Summary
Job Description:
Job Title: Clinical Pharmacy Manager
FULL TIME - 1ST SHIFT
Dept: Pharmacy Services
Job Description:
The Pharmacy Clinical Manager acts as the principal point of contact for safe and appropriate medication use through education and physician liaison activities. Provides leadership to the department in the provision of clinical pharmacy services and drug information to medical, nursing, and ancillary staff. Facilitates the development, implementation, and maintenance of systems that promote optimal patient outcomes through safe, appropriate, and cost-effective medication therapy.
The following is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this job by listing the major components for this position (i.e., key responsibilities and essential duties). The list is not intended to be an all-exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities required and are subject to change from time to time. Additionally, other duties may be assigned at the discretion of leadership to meet business, customer, and/or patient needs.
Responsibilities:
- Develop, maintain, and monitor clinical pharmacy services.
- Develop, maintain, and supervise clinical training/education of pharmacists and support staff.
- Ensure continued competence of clinical staff and provide input into clinical performance.
- Serve as a clinical resource for providers, pharmacists, and nurses.
- Oversees activities of clinical pharmacy specialists (as applicable to the site)
- Oversees activities of pharmacy residents and/or students (as applicable to the site)
- Staffing responsibilities as required.
- Provide education and training to medical, nursing, and ancillary staffs regarding pharmacotherapy or related topics.
- Actively participate as pharmacy representation on Pharmacy and Therapeutics and other committees as assigned and implement their decisions throughout the facility.
- Participates in residency programs as applicable.
- May serve as Residency Program Director (See Residency Program Director job description).
- In conjunction with the Director of Pharmacy, coordinate the pharmacy’s quality assurance program, including medication use evaluation, medication safety, pharmacy, and stewardship initiatives.
- Review medical literature to determine its scientific merit and applicability to the organization.
- Facilitate the development and implementation of evidence-based treatment guidelines, protocols, order sets, and formulary changes as approved by the appropriate committees.
- Actively participate in meeting regulatory standards.
Requirements:
- Graduate of accredited College of Pharmacy
- If designated as the AMS committee (co-)leader, one of the following is required:
- Board Certification in Infectious
- Diseases within 3 years of hire
- Certification/education, such as that offered by nationally recognized antimicrobial stewardship education programs, within 3 years of hire
- Completion of PGY-2 Infectious Diseases ASHP-accredited Pharmacy Residency.
- 5 Years Experience in Clinical Practice Required
- Kentucky and/or Indiana Board of Pharmacy license in good standing as applicable to practice site
- Must obtain BLS/ACLS within 6 months
Benefits: Full-Time 32 weekly hours (0.8 FTE) - 40 weekly hours (1.0 FTE)
- Health, Vision, Dental and Pet Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Short Term and Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance
- Identity Theft Protection
- Tuition Reimbursement up to $6,000 annually
- Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
- 5 days of Paid Time Off available upon hire
- Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
- PTO Sell Back Program
- Compassionate Leave Sharing Program (PTO Donation)
- Employee Support Fund, for employees in need of emergency financial support
- Retirement with Company Match
Skills Required
- Graduate of an accredited College of Pharmacy
- Board Certification in Infectious Diseases within three years of hire if designated as AMS committee co-leader
- Nationally recognized antimicrobial stewardship education certification or equivalent within three years of hire if designated as AMS committee co-leader
- Completion of a PGY-2 Infectious Diseases ASHP-accredited Pharmacy Residency if designated as AMS committee co-leader
- Five years of clinical practice experience
- Kentucky and/or Indiana Board of Pharmacy license in good standing, as applicable to the practice site
- BLS/ACLS certification within six months
What We Do
Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of nine hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 400 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky in a joint venture with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana. Baptist Health employs more than 23,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has nearly 1,500 providers, including more than 750 physicians and more than 740 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians. Learn more at BaptistHealth.com.
