AVP Pharmacy Operations

RXinsider LTD.; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

401(k) match

Education support

Paid time off

Family leave

Disability coverage

Job summary

HealthTrust, part of HCA Healthcare, seeks an AVP Pharmacy Operations to lead enterprise pharmacy operations and drive strategy across CSC, warehouse, and facility workflows. You will partner with senior leaders to improve quality, efficiency, and financial performance while ensuring regulatory compliance.

The role requires extensive leadership experience in acute care pharmacy, governance, and vendor relationships, with a focus on scalability, workforce planning, and change management for

Qualifications

• Leadership and executive collaboration across divisions and functions.
• Strategic planning to align pharmacy operations with enterprise goals.
• Strong focus on operational efficiency, cost reduction, and customer experience.
• Regulatory compliance with CMS, Joint Commission, FDA, USP, and related standards.
• Experience partnering with IT, finance, and analytics to optimize operations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute enterprise pharmacy operations strategy.
• Lead governance, standards, and escalation pathways for consistent execution.
• Oversee CSC strategy, warehouse operations, facility workflow, and technology integration.
• Ensure readiness for new technologies and acquisitions or divestitures.
• Engage stakeholders across executive leadership and external vendors.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Operations management

Healthcare/regulatory

Vendor management

Education

BS or PharmD

MBA (preferred)

Job description

This position is incentive eligible.

Do you have the career opportunities as an AVP Pharmacy Operations you want with your current employer? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join HealthTrust which is part of the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

Job Summary And Qualifications

• Responsible for the enterprise operational infrastructure supporting pharmacy services, including Consolidated Service Center (CSC) strategy, medication warehouse operations, facility pharmacy workflow optimization, pharmacy operational readiness and compliance, inventory optimization, operational technology integration, and enterprise operational performance.
• Partners closely with Division and Corporate Pharmacy Leadership, Digital & Information Technology, Finance, Supply Chain, Analytics, and other key stakeholders to improve operational efficiency, standardization, scalability, financial performance, and customer experience across the enterprise.
• Directly leads the Senior Director of Facility Pharmacy Operations, Senior Director of Supply Chain Integration, with dotted-line oversight of Division Directors of Pharmacy Operations, and provides executive direction for enterprise pharmacy operational initiatives while ensuring alignment with organizational strategy.

Major Responsibilities

Enterprise Pharmacy Operations

• Develop and execute enterprise pharmacy operations strategy supporting HealthTrust and HCA Healthcare.
• Establish operational priorities that improve quality, efficiency, scalability, financial performance,
• and customer experience.
• Lead enterprise operational planning supporting pharmacy growth initiatives.
• Ensure operational alignment across corporate, division, and facility pharmacy organizations.
• Establish enterprise pharmacy operating governance, decision rights, standards, and escalation
• pathways that support consistent execution across corporate, division, and facility organizations.
• Provide executive leadership for workforce planning, organizational design, succession planning,
• talent development, and performance management within areas of direct accountability.
• Provide executive oversight of operational budgets, productivity targets, business cases, capital
• priorities, and realization of approved financial and operational improvement initiatives.

Consolidated Service Center (CSC) Strategy

• Develop and execute enterprise CSC strategy aligned with pharmacy growth, service, quality,
• scalability, and financial objectives.
• Establish CSC operating standards, performance expectations, governance, and service-level
• accountability.
• Evaluate opportunities to expand or optimize centralized pharmacy services and supporting infrastructure.

Pharmacy Warehouse Operations

• Provide executive oversight for enterprise medication warehouse operations.
• Develop strategies supporting: Inventory optimization, Product alignment, Medication availability, Supply continuity, Warehouse efficiency
• Collaborate with Supply Chain leadership to reduce pharmaceutical expenses while maintaining service-excellence.
• Lead enterprise operational planning for medication shortages and supply disruptions.
• Lead pharmacy operational business continuity and emergency preparedness planning for material supply, facility, technology, and distribution disruptions.

Facility Pharmacy Workflow

• Lead enterprise initiatives focused on optimizing facility pharmacy workflow.
• Drive standardization of operational processes across facilities.
• Improve medication distribution workflows.
• Support pharmacy automation initiatives from an operational perspective.
• Improve labor utilization and operational efficiency.

Enterprise Operational Excellence

• Develop enterprise operational metrics and dashboards.
• Monitor key performance indicators across pharmacy operations.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives using Lean methodologies and operational analytics.
• Identify opportunities for operational efficiency and cost reduction.
• Lead operational readiness for acquisitions, divestitures, and facility integrations.

Technology & Operational Integration

• Partner with Pharmacy IT and Digital teams to optimize pharmacy operational technologies, in collaboration with AVP, Pharmacy Informatics.
• Support implementation of enterprise pharmacy technology initiatives.
• Ensure operational readiness for new technologies.
• Collaborate with Analytics teams to develop operational dashboards and performance reporting.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Build collaborative relationships with: Division Pharmacy Leadership, Facility Pharmacy Directors, Supply Chain Leadership, Digital & IT Leadership, Finance, Corporate Pharmacy Leadership, Executive Leadership, and External vendors
• Provide executive oversight of strategic vendor relationships within pharmacy operations, including performance expectations, service levels, issue escalation, and operational accountability.
• Represent enterprise pharmacy operations during executive meetings and strategic planning initiatives.

Regulatory & Operational Compliance

• Ensure enterprise pharmacy operations comply with: CMS, Joint Commission, FDA, USP, and other applicable regulatory agencies
• Support enterprise medication safety initiatives through operational excellence.

Qualifications

Education & Experience

• BS or Doctor of Pharmacy, required; M.B.A, preferred
• 10 or more years of operational pharmacy experience in an acute care setting, required
• 5 or more years of operational pharmacy leadership experience, required

Licenses, Certifications, & Training

• Active Pharmacist license, required.
• Lean, Six Sigma, or Project Management certification, preferred.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn More About Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

In today's challenging business environment of cost pressures, supply disruptions, and workforce shortages, it is crucial for providers to efficiently manage expenses and enhance performance. HealthTrust, in collaboration with 1,800 hospitals and health systems, offers a specialized group purchasing organization (GPO) membership model designed to deliver immediate and sustainable cost savings. Their team of experts provides tailored value acceleration engagements to address specific needs, delivering unparalleled benefits. With nationwide purchasing power and a focus on overall spending management, HealthTrust offers unmatched pricing advantages on supplies, along with industry-leading benchmarks and best practices. The dedicated team is committed to guiding and implementing performance enhancements in cost, quality, and outcomes.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years. HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in costs for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

“Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do.”- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.