What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Director, Pharmacy position at QHR Health, LLC dba Ovation Healthcare?
Summary: The position is responsible for supporting, establishing dedicated relationships, and implementing GPO and Elevate services for Elevate Pharmacy client sites. Specifically, activities include reviewing and optimizing all pharmacy associated expenditure by identifying contract, operational, or clinical opportunities, and development of implementation strategies for both GPO and Elevate agreements. This position is responsible for building strategic alliances with key stakeholders as it relates to a successful pharmacy expense management program and overall pharmacy oversight. This role will demonstrate a strong understanding of the pharmacist role and maintains current competencies and education to remain up to date with contemporary pharmacy practice. Duties and Responsibilities: Assists with the development of cost savings initiatives for pharmacy departments. Provide high level assessments related acute care pharmacy operations including both issue identification and corrective action. Lead coordination of and assist in conducting pharmacy and/or supply chain assessments as needed. Implementation of new clients as it relates to contractual engagements in the pharmacy space. Establishes and monitors key data and metrics to ensure successful implementation of services. Collaborate with other internal stakeholders to identify, track, and analyze financial data for assigned engagements. Directs multiple projects and tasks in a fast-paced environment. Provides leadership in the area of expense management and clinical alignment to contribute to client’s success within assigned areas. Responsible for managing customer expectations, delivering cost savings throughout alignment according to estimated timelines, utilizing customer participation in the process to achieve goals and objectives. Collaborates with organizations to track and analyze financial data important to their organization. This may include but not limited to pharmacy services supply expense and pharmacy cost per adjusted patient day. Develops standardized documents, processes, and calculations for use by the team to quantify savings solutions. As assigned, provide direct oversight for specific client projects including the formulation, implementation, and measurement of success for that specific engagement. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Exceptional Understanding of Healthcare and Pharmacy Thorough understanding of Pharmacy competencies and requirements Effective communicator Excellence in Microsoft Office products Critical thinking and problem-solving abilities. Work Experience, Education, and Certifications: Pharm D, required. 5-10 years in relevant Pharmacy Leadership Experience Travel Requirements: Up to 20% as required. Ovation will never contact applicants via Chatwork or any other messaging platform outside of our official channels. If you receive any communication claiming to be from Ovation through Chatwork or any unauthorized platform, please disregard it and report it to us immediately. Our official communication will always come from our company email domain or through recognized professional channels like LinkedIn. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the authenticity of a communication, please contact us directly at communications@ovationhc.com for verification. Headquartered in Brentwood, Tenn., Ovation Healthcare partners with 375 hospitals and health systems across 47 states. For 45 years, Ovation Healthcare has supported hospitals and health systems through a portfolio of shared services – Leadership Advisory, Spend Management, Revenue Cycle Management, and Technology Services– designed to provide scale and efficiency to hospital business operations.
