Clinical Pharmacy Manager - Critical Care and Emergency Medicine

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Organization:
Dir Pharmacy Inpt Svcs

Job Summary

Leads the pharmacy team in the coordination, monitoring, and supervision of pharmacy services. This includes human resources, medication systems and pharmaceutical care to ensure the provision of quality patient focused care that meets all federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Plans and develops customer focused pharmacy systems and services for specific area to meet the changing needs of the medical enterprise. Works with administrative team and staff to constantly innovate the method for delivery of quality cost effective pharmacy services. Manages and develops staff members to ensure competency and growth of staff. Manages budget including volumes, drug and personnel expense for a specific area.

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Vanderbilt University Hospital is hiring a Clinical Pharmacy Manager - Critical Care & Emergency Medicine!

Lead Clinical Excellence. Inspire Teams. Improve Patient Care.

Vanderbilt Health is seeking an experienced and collaborative Clinical Pharmacy Manager to provide leadership for pharmacists supporting critical care and emergency medicine. This is an exciting opportunity for a pharmacy leader who is passionate about advancing medication safety, developing high-performing teams, and influencing patient care.

In this role, you will provide strategic and operational leadership for a team of Clinical Pharmacists, Clinical Pharmacist Specialists, and Clinical Team Leads. You will play a critical role in supporting the people and processes that ensure exceptional patient outcomes across the organization.

What You'll Do

• Lead and support a team of 10-15 clinical pharmacy professionals, including Clinical Pharmacists, Clinical Team Leads, and Clinical Pharmacist Specialists.

• Drive initiatives related to medication safety, quality improvement, formulary management, and clinical best practices.

• Foster a culture of accountability, engagement, professional development, and continuous improvement.

• Collaborate closely with physicians, nurses, pharmacy staff, and other interdisciplinary partners to optimize medication use and patient outcomes.

• Provide coaching, mentorship, and performance management to direct reports.

• Support clinical pharmacy services across critical care and emergency medicine providing 24/7 care.

• Identify opportunities to enhance workflows, patient care delivery, and operational effectiveness.

• Contribute to the growth and expansion of clinical pharmacy services as the institution continues to expand its critical care capacity.

What We're Looking For

• Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD).

• PGY2 residency training in Critical Care preferred.

• Candidates with a PGY1 residency and critical care or emergency medicine practice experience coupled with leadership experience will also be considered.

• 2 years of progressive pharmacy experience, including leadership responsibilities is required. 3-5 years is preferred.

• Previous experience managing direct reports.

• Experience as a Clinical Coordinator, Clinical Team Lead, Residency Program Director, or similar leadership role is highly valued.

• Demonstrated success leading teams, mentoring clinicians, and driving practice improvement initiatives.

• Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.

Why This Opportunity?

In this role, you will have an opportunity to influence how medication therapy is delivered to some of the organization's most complex and critically ill patients. You'll partner with clinical teams across multiple disciplines while helping shape the future of pharmacy services in a growing health system. As additional patient care areas and ICU capacity continue to expand, you will have the opportunity to help build, lead, and innovate within a rapidly evolving clinical environment.

If you're a pharmacy leader who thrives on developing people, improving processes, and advancing patient care, we'd love for you to apply!

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinates, monitors, and manages pharmacy operations while maintaining all safety and compliance regulations.

• Effectively coordinates departmental resources and actively participates in stewardship and cost control initiatives.

• Effectively manages human resources and creates an environment that enhances morale and facilitates teamwork.

• Manages pharmacy systems and operations to enhance quality, safety, and efficiency.

• Ensures the delivery of outstanding customer service to both internal and external stakeholders.

• The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

Technical Capabilities

• Pharmacy Program Management (Advanced): Demonstrates the uppermost levels of expertise in challenging and complex situations. Often takes a lead role in highly pressurized situations when there is a need to provide results. Consistently delivers services in a creative and imaginative manner while setting a standard for others.

• Leadership (Intermediate): Motivates and inspires others to perform at a high level. Puts aside personal needs and considerations for the good of the team. Communicates in a positive and constructive way, demonstrating an enthusiasm for team and unit goals. Takes appropriate risks, showing and accepting personal accountability for actions and decisions. Gets others to share challenges and perform as a valuable member of the team and unit. Accomplishes results through influence, coaching, communication and commitment with minimal use of authority and control.

• Compliance (Intermediate): Demonstrates knowledge of the appropriate rules and regulations and applies them in difficult, stressful and complex situations. Able to interpret and explain rules and regulations that are ambiguous or unclear. Directs others in interpreting rules and regulations on the job and trains others in them.

• Operations Planning (Intermediate): Demonstrates ability to forecast complex resource needs, identify discrete tasks, set priorities, define dependencies, schedule activities, meet deadlines, and organize work for a single functional area. Merges diverse points of view into a coalition with shared goals and objectives. Plans for and anticipates events outside of immediate responsibility. Identifies relevant stakeholders and gains their commitment. Anticipates problems and obstacles before they arise. Able to absorb changes to major assignments while maintaining a high level of performance. Competently handles multiple assignments and projects simultaneously. Sets priorities with a proper sense of urgency and importance. Develops creative ideas and takes innovative action to achieve planned goals and objectives.

• People Management (Intermediate): Successfully resolves conflicts and disciplinary problems. Provides counseling and career development planning to subordinates. Constructively gives timely positive and negative feedback, confronting individual performance problems in a professional and sensitive manner. Aware of the values, abilities and needs of others. Demonstrates the ability to create a positive work climate, establishing a feeling of partnership and empowering others. Has set, coached and assessed the assignment objectives of subordinates. Practices and rewards beh