A Brief OverviewThis position is focused on strategic thinking and leadership development at SHC and SHC Tri-Valley. Responsibilities include ensuring medication use aligns with evidence-based best practices and regulatory standards, coordinating clinical education across various healthcare settings, including clinics, hospitals, and contracted providers, and implementing cross-departmental clinical initiatives.
LocationsStanford Health Care
What you will do- Continuous Improvement in Medication Utilization
• Identify, design, analyze complex datasets, and implement clinical pharmacy interventions focused on driving evidence-based, safe, and cost-effective drug use.
• Identify and anticipate major therapeutic changes that impact enterprise-wide drug utilization patterns.
• Perform in-depth reviews of drug information to ensure safety and efficacy of drug utilization initiatives.
• Develop and drive clinical and operational strategies to shift drug utilization and promote high quality and cost-effective care.
• Direct, coach and support operational leaders, pharmacists, pharmacy residents, and pharmacy students to ensure optimal performance of medication utilization initiatives; this may include overseeing the drug use management process and data collection activities.
• Collaborate and coordinate with pharmacy operational leaders to identify and develop strategic initiatives aimed at advancing value-based care and ensuring financial sustainability of the department and organization.
• Create and implement policies related to clinical pharmacy practices, formulary, and medication management. - Performance Monitoring and Education
• Develop appropriate KPIs and maintain report cards and dashboards for medication utilization initiatives to ensure the effectiveness of clinical pharmacy interventions and identify opportunities to maximize prescribing performance.
• Run, review, and perform audits to identify gaps in medication use patterns, training knowledge, and areas for staff performance improvement.
• Educate health care professionals regarding recent innovations in pharmaceutical practice, drug cost issues, clinical outcomes issues, etc via presentations, digital communications, formal utilization review, and one-on-one conversations.
• Provide training, analytical support, and ongoing performance feedback to providers and staff regarding initiative outcomes.
• Oversee the development, documentation, provision, and preparation of training information, ensuring that materials are updated to meet the training needs of operational leaders, clinical pharmacists, pharmacy residents, and interdisciplinary staff.
• Assist the Director of Drug Utilization with development and implementation of clinical pharmacy protocols, policies, and procedures.
Education Qualifications- Graduate of an accredited School of Pharmacy with Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree.
Experience Qualifications- 5-7 years of clinical pharmacy experience in a health system required, including but not limited to, managed care pharmacy experience.
- ASHP-accredited pharmacy residency or equivalent experience required.
- Pharmacy leadership with supervisory experience preferred.
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities- Comprehensive knowledge of clinical pharmacy practice, pharmacy operations, and the use of electronic health records.
- Evidence of past leadership experience with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively across multiple departments.
- Excellent analytical skills to interpret and drive trends, assess budget impact, and conduct financial forecasting.
- Excellent presentation, management, and communication skills, particularly with indirect reports, including pharmacists, residents, and operational leaders.
- Proficiency in developing educational content and training programs for pharmacy staff.
- Ability to think strategically and develop business/clinical tactics that optimize drug utilization while ensuring safety and compliance.
- Knowledgeable in performance improvement concepts including identifying improvement opportunities, setting goals, tracking results, and driving performance.
- Strong interpersonal skills to effectively function within the department and organization, with skills in prioritization, problem-solving, team building, collaboration, conflict resolution, and decision-making.
- Ability to work in a complex team environment and collaborate with external and internal professionals.
Licenses and Certifications- CA-RPH (Register Pharmacist) required
Base Pay Scale: Generally starting at $83.98 - $111.27 per hour
The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, specialty and training. This pay scale is not a promise of a particular wage.
