Clinical Pharmacy Manager

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this department. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities, and LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.

GENERAL DUTIES

Clinical Program Oversight:

Manages the clinical pharmacy program including developing, monitoring, evaluating and coordinating clinical pharmacy services that promote desirable patient outcomes.

Plans and develops new clinical services in area of responsibility with consideration to age specific needs of the patients treated.

Quality Improvement:

Collaborates with multidisciplinary team to identify and select data for analysis, improve existing processes, and create new processes with the goal of enhancing the overall quality of the patient care.

Medication Use Evaluation:

Evaluates current medication use processes and implements strategies to minimize patient risk.

Commits to systematically evaluating the medication use systems to improve patient safety and outcomes.

Workforce Management:

Oversees and coordinates the work of clinical pharmacists and/or support staff. Provides leadership and direction to assure a systematic approach to pharmacy talent management and succession planning.

Ensures effective and timely staff recruitment, orientation, training, education, mentoring, career development, performance review, and retention efforts.

Formulary management:

Oversees formulary management, protocol development, policies, procedures, medication evaluation and the standardization of medical care for the department including peer review of pharmacy dosing protocols.  

Regulatory and Accreditation Compliance:

Ensures continued compliance with regulatory compliance (national, state and local) and accreditations pertaining to medication use.

EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS

PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency and 3 years relevant work experience or 5 years of experience as a pharmacist in an Acute Care Hospital Pharmacy setting.

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

Licensed as a Pharmacist by the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy. American Heart Association, BLS HCP.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Ability to work in a complex team environment and to collaborate with both external and internal professionals and other customers, computer skills – word processing, spreadsheets, PowerPoint, drug databases.

In-depth knowledge of the pharmaceutical supply chain, clinical therapeutics, medication management systems, medication-use policy, technology used to deliver and support patient care, and providers' prescribing habits.

REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS

Does this position formally supervise employees? Yes

FUNCTIONAL DEMANDS

Light: Light physical requirements- Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects. Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for Sedentary Work. Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job should be rated Light Work: (1) when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree; or (2) when it requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or (3) when the job requires working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of those materials is negligible. NOTE: The constant stress and strain of maintaining a production rate pace, especially in an industrial setting, can be and is physically demanding of a worker even though the amount of force exerted is negligible.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Sitting - Frequent (36-66% of day)

Standing - Frequent (36-66% of day)

Walking - Frequent (36-66% of day)

Climbing (e.g., stairs or ladders) - Occasional (0-35% of day)

Lifting Floor to waist level: 10-20lbs - Occasional (0-35% of day)

Lifting Waist level and above: 0-10lbs - Occasional (0-35% of day)

Carrying objects - Frequent (36-66% of day)

Push/pull - Occasional (0-35% of day)

Twisting - Occasional (0-35% of day)

Bending - Occasional (0-35% of day)

Reaching forward - Frequent (36-66% of day)

Reaching overhead - Occasional (0-35% of day)

Squat/kneel/crawl - Occasional (0-35% of day)

Wrist position deviation - Frequent (36-66% of day)

Pinching/fine motor activities - Continuous (67-100% of day)

Keyboard use/repetitive motion - Continuous (67-100% of day)

Taste or smell - Continuous (67-100% of day)

Talk or hear - Continuous (67-100% of day)

SENSORY REQUIREMENTS

Near Vision - Accurate 20/40

Far Vision - Accurate 20/40

Color Discrimination - Yes

Depth Perception - Accurate

Hearing - Accurate

OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE RISK POTENTIAL

Bloodborne pathogens - Not Anticipated

Chemical - Reasonably Anticipated

Airborne communicable diseases - Reasonably Anticipated

Extreme temperatures - Not Anticipated

Radiation - Not Anticipated

Uneven surfaces or elevations - Not Anticipated

Extreme noise levels - Not Anticipated

Dust/particular matter - Not Anticipated

Other (List) -

POPULATION SERVED

Neonate/Infant up to 1 year: No

Youth (1yr to 15 yrs): No

Adult (16 and up): No