What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manager, 340B & Ambulatory Pharmacy Services position at Sarasota Memorial Health?
Admin – SMH Care Alliance
Job Summary
Responsible for the strategic oversight, operational management, and regulatory compliance of the ambulatory pharmacy enterprise, including all aspects of the 340B Drug Pricing Program, contract pharmacy operations, and collaboration with SMH pharmacy services. Serves as a key leader in ensuring safe, compliant, and financially sustainable medication access across physician practices and ambulatory care settings. Partners closely with pharmacy leadership, physician offices, revenue integrity, compliance, and external vendors to optimize formulary management, ensure patient safety, and maximize 340B program performance while maintaining full compliance with HRSA, state, and federal regulations. Provides direct oversight of physician office medication workflows, formulary governance, and clinical alignment to support high-quality, cost-effective patient care. Plays a critical role in aligning ambulatory pharmacy operations with organizational goals related to access, quality, regulatory compliance, and a high-quality patient experience. In this role, the leader sets the tone and models positive leadership behavior, while ensuring individual and team work tasks, projects and responsibilities are completed successfully in support of departmental and organizational goals.
*Must be FL resident able to work on-site daily (not remote).
Required Qualifications
- Require active license as a Pharmacist in the State of Florida.
- Require minimum of three (3) years of experience in outpatient and/or ambulatory care pharmacy, including advanced knowledge/ skills/ training with respect to the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program as described in Section 340B of the Public Health Service Act (1992).
- Require active Apexus 340B University Certification.
- Require the ability to obtain level 2 AHCA clearance (this background check/clearance requires fingerprints).
Preferred Qualifications
- Prefer experience with Epic, pharmacy dispensing systems, and retail/ specialty pharmacy workflows.
- Prefer experience managing multi-site contract pharmacy networks.
- Prefer experience leading staff, managing performance, directing projects with multiple stakeholders, formulary management support, prescribing alignment, and patient safety initiatives.
- Prefer experience as PGY2 in Ambulatory Care and/or HSPAL experience.
- Prefer Apexus 340B Advanced Certified Expert Certificate.
- Prefer Board Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacist, BCACP and/or Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialists BCPS.
Required License and Certs
FL Pharmacist license required
Employment Screening Requirements
As part of Sarasota Memorial Health Care System’s commitment to keeping people safe, all individuals providing care to vulnerable populations are required to undergo background screening through The Florida Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse. https://info.flclearinghouse.com/