Manager Clinical Pharmacy - General Pharmacy
Company: Christus Health
Location: Tyler
Posted on: June 4, 2025
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Job Description:
Description
Summary:
The Manager Clinical Pharmacy is responsible for the coordination
and development of clinical pharmacy services in coordination with
the Director of Pharmacy and the Pharmacy Operations Manager.
Responsibilities include but not limited to: ensuring pharmacists
provide optimal clinical services daily, acting as departmental
liaison in all clinical matters, student preceptorship, intra- and
interdepartmental clinical education programs, staff development
and clinical competency, oversight and evaluation of the clinical
pharmacy staff, and chairing meetings. The Manager Clinical
Pharmacy facilitates the development, implementation and
maintenance of systems that promote desirable patient outcomes
through the use of safe, appropriate and cost-effective medication
therapies. Recommends and/or establishes interdisciplinary teams
supporting pharmaceutical care and patient care services. Nurtures
collaborative pharmacist-physician and pharmacist-nursing
relationships to provide safe, effective, and efficient patient
care while ensuring pharmacists are empowered to serve as patient
representatives/advocates.
Responsibilities:
--- Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies:
Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders. ---
Proficient in living the Mission and Core Values and coach/mentor
Ministry pharmacy leaders to optimize performance of pharmacy in
each ministry. --- Ensures pharmacists, technicians, interns, and
residents receive ongoing training, competency assessment and
performance improvement activities to improve patient outcomes. ---
Collaborates with providers to maintain an effective hospital
formulary based on safety, efficacy, and cost; as well as the
development of treatment guidelines / protocols that improve
clinical care. --- Oversees and contributes to the Pharmacy &
Therapeutics Committee. Maintains expertise in assigned clinical
pharmacy practice and with current clinical guidelines and
literature, clinical assessment and professional communication
skills that is appropriate for oversight of clinical pharmacy
service lines. --- Coordinate and oversee strategies for
antimicrobial stewardship. Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams
or stakeholders such as physicians, nurses, and other allied health
professionals to ensure best practices, guidelines, policies, and
care processes to ensure positive outcomes, decreased morbidity and
mortality, and management of drug costs. Produce and review yearly
antibiogram. Educate physicians, nursing, staff and patients. ---
Coordinate and support strategies for opioid stewardship.
Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams or stakeholders such as
physicians, nurses, and other allied health professionals to
develop and implement best practices, guidelines, policies, and
care processes related to opioid prescribing and pain management.
Educate physicians, nursing, staff, and patients on pain management
and pain expectations, as well as safe opioid prescribing, storage,
and disposal. Ensure safe patient care through the prevention of
adverse drug events and improving safe and effective use of opioids
while also adequately controlling pain. --- Serve as the pharmacy
contact for evidence-based order set review. Facilitate
incorporation of drug therapy best practices into the order sets
utilizing clinical pharmacy expertise. --- Coordinate and lead
strategies to manage industry drug shortages, including development
of policies, guidance documents, and tools. Assist with research
and coordination of supply chain alternatives (such as development
of therapeutic interchanges, conservation strategies, and supply
source or contracting alternatives). --- Consult and collaborate
with stakeholders such as pharmacists, physicians, nursing,
clinical educators, legal counsel, and ethics leaders, as
appropriate. --- Assume responsibility for ongoing benchmarking
related to clinical pharmacy services, including productivity
assessment and impact of clinical services on drug utilization,
costs, and medication safety goals. --- Provides appropriate drug
information services, in-service education, and communication to
keep pharmacy, physician, and nursing staff aware of important
changes in pharmacy policy, procedure, or formulary status. Develop
pharmacy education intiatives and development and/or improvement of
the pharmacy clinical service model. --- Develop, recruit, train,
and mentor Clinical Pharmacist, residents, and students. --- Serves
as a preceptor for pharmacy students and/or residents from local
colleges of Pharmacy, pharmacy residents (if applicable), and/or
other healthcare professionals in training. --- Collaborates with
the Director of Pharmacy and/or Pharmacy Operations Manager to
review and maintain department policies and procedures for pharmacy
services; Assists in development and implementation of accrediting
agency medication management standards. Facilitate and provide
leadership in the maintenance and development of clinical pharmacy
initiatives, policies, and protocols. --- Coordinates Performance
Improvement/medication safety initiatives (including Medication Use
Evaluation (MUE); medication incident reports, and adverse drug
reactions (ADRs) for reporting to appropriate committees.
Participates in departmental and interdisciplinary committees to
support the organization's efforts for performance improvement in
the areas of patient safety, therapeutic outcomes, and cost
savings. --- Enhances personal professional growth and development
by accessing educational programs, job related literature,
in-service meetings, and workshops/seminars. --- Responsible for
remaining up-to-date on all Federal, State and local laws,
accreditation standards or regulatory agency requirements, which
apply to the assigned area of responsibility and ensures compliance
with all such laws and regulations. --- Performs other related
duties as assigned by manager including but not limited to: ---
Clinical Intervention activities (IV to PO, Renal Dosing,
Pharmacokinetic dosing support, Anticoagulation) --- Baseline
departmental standards for reporting interventions for clinical
productivity as defined by departmental goals. --- Attends
interdisciplinary rounds. --- Contributes to the advancement of the
pharmacy department and medication management through- --- Formal
in-services of pharmacy, nursing, and medical staff ---
Participation in scholarly activities as assigned (i. e.
peer-reviewed poster presentation, publication, platform
presentation, provision of continuing education program) ---
Participation in professional activities, organizations, or journal
clubs --- Faculty appointment as assigned by management ---
Competency development, recruiting activities, and staff
development projects
Requirements:
o PGY1 Pharmacy Residency with 5 years hospital experience OR PGY2
Pharmacy Residency/Fellowship with 2 years hospital experience OR
Fellowship OR significant clinical experience may be considered in
lieu of residency or fellowship. -
Work Schedule:
TBD
Work Type:
Full Time
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