As our System Manager of Clinical Pharmacy Services, you will strategically lead and optimize system-level clinical pharmacy services, driving the enterprise strategy for medication formulary, utilization guidelines, and clinical pharmacy programs. Every day you will lead the development of standardized medication guidelines, coordinate evidence-based reviews, and optimize clinical interventions. You will direct implementation efforts for the System Pharmacy & Therapeutics (P&T) Committee, ensuring its effective operation and managing the system-level medication formulary. Your responsibilities include achieving projected annual clinical initiative savings, conducting medication value analyses, and aligning formulary decisions with procurement. To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate strong strategic leadership, financial acumen, and a deep understanding of clinical pharmacy and formulary management.

• The Pharmacy Clinical Manager is the subject matter expert and responsible for all the day-to-day activities of a clinical pharmacist.
• The Clinical Manager is responsible for developing competencies of their respective clinical teams and enhancing the clinical programs to care for patients at their facility
• The Clinical Manager must have training in: clinical protocols/guidelines, applicable EHR utilization, on-line drug information resources, parenteral nutrition, pharmacokinetics, anticoagulation, pharmacy automation, and computer applications.
• The Pharmacy Clinical Manager shall demonstrate leadership qualities and serve as a role model, both intra and interdepartmentally. He/she should be knowledgeable about pharmaceutical preparations; drug therapy review and evaluation; drug information sources, retrieval and interpretation; medication use evaluation; use of evidence-based protocols; adverse drug reaction reporting and evaluation; disease state management; and formulary management relative to all patient age groups served at the facility. He/she should model the Core Values and shall be committed, by personal actions/examples and leadership direction, to the unceasing improvement of care and quality via the organization's performance improvement initiatives. He/she shall also adhere to/serve as a role model as it relates to compliance with regulatory body/agency mandates.
• The Pharmacy Clinical Manager should possess the personal characteristics necessary for successfully fulfilling his/her responsibilities. These characteristics include good communication skills, initiative, attention to detail, flexibility, cooperation, ability to motivate others, and a commitment to continuing education to upgrade his/her skills.
• The Pharmacy Clinical Manager must demonstrate the ability to precept residents’ learning experiences as described by:
  • The use of clinical teaching roles (e.g. instructing, modeling, coaching, facilitating) at the level required by residents
  • The ability to assess residents’ performance
  • Recognition in the area of pharmacy practice for which they serve as preceptors
  • An established, active practice in the area for which they serve ts’ learning experiences
  • On-going professionalism, including a personal commitment to a preceptor
  • Maintenance of continuity of practice during the time of residence advancing the profession
• This position may serve as the Residency Program Director as applicable

Required

• Bachelors of Science in Pharmacy or Doctor of Pharmacy Degree and minimum of 3 years of recent pharmacy (or similar) work experience, upon hire or
• Registered Pharmacist with the Texas State Board of Pharmacy in good standing-(RPH)

Preferred

• Masters Degree (MBA, MS, MHA, etc)
• Minimum of 1 year in a leadership position or pharmacy residency completed

Baylor St. Luke99s Medical Center is an 1,045 bed facility located in the Texas medical center. A joint venture with Baylor College of Medicine, Baylor St. Luke99s is an internationally recognized leader in research and clinical excellence that has given rise to breakthroughs in cardiovascular care, neuroscience, oncology, transplantation, and more. The hospital is home to the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, a nationally-accredited and NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center. Our new McNair Campus is designed around the human experience94modeled on evidence-based practices for the safety of patients, visitors, staff, and physicians. The 27.5-acre campus represents the future of healthcare through a transformative alliance focused on leading-edge patient care, research, and education.