skills & Abilities
Scientific & Analytical Expertise
Demonstrated independent and critical scientific thinking, with the ability to interpret and apply complex clinical and pharmacokinetic results.
Knowledge and experience in pharmacokinetics, drug metabolism, precision medicine, and related regulatory considerations.
Demonstrated ability to understand and evaluate preclinical pharmacokinetic (PK) data.
Clinical Decision Support & Regulatory Awareness
Working knowledge of clinical decision support system (CDSS) tools and services.
Familiarity with regulatory agency documentation, including New Drug Applications (NDAs), from organizations such as the FDA, EMA, and PMDA.
Understanding of and ability to apply HIPAA rules to identify and manage restricted healthcare data.
Communication, Collaboration & Professional Skills
Excellent verbal and technical communication skills.
Highly organized, self-motivated, and capable of working effectively in a collaborative, cross-functional environment.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and related productivity tools.
Schedule: This is a full-time position with an expectation to work an average of 40 hours per week and be available outside of normal business hours to meet customer expectations on an ad-hoc basis. Schedules are set to accommodate the requirements of the position and the needs of the organization and may be adjusted as needed.
Travel: Travel may be required for special organization or department events, department team meetings, trade shows, conferences, and other client engagements.
AnewHealth offers a comprehensive benefit package for full-time employees that includes medical/dental/vision, flexible spending, company-paid life insurance and short-term disability as well as voluntary benefits, 401(k), Paid Time Off and paid holidays. Medical, dental and vision coverage are effective 1st of the month following date of hire.
AnewHealth provides equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status, or other legally protected classification in the state in which a person is seeking employment. Applicants are encouraged to confidentially self-identify when applying. Local applicants are encouraged to apply. We maintain a drug-free work environment. Applicants must be eligible to work in this country.
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