Assistant Director of Pharmacy Operation and Informatics
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Base pay range
$167,000.00/yr - $200,000.00/yr
Marketing Statement
NYC Health + Hospitals is the largest public health care system in the United States. We provide essential outpatient, inpatient and home-based services to more than one million New Yorkers every year across the city’s five boroughs. Our large health system consists of ambulatory centers, acute care centers, post-acute care/long-term care, rehabilitation programs, Home Care, and Correctional Health Services. Our diverse workforce is uniquely focused on empowering New Yorkers.
At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality health services without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.
Duties & Responsibilities
The Assistant Director of Pharmacy Operations under the direction of the Director of Pharmacy Operations and Informatics supports the objective of delivering safe, cost‑effective and optimal medication therapy. He/she helps oversee pharmacy operations at system and site level to assure standardization, consistency and best practices. The Assistant Director attends local and system meetings to help ensure consistency and observance of corporate and system P&T policies and recommendations. They work with corporate and site leadership to set pharmacy operation standards across the system for both Ambulatory and Acute Care Clinical Pharmacy Services, promoting standardization and advancing pharmacy practices.
The Assistant Director maintains expert knowledge of The Joint Commission (JCAHO), National Performance Goals (NPGs), Department of Public Health (DPH), American Society of Health system Pharmacists (ASHP), Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) and Centers for Medicare/Medicaid Services (CMS) medication-related and pharmacy practice standards and metrics, relating them to current departmental and organizational policies and procedures.
Summary Of Essential Duties And Responsibilities
Assists in managing the central Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee
Involved with planning and execution of P&T agenda and material
Coordinates with presenters to ensure proper material is received and appropriate review is performed
Works with Clinical Pharmacy Council (EPCOT) to review all material in an unbiased manner to develop a formulary monograph for P&T presentation
Works with IT and Epic team to facilitate the proper Epic build
Works with procurement in assisting with all cost analysis for formulary considerations
Ensures committee members receive all pertinent material prior to the meeting
Performs all required follow‑up such as: working with IT to ensure proper Epic build of any new formulary addition; revisits or closes any open‑ended items; ensuring any recommendations from the committee are followed through; works on any education regarding formulary additions to help ensure proper use; maintaining and reviewing the enterprise system formulary to ensure the most cost‑effective therapies are available
Reviews, with site pharmacy directors, pharmacy operations to help facilitate standard and consistent operations
Assists in Clinical Pharmacy Committee to identify and implement quality improvement programs and continuous quality assurance initiatives to advance the medication use systems and promote optimal patient outcomes
Identifies best practices and helps ensure the health system maintains the highest level of patient care
Works with Medication Safety Council to ensure safe usage of medication throughout the health system; performs root cause analysis (RCAs) when an event occurs to prevent future occurrences; analyzes current process to reduce chances of errors; implements best practices
Works on any clinical or operational project as deemed necessary and appropriate by leadership
Works with IT to ensure medication builds within Epic are correct and appropriate
Participates in the department's educational affiliations with external academic institutions; identifies targets for and participates in in‑service education for medical, nursing, pharmacy, and support staff aimed at correcting problems in drug utilization
Contributes to the effective operation of the department by enforcing and complying with institutional and departmental policies and procedures
Serves as the clinical liaison to assist in the management of drug expense to budget by monitoring drug utilization, identifying opportunities for improvement and initiating cost‑avoidance programs to achieve planned savings and/or cost avoidance
Works with pharmacy directors, clinical coordinators, and pharmacists at each facility in the delivery of pharmaceutical care and appropriate use of clinical workflow software
Complies with all aspects of the health system's patient and customer relations programs. Demonstrates the highest level of professionalism in all activities, as measured by a concern for patient care, the ability to listen and cooperate, demonstrating flexibility under stress, the ability to help others within and across departments and teams, and the ability to set and achieve goals
Performs other duties as needed
Minimum Qualifications
Valid license and current registration to practice as a Pharmacist issued by the New York State Department of Education (NYSED).
Four (4) years of satisfactory full‑time experience as a licensed practicing Pharmacist, of which at least two (2) years have been in an administrative, managerial or supervisory capacity in a Pharmacy in a hospital, health or medical facility.
Department Preferences
None listed.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities And Other Requirements
Formulary management
Clinical pharmacy program development
Pharmacy metrics
Pharmacy regulatory and compliance requirements related to hospital pharmacy practice
Pharmacy automation technologies
Demonstrable experience with project management and oversight
Six Sigma
Other validated quality improvement certification
Microsoft Project – preferred
Microsoft Visio – preferred
Years Of Experience
Four (4) years of satisfactory full‑time experience as a licensed practicing Pharmacist, of which at least two (2) years were in an administrative, managerial or supervisory capacity in a Pharmacy in a hospital, health or medical facility.
Demonstrable experience with project management and oversight – required
Experience in an academic healthcare setting – preferred
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Seniority level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Health Care Provider
Industries
Hospitals and Health Care
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