Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacy Manager

Job title: Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacy Manager

About the Role MSHS seeks an Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacy Manager that reports to the Senior Director, Ambulatory Pharmacy. The Clinical Pharmacy Manager will have direct patient care and centralized responsibilities aligned with care delivery goals as dictated jointly by Pharmacy and health system leadership. Manager may develop collaborative drug practice agreements with providers at practices. Managers will lead medication management performance improvement initiatives. Managers are expected to manage pharmacy students and residents as requested. Manager will assist with design, implementation and evaluation of all related pharmacy initiatives.

What You'll Do

• Delivery of clinical pharmacy services with a focus on chronic disease management, including development or expansion of pharmacy practice programs, drug therapy policies, and Chronic Care Management; serve as a clinical pharmacy resource for the health-system; work collaboratively with clinical staff to implement and modify medication therapy for individual patients; implement decisions of and provide support for the Ambulatory Pharmacy & Therapeutics committee by preparing drug evaluations and assisting in formulary maintenance.
• Pharmacy Strategy and Innovation: identify, develop, and implement new pharmacy strategies and innovation pilot projects across responsible clinics/areas; provide education, training and work direction to clinic staff and practitioners as required.
• Precepting: serve as a preceptor for the MSHS PGY1 and MSHP PGY2 ambulatory care pharmacy residency programs and students from colleges of pharmacy; provide scholarly activities and presentations at local and national meetings to advocate for and raise awareness of ambulatory care pharmacy roles and responsibilities.
• Management: develop and scale medication management programs, manage goals of pharmacy integration across MSHS; support financial, quality and utilization analytics and performance improvement evaluations; serve as pharmacy representative on behalf of ambulatory pharmacy as required on organizational committees; supervise pharmacy employees; responsible for/contributes to employee performance evaluations for assigned staff; provide off-hour coverage for the department; interview candidates and supports in leading orientation activities.

What We're Looking For

• Education: Doctor of Pharmacy Degree required; ASHP-Accredited PGY-1 required; PGY-2 preferred.
• Certification: Board certification (BCACP) or obtain BCACP within 2 years of hire, required. Depending on the specific patient population that the ambulatory care clinical pharmacy manager cares for, an alternative BPS specialty certification may be approved by the Director.
• Experience: 3 years hospital experience or equivalent, with clinical experience/training.
• Licensing & Regulatory: Registered Pharmacist with the NYS Board of Pharmacy; must be certified (or certified within 6 months of hire) to practice Collaborative Drug Therapy Management by the New York State Education Department; immunization certification by NYSED preferred within 1 year of hire; American Heart Association BLS certification, required within 2 months of hire.
• Additional Skills and Qualities: Chronic disease management, care management, MTM experience, CDTM experience, population health experience; strong ability to supervise and mentor staff.

Nice to Have

• Immunization certification preferred within 1 year of hire (NYSED).
• Alternative BPS specialty certifications may be considered per Director's approval.