Clinical Pharmacy Manager

Mount Sinai Medical Center; Miami Beach (FL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Life insurance

Long-term disability coverage

Healthcare spending accounts

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Employee assistance program

Wellness program

On-site housing for select positions

Job summary

JobRx, Inc. seeks a Clinical Pharmacy Manager in Miami Beach to lead hospital pharmacy clinical programs across departments and mentor staff. The role emphasizes ensuring accurate transcription, drug therapy monitoring, and collaborative patient care in a dynamic hospital setting.

The manager will oversee antimicrobial stewardship initiatives, formulary management, and staff training, participating in quality improvement and regulatory compliance to enhance patient safety and outcomes.

Qualifications

• Active Pharmacist license in good standing (FL).
• Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm. D.) from ACPE-accredited college is required.
• Minimum 1 year as Pharmacy Clinical Coordinator or 5 years hospital pharmacy experience; PGY2/residency or BCPS preferred.

Responsibilities

• Interpret orders and transcribe or verify into the pharmacy system.
• Lead and mentor clinical pharmacy programs across departments.
• Monitor drug therapy and interactions for patient safety.
• Develop and manage antimicrobial program and drug formulary.
• Train staff and participate in quality, risk management and audits.

Skills

Pharmacist license

Clinical leadership

Education

Pharm.D.

Tools

Pharmacy IT systems

Job description

Clinical Pharmacy Manager (Miami Beach)

Position Responsibilities

• Interpret orders and transcribes or verifies them accurately and efficiently into the pharmacy computer system. Participate in the design and update of pharmacy computer system programs relating to pharmacy, nursing, and physician programs. Participate in the maintenance of pharmacy dictionaries including adding new drugs to the electronic health record drug dictionary and Charge Master Maintenance. Provide basic technical support for automated dispensing machines and other pharmacy computer systems.
• Provide basic technical support for automated dispensing machines and other pharmacy computer systems.
• Complies with facility policy and procedures as well as regulatory requirements. Practice and adhere to the "Code of Conduct" philosophy and "Mission and Value Statement". Support and participate in the goals of the organization's quality improvement, risk management and patient safety program to include but not limited to National Patient Safety Goals, Core Measures and HCAHPS medication related initiatives.
• Accurately compounds and dispense pharmaceuticals. Provide accurate and timely medication information to healthcare staff and patients.
• Monitor drug therapy regimens for contraindications, drug-drug interactions, drug-food interactions, allergies and appropriateness of drug and dose.
• Leads the clinical pharmacy programs and services for all departments of Mount Sinai Medical Center. Develop, manage and mentor pharmacy clinical programs such as drug consults, nutrition support, pharmacokinetics, anticoagulant monitoring, pain management, IV to PO, renal dosing and other programs as determined appropriate based on patient population and literature guidelines.
• Document all clinical activities and interventions accurately and completely. Responsible for mentoring and education as well as ongoing analysis of interventions to insure accurate and appropriate documentation and provides summary reports.
• Serves as a clinical resource for the provision of pharmaceutical care and clinical pharmacy services for the entire medical center. Builds effective relationships with other healthcare professionals and departments within the medical center.
• Develop, manage and mentor antimicrobial management program (AMP).
• Responsible for managing and monitoring the drug formulary: completing drug class reviews, minimizing non-formulary procurements, suggesting appropriate, cost effective therapeutic alternatives to medical staff and implementing automatic therapeutic substitutions when appropriate.
• Maintain professional competency sufficient to meet current and future needs of the facility.
• Identify, design, analyze and report drug utilization reviews to promote rational and safe drug therapies and determines action plan based on results.
• Support participation in daily multidisciplinary and bedside rounds. (may need to attend)
• Maintain appropriate controlled substance records.
• Train and participate with Disaster Team drills and real-event responses as assigned. Participate in quality and regulatory reviews and audits.
• Work with the Pharmacy Director to identify and develop processes to meet or exceed all regulatory standards. Prioritize work and lead others to comply with facility medication turn-around time policy and procedure.
• Act as manager in charge as assigned. Supervises and assist pharmacy technicians and other support staff effectively. Effectively and proactively intervene in conflicts between pharmacy and medical staff regarding drug therapy issue resolutions.
• Work with the director to establish pharmacy goals and objectives of clinical programs and responsible for implementation and monitoring within budgetary targets.
• Leads the clinical pharmacy programs and services for all departments of Mount Sinai Medical Center.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Works closely with Medication Safety Officer for the design, analysis and reporting of adverse drug reactions, medication errors and pharmacy quality initiatives. Assist in mentoring others in their roles for these programs.
• Train and participate with Code Teams as assigned. Obtain and maintain BLS-ACLS or PALS current certification as appropriate.
• Responsible to develop and actively participate in training and mentorship programs for pharmacists, pharmacy students, residents, technicians, nurses and physicians as it relates to clinical pharmacy services. Primary preceptor for pharmacy students and/or pharmacy residents. Responsible for designing and managing these programs and mentoring students and/or residents as well as other preceptors.
• Develop and document staff competency on an ongoing basis, assesses the accomplishment of established goals for the assigned team, provides timely and constructive feedback and develop improvement plans when deficiencies in competencies are identified.
• Participate with various nursing and medical staff committees as necessary. Coordinates all activities related to the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee.
• Responsible to coordinate the pharmacy review of medication orders in physician order sets, protocols or other evidenced based medication use guidelines.
• Responsible for routine publication of the pharmacy newsletter and/or other forms of written and electronic communication.
• In conjunction with Pharmacy Director and the Pharmacy Management team, responsible for the development and review of pharmacy policies and procedures. Work with the Pharmacy Director, Operation Manager and Medication Safety Officer to identify and develop processes to meet or exceed all controlled substance diversion prevention and monitoring standards.
• Work with Pharmacy Operation Manager for the oversight of staff scheduling to ensure appropriate staff coverage for clinical programs. Share pharmacy operation responsibility with Pharmacy Operation Manager. In conjunction with pharmacy director and operations manager, responsible for staff performance evaluations. Organizes and/or participates in staff meetings as required.

Qualifications

• Active Pharmacist license in good standing with the Florida Board of Pharmacy. ACLS certification is preferred.
• A Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm. D.) from an ACPE-accredited college of pharmacy is required.
• Minimum of 1 year as a Pharmacy Clinical Coordinator or one of the following: At least 5 years of hospital pharmacy experience required; preferably within area of focus, completion of hospital PGY2/ pharmacy specialty residency or fellowship, Specialty BCPS certification, other certification (e.g. FCCP, FASHP).

Benefits

• Health benefits
• Life insurance
• Long-term disability coverage
• Healthcare spending accounts
• Retirement plan
• Paid time off
• Pet Insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee assistance program
• Wellness program
• On-site housing for select positions and more!