WVU Medicine

Director Adult Clinical Pharmacy Services and Education

WVU Medicine$110K — $130K *
Hospitals & Medical Centers
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Current pharmacist license in WV, PA, MD, or OH required
  • Completion of a health-system pharmacy administration residency and 4-7 years of relevant administrative experience
  • Master's degree in business, health administration, or related field preferred
  • Board certification in a clinical pharmacy specialty is a plus
  • Knowledge of retail pharmacy and the 340B program is advantageous

Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement a multi-year plan for clinical pharmacy services
  • Establish the clinical practice model, including service delivery and staffing
  • Reinforce clinical staff roles through well-defined scopes of practice
  • Oversee residency programs and ensure ASHP accreditation is maintained
  • Lead continuing education initiatives for pharmacy staff
  • Collaborate with medical staff across departments to advance pharmacy practices
  • Monitor service performance metrics and adapt resources as needed

Benefits

  • Professional development opportunities, including support for board certification and continuing education
  • Collaboration with an academic medical center and involvement in residency programs
  • Leadership roles in advanced clinical practice and pharmacy education
  • Direct oversight of significant clinical pharmacy services at a major trauma center
  • Engagement in progressive pharmacy operations influencing patient care and outcomes
Full Job Description

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:  
EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:  

1.Must possess a current license as required by the state board where services will be provided or be license eligible. Licensure must be completed within 100 days of hire: 
WV: Pharmacist license through the West Virginia State Board of Pharmacy             
PA: Pharmacist license through the Pennsylvania State Board of Pharmacy 
MD: Pharmacist license through the Maryland Board of Pharmacy 
OH: Pharmacist license through the Ohio Board of Pharmacy 

NOTE:

* While waiting on licensure, employee may not practice pharmacy under West Virginia law and may not be allowed within the licensed pharmacy area without direct and guided supervision of a licensed pharmacist

* Employee may not function as a Pharmacist-in-Charge or perform any function of a practicing pharmacist.

* Incumbents will refrain from engaging in any responsibilities that necessitate a pharmacist's license until they have obtained full licensure.


EXPERIENCE:  
1.Completion of one of the following combinations of experience: 
2.Completion of a health-system pharmacy administration residency program AND 4 years of administrative experience OR; 
3.Completion of a non-health-system pharmacy administration residency program AND 5 years of administrative experience OR; 
4.Seven years inpatient and/or health-system pharmacy administrative experience. 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: 
EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE: 

1. Master of Business Administration, Master of Health Administration, Master of Science in Health-System Pharmacy Administration, or Master in Public Health. 
2. Board Certification in a clinical pharmacy specialty. 


EXPERIENCE:
1. Foundation knowledge in retail pharmacy and specific knowledge of 340B. 

For facilities with specialty accreditation requirements:
1. Completion of annual required education related to specialty accreditation as defined by accreditation standards.  Training may be completed through CBLs, trainings, In-services, and competency validation.

Additional Job Description:

The Director of Adult Clinical Pharmacy Services and Education provides clinical, operational, and academic leadership for adult clinical pharmacy practice at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital, an 880-bed Level I trauma center and the academic medical center of the West Virginia University School of Medicine. Reporting to the Assistant Vice President of Pharmacy, the Director is responsible for the design, expansion, staffing, and measured performance of clinical pharmacy services supporting the adult service lines, including the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute, the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, the WVU Critical Care and Trauma Institute, and the WVU Medicine Center for Organ Transplantation. Pediatric services at WVU Medicine Children's are outside the scope of this position.

The Director also leads the department's education portfolio, including ASHP-accredited PGY1 and PGY2 residency programs, experiential education in partnership with the WVU School of Pharmacy, preceptor development, and continuing education for pharmacy staff. The position works closely with medical staff, nursing leadership, quality, informatics, and finance to advance the clinical practice model, and partners with system pharmacy leadership to align services across WVU Medicine.

Essential Job Functions

Clinical service development and expansion

  • Develops and executes a multi-year plan for adult clinical pharmacy coverage at Ruby, informed by unit-level assessment of patient acuity, medication complexity, and current pharmacist deployment
  • Prioritizes service expansion based on projected clinical outcomes, drug expenditure at risk, medical staff sponsorship, and workforce availability
  • Prepares business cases for new clinical positions and programs, including pro forma, outcome targets, implementation timeline, and post-implementation evaluation criteria
  • Extends clinical coverage into evening, weekend, and around-the-clock models where the clinical and financial case supports it
  • Designs and implements new service models, including pharmacist-led transitions of care, discharge medication programs, and pharmacist consult services such as pharmacokinetic dosing, renal dose adjustment, IV-to-PO conversion, and penicillin allergy evaluation
  • Coordinates service growth with programs carrying accreditation-based pharmacist requirements, including solid organ transplant
  • Partners with system pharmacy leadership so services developed at Ruby can be adapted for other WVU Medicine entities

Clinical practice model and operations

  • Establishes the adult clinical practice model, defining which services are delivered on which units, at what coverage hours, at what pharmacist-to-patient ratios, and how decentralized practice interfaces with central operations
  • Defines accountabilities for clinical pharmacy specialists, including rounding participation, documentation standards, consult response, protocol ownership, precepting, and scholarly activity
  • Develops and maintains collaborative practice agreements and pharmacist scope of practice consistent with West Virginia Board of Pharmacy regulations
  • Leads the clinical response to drug shortages, therapeutic conversions, and biosimilar transitions, including prescriber communication and corresponding Epic build
  • Recruits, retains, and develops the clinical pharmacy specialist workforce
  • Partners with pharmacy operations and medication safety on adverse event review, ISMP best practice adoption, and Joint Commission medication management readiness
  • Establishes the performance measures for adult clinical pharmacy services, including intervention capture, documented cost avoidance, length-of-stay and readmission contribution, protocol adherence, and antimicrobial days of therapy
  • Reports service line performance to pharmacy and hospital leadership on a defined cadence and recommends reallocation of resources from services not meeting targets
  • Builds and maintains the reporting infrastructure required to produce defensible outcome data from Epic documentation
  • Partners with pharmacy informatics on Epic build affecting adult medication use, including dosing logic, alerting and alert burden, order sets, best practice advisories, and pharmacist documentation
  • Manages the clinical labor and non-labor budget for the service line, including productivity monitoring, benchmarking, and position justification
  • Supports 340B program integrity where clinical services intersect with eligibility, referral capture, and specialty pharmacy

Residency and student education

  • Provides direct oversight to residency program directors for the adult PGY1 Pharmacy residency and PGY2 programs including critical care, emergency medicine, infectious diseases, internal medicine, cardiology, and ambulatory care
  • Maintains ASHP accreditation for programs under this position's oversight, including program structure, competency areas and objectives, evaluation completion, and survey readiness
  • Oversees residency program administration, including the Residency Advisory Committee, PhORCAS review, interviews, and Match participation.
  • Evaluates new clinical positions for their capacity to support additional residency positions or new PGY2 programs
  • Directs preceptor recruitment, qualification, and ongoing development consistent with ASHP preceptor requirements
  • Manages the experiential education relationship with the WVU School of Pharmacy and other affiliated colleges of pharmacy, including IPPE and APPE scheduling, preceptor assignment, and affiliation agreements

Staff development and scholarship

  • Directs continuing education programming for pharmacists and technicians, including ACPE-accredited activity where applicable
  • Oversees onboarding, competency assessment, specialty training pathways, and support for board certification
  • Sponsors practice-based research and quality improvement activity, including protected time, project mentorship, and support for publication and presentation at national meetings

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Shift:

Exempt/Non-Exempt:

United States of America (Exempt)

Company:

WVUH West Virginia University Hospitals

Cost Center:

230 WVUH Pharmacy

Address:

1 Medical Center Drive

Morgantown

West Virginia

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