Health System Clinical Director of Pharmacy

Cardinal Health

83d • $136,200 - $194,500

About The Position

The MA State Office of Pharmacy (MSOPS) Pharmacy Distribution Center (PDC) provides medications via central fill in unit dose or blister card form for DDS, DPH, DMH, DOC, and HOC facilities throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Reporting to the Health System Director of Pharmacy (HSD), Director of Pharmacy Operations and Account Management, and Cardinal Health Clinical Director, the Health System Clinical Director plans, organizes, and directs all functions of the MSOPS pharmacy clinical services.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy (BS Pharm) or Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree from an ACPE-accredited school of pharmacy.
• Active Registered Pharmacist License in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in good standing.
• Completion of an ASHP-accredited PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, or a minimum of 5 years of experience in a clinical acute care setting.
• Board certification highly preferred.
• Previous experience with drug formulary management preferred.
• Prior experience as a Pharmacy Supervisor/Manager or evidence of progressive leadership responsibilities preferred.
• Ability to work on-call as needed on a rotational basis.
• Ability to travel within the state as needed.
• May require vendor credentialing.

Responsibilities

• Maintains a professional presence throughout the system including communications with pharmacy staff and MSOPS leadership.
• Interfaces with client, medical staff, administrative personnel, DOPs, and clinical managers/pharmacists.
• Provides direction to the HSD and Clinical Managers/Pharmacists regarding management of clinical programs and initiatives within the health system that enhance patient care and patient outcome, reduce adverse events, and improve financial performance.
• Ensures that site DOPs and Clinical Managers/Pharmacists maintain the health system clinical programs and therapeutic initiatives.
• Assists HSD and Clinical Managers/Pharmacists with recommendations for management of the cost of sales within the facility.
• Assures pharmacy services and activities are carried out to meet goals and standards of both Cardinal Health and MSOPS as defined by the RFR.
• Participates in the development, maintaining, and updating of pharmacy Policy and Procedure manual for the system within PolicyTech.
• Actively participates in system P&T committee and all other facility P&T committees as defined by MSOPS.
• Participates in developing and maintaining an Antimicrobial Stewardship program, in conjunction with multidisciplinary team members.
• Achieves acceptable scores as defined by Cardinal Health on operations assessments/audits (PPA, Regulatory, Accreditation, BOP, etc).
• Defines and manages the activities and performance of pharmacy leadership team and pharmacy staff.
• Recruits, hires, retains, and separates employees using Cardinal Health policies and procedures.
• Develops and implements a training and competency program for all staff and maintains records of those completed competencies.
• Assures approval of MUE criteria, performs MUE, and reports results in committee meetings.
• Assures development and implementation of a process for all drug recalls.
• Reports hours of operation and coverage by management team to include weekends.
• Develops system-based econotherapeutic (ET) programs.
• Sets clinical goals for each facility within the system.
• Provides direction by assisting with development of action plans for the facilities within the system to meet ET goals.
• Utilizes DCOA as an objective tool to work with specific Medical Staff Departments or Utilization Management Teams to improve medication utilization.
• Ensures clinically related quality improvement programs (i.e. ADRs) meet all proprietary, regulatory, and accreditation standards.
• Prepares clinical reports for the Account Team Clinical Director and client as required.
• Provides direction in hospital formulary management and serves as a consultant regarding P&T topics.
• Coordinates pharmacy school teaching and residency programs within the health system.
• Ensures that information from Clinical Team is disseminated to each facility and that information requested by the Clinical Team department is submitted in a timely manner by each facility within the system.
• Provides guidance to the HSDOP in the submission of success stories.
• Provides clinical support to facilities without a clinical manager or when clinical manager is unavailable.
• Participates in the recruitment and hiring process.
• Ensures that reports for the pharmacist intervention program and clinical services are complete.
• Coaches/manages/trains pharmacy staff; ensures that a leadership development program is in place for key pharmacy staff.
• Provides clinical education support for each facility in the system by conducting in-services or workshops on corporate initiatives and identified problem areas.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision coverage.
• Paid time off plan.
• Health savings account (HSA).
• 401k savings plan.
• Access to wages before pay day with myFlexPay.
• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs).
• Short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Work-Life resources.
• Paid parental leave.
• Healthy lifestyle programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees