Job Description

The Director of Clinical Pharmacy Services provides strategic and operational leadership for enterprise clinical pharmacy programs that advance safe, evidence-based, and fiscally responsible medication use across the health system. Reporting to the Executive Director, this leader is responsible for formulary management, clinical practice standardization, medication-use optimization, and the development of innovative pharmacy services that improve patient outcomes, quality, and value.

The Director partners with physician, nursing, operational, and executive leaders to implement system-wide clinical initiatives, oversee Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) Committee operations, drive medication stewardship and utilization management strategies, and ensure alignment of medication-use processes across the continuum of care. The role also provides leadership for analytics, regulatory readiness, workforce development, residency training, and research while fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, continuous improvement, and clinical excellence.

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Responsibilities

This position provides operational and strategic leadership for formulary management, medication stewardship, utilization management, and clinical program development. Through oversight of Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) Committee activities and implementation of evidence-based medication-use strategies, the Director ensures that medication decisions are clinically appropriate, fiscally responsible, and consistently applied across all sites of care. This role supports the organization's ability to achieve system-wide standardization while maintaining flexibility to address local operational needs.

The increasing complexity of pharmaceutical therapies-including specialty medications, biosimilars, gene therapies, and high-cost emerging treatments-requires dedicated expertise to evaluate clinical value, monitor utilization, and ensure safe adoption. Without centralized leadership, organizations are at risk for unnecessary variation in practice, delayed implementation of evidence-based therapies, increased medication expenditures, and inconsistent patient outcomes.

In addition to formulary and stewardship responsibilities, this position serves as a key driver of strategic clinical pharmacy growth. The Director identifies, develops, and implements innovative pharmacy services that improve patient outcomes, enhance medication safety, support workforce optimization, and align with organizational priorities. Through collaboration with medical staff, nursing leadership, quality departments, and operational stakeholders, the role facilitates enterprise-wide initiatives that advance both patient care and organizational performance.

The position also strengthens the organization's ability to meet regulatory, accreditation, and quality requirements. By overseeing medication-use analytics, performance dashboards, policy development, and quality improvement initiatives, the Director ensures that leadership has actionable data to guide decision-making and maintain compliance with standards established by organizations such as The Joint Commission, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and Leapfrog Group.

Finally, the Director provides critical leadership in workforce development, residency training, succession planning, and professional advancement. By supporting recruitment, competency development, and scholarly activity, the position helps ensure a highly skilled pharmacy workforce capable of meeting the evolving needs of the health system and the patients it serves.

Expected Organizational Benefits

• Improved medication safety and patient outcomes through standardized, evidence-based medication-use practices.
• Reduced unwarranted variation in prescribing and formulary utilization across the health system.
• Enhanced medication stewardship and value optimization resulting in improved financial performance.
• Accelerated implementation of innovative clinical pharmacy services and system strategic initiatives.
• Strengthened regulatory readiness and accreditation compliance.
• Improved enterprise analytics to support data-driven decision-making.
• Development of future pharmacy leaders through residency, mentoring, and professional development programs.
• Greater alignment of pharmacy services with organizational goals related to quality, safety, operational efficiency, and value-based care.

This position serves as the operational leader responsible for translating enterprise medication-use strategy into measurable clinical, quality, and financial outcomes, making it a critical component of a modern integrated health-system pharmacy structure.

Qualifications

Education

• Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) or Advanced Pharmacy degree required

Training

• PGY1 Pharmacy Residency required
• PGY2 Residency in Ambulatory Care, Internal Medicine, Critical Care, Health-System Pharmacy Administration, or related field preferred

Licensure and Certifications

• Active NYS Pharmacist License
• Board Certification (BCPS, BCACP, BCCCP, or equivalent) preferred

Experience

• Minimum 7?10 years of progressive pharmacy leadership experience
• Demonstrated experience developing or managing Formulary committees, clinical programs or other related medication management
  processes
• Experience in health system clinical pharmacy operations and therapeutic outcomes assessment

Core Competencies

• Strategic healthcare leadership
• Application of clinical knowledge to patient care
• Clinical program development
• Data-driven quality improvement
• Interdisciplinary collaboration
• Health system operations
• Health Outcomes Assessment
• Change management

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