Clinical Pharmacy Manager (JR234989)

Montefiore Hudson Valley Collaborative; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Montefiore Hudson Valley Collaborative seeks a Transitional Care Clinical Pharmacy Manager to join a multidisciplinary team focused on improving outcomes for high-risk cardiovascular, kidney-metabolic, and respiratory patients across hospital and post-acute settings.

The role leads GDMT optimization under CDTM, drives care transitions, and collaborates with physicians, nurses, and navigators to implement high‑reliability care pathways while pursuing quality improvement and scholarly activities.

Qualifications

• Doctor of Pharmacy degree.
• PGY-2 residency in cardiology, ambulatory care, or equivalent; or PGY-1 with board certification and 3 years experience.
• NYS license with eligibility as allied health professional.
• Board certification or equivalent within 6 months.
• Direct patient care in ambulatory, hospital, or transitional care settings.

Responsibilities

• Leads pharmacotherapy management for high‑risk patients during hospitalization and post-discharge using telemedicine, RPM, and in-person care.
• Initiates and titrates GDMT under CDTM, focusing on heart failure, ASCVD, diabetes, obesity, CKD, COPD, asthma, and pneumonia.
• Identify high-impact opportunities post-discharge to prevent readmissions and disease progression.
• Resolve access, affordability, adherence, and social needs related medication challenges.
• Serve as a clinical bridge across inpatient, ambulatory, and post‑acute settings for seamless care transitions.

Education

Doctor of Pharmacy degree

PGY-2 residency in cardiology/ambulatory care

Board certification or 3 years relevant experience

NYS license eligibility as allied health professional

Clinical judgment

Communication and collaboration

Experience in value-based care or population health

Bilingual skills (preferred)

Job description

Introduction

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Overview

The Transitional Care Clinical Pharmacy Manager is a core clinical team member within Montefiore’s multidisciplinary Transitional Care Excellence department. This role sits at the intersection of inpatient care, ambulatory management, and population health, with a focus on improving outcomes for high-risk cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic and respiratory patient populations.

Responsibilities

• Leads longitudinal pharmacotherapy management for a defined panel of high-risk patients with cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome and respiratory conditions during hospitalization and post-discharge utilizing telemedicine, remote patient monitoring, and in-person care models.
• Initiates, optimizes, and titrates guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) under collaborative drug therapy management (CDTM) agreements, with a focus on heart failure, ASCVD, diabetes, obesity, CKD, COPD, asthma, and pneumonia.
• Identifies and acts on high-impact clinical opportunities early in the post-discharge period to prevent readmissions and disease progression.
• Solves complex medication-related challenges including access, affordability, adherence, and health-related social needs.
• Serves as a clinical bridge across inpatient, ambulatory, and post-acute settings, ensuring seamless care transitions and accountability across the continuum.
• Partners with physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, and navigators to design and execute high-reliability care pathways.
• Acts as a key liaison to post-acute partners including home care, skilled nursing facilities, and rehabilitation centers.
• Contributes to quality improvement initiatives aligned with CMS Star Ratings, HEDIS measures, and value-based care contracts.
• Participates in program development, innovation (e.g., telehealth optimization, AI-enabled outreach, RPM workflows), and scaling of disease-specific care pathways.
• Engages in academic and scholarly activities including research, protocol development, and dissemination of outcomes.

Requirements

• Doctor of Pharmacy degree.
• Advanced training (e.g., completion of a PGY-2 residency in cardiology, ambulatory care, or other relevant specialties) or completion of a PGY-1 residency with current board certificationand 3 years of relevant experience.
• NYS license with eligibility to be credentialed as an allied health professional.
• Active Board of Pharmacy Specialties certification or completion within 6 months of hire.
• Direct patient care experience in ambulatory, hospital, or transitional care settings.
• Strong clinical judgment, communication, and interdisciplinary collaboration skills.
• Experience managing chronic cardiometabolic or pulmonary disease states.
• Experience in value-based care, care transitions, or population health programs.
• Bilingual language skills preferred.

Work Environment:

• Position requires onsite presence during onboarding, credentialing, training, and orientation.
• Initial six-month probationary period will be fully onsite.
• Following successful completion of training, credentialing, and the six-month probationary period, employees may be eligible for limited telemedicine or remote work responsibilities based on operational needs.
• Candidates must be comfortable working in both ambulatory and interdisciplinary care settings.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate:

• Strong clinical pharmacy knowledge and direct patient care experience.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, complex healthcare environment.
• Excellent problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.