System Director, Pharmacy-Clinical
The System Director of Pharmacy Clinical Services is responsible for the direction and leadership of operational, financial, programmatic, scholarly, and personnel activities of Pharmacy Clinical Services. This includes establishing, meeting and continuously monitoring the goals and objectives while maintaining alignment with the strategic goals and objectives for Premier Health. This position entails leading clinical team leads and clinical pharmacy specialists to expand, integrate, and sustain acute and ambulatory clinical services to improve patient outcomes and deliver value to Premier Health.
Pharmacy clinical services include, but are not limited to: interprofessional rounding, pharmacist patient care processes, consults, emergency response, formulary enforcement, medication use stewardship, patient education, and medication information provision. While the range of duties and responsibilities is broad and varied, the position’s major responsibility is directing the day-to-day clinical operations, financial management, formulary management, and human resource management as it relates to clinical pharmacy services.
The System Director works closely with a variety of stakeholders, coordinating the activities of Clinical Pharmacy Services across the enterprise and through future integration efforts. The System Director of Pharmacy Clinical Services serves as the programmatic and operational leader for Clinical Pharmacy Services and is responsible to the System Vice President of Pharmacy and works closely with Premier Health employees and leaders.
General Summary/Responsibilities:
Pharmacy clinical leader for the following:
- Premier Hospital Acute Care Pharmacies
- Premier Hospital Ambulatory Care pharmacy services:
- Medication Therapy Management clinics – Anticoagulation, Allergy Testing, Diabetes, Hyperlipidemia
- Oncology Infusion
- Specialty Pharmacy
- Premier Health P&T Committee
Education
Minimum Level of Education Required: Master's degree
Additional requirements:
- Type of degree: B.S.Pharm or PharmD
- Area of study or major: Pharmacy
- Preferred educational qualifications: Master’s degree in pharmacy administration, healthcare administration, business, or other relevant subject area
Licensure/Certification/Registration
- Current licensure as a registered pharmacist by the State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy, or eligibility to become licensed within 60 days of employment start date.
- Board certification through the Board of Pharmacy Specialists.
Experience
Minimum Level of Experience Required: 5 - 7 years of job related experience
Prior job title or occupational experience: Experience in clinical pharmacy and formulary management.
Prior specific functional responsibilities: Completion of an ASHP accredited PGY1 pharmacy residency or equivalent work experience.
Preferred experience: Has held leadership positions in a complex academic health system.
Knowledge/Skills
- High level of analytical ability to collaborate and strategically plan
- Time management and prioritizing
- High level of interpersonal, communication, and team building skills
- Advanced planning and organizing skills
- Implementing and strong execution
- Listening and facilitating consensus
- Getting objective information
- Giving clear instructions
- Training, delegating, and coaching
- Appraising competence and performance
- Counseling and disciplining
- Promoting safety and value
- Financial acumen
- Identifying, analyzing, balancing, and solving clinical and organizational problems
- Weighing risks and making decisions
- Innovating with human resources, technology, and automation
- Complying with regulatory and accreditation requirements