Manager - Clinical Pharmacy - Full Time Exempt

University of Southern California; Arcadia (CA); On-site; USD 158,000 - 261,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Southern California (Keck Medicine) seeks a Clinical Manager to oversee the hospital's clinical pharmacy programs and ensure safe, effective services. The role supports the Director of Pharmacy in maintaining regulatory compliance and best-practice standards across the department.

The Clinical Manager will lead clinical initiatives, contribute to formulary decisions, cost containment efforts, and pharmacoeconomic outcomes, while building strong relationships with staff and other

Qualifications

• Minimum Skills: Builds and maintains strong interpersonal relationships
• Effectively prioritizes tasks and responsibilities
• Provides clear leadership and guidance to team members
• Demonstrates in-depth pharmaceutical expertise
• Delivers engaging and informative presentations
• Negotiations with confidence and professionalism
• Financial operations and budgeting
• Time management

Responsibilities

• Oversee clinical programs of the pharmacy department and ensure safe, effective clinical pharmacy services
• Assist the Director of Pharmacy to maintain legal, regulatory, and accrediting requirements
• Lead formulary management, cost containment programs, and pharmacoeconomic outcomes
• Build and enhance professional relationships with staff, other providers, and management
• Communicate effectively with pharmacy and hospital staff and maintain professional presence

Skills

Interpersonal relationships

Task prioritization

Leadership

Pharmaceutical expertise

Public speaking

Negotiation

Financial management

Time management

Education

California Pharmacist License (CA DCA)

Board Certification

Job description

The Clinical Manager is responsible for overseeing the clinical programs of the pharmacy department. This position will utilize resources to provide safe and effective clinical pharmacy programs at the hospital. This position will assist the Director of Pharmacy to assure all legal, regulatory, and accrediting requirements are maintained at the best demonstrated practice. Assure clinical pharmacy services and activities are carried out to meet goals and standards of the hospital. In the absence of the Director of Pharmacy, the Clinical Manager may be required to assume the essential responsibilities and perform the duties of the Director of Pharmacy. The Clinical Manager will serve as an active member of the pharmacy management team providing leadership for clinical programs, formulary management, cost containment programs, and improved pharmacoeconomic outcomes. Build and enhance professional relationships with pharmacy staff, other healthcare providers, and management. Communicate effectively with the pharmacy and hospital staff. Maintain a professional presence throughout the hospital.

Minimum Skills:

• Builds and maintains strong interpersonal relationships
• Effectively prioritizes tasks and responsibilities
• Provides clear leadership and guidance to team members
• Demonstrates in-depth pharmaceutical expertise
• Delivers engaging and informative presentations
• Negotiations with confidence and professionalism
• Financial operations and budgeting
• Time management

Required Certifications:

Registered Pharmacist (CA DCA) Registration with California State Board of Pharmacy Board Certification

Preferred Experience:

5 years Of related Hospital Clinical Pharmacy experience and/or Postgraduate Year One Pharmacy Residency

Pay Transparency

Pay Transparency The annual salary range for this position is $ 158,080.00 - $260,830.00 . When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California Arcadia Hospital considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, State, and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, as well as external market and organizational considerations.

Equal Opportunity and Diversity Statement

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Keck Medicine of USC is the University of Southern California’s medical enterprise, one of only two university-based medical systems in the Los Angeles area. Keck Medicine combines academic excellence, world-class research and state-of-the-art facilities to provide highly specialized care for some of the most acute patients in the country. Our internationally renowned physicians and scientists provide world-class patient care at Keck Hospital of USC, USC Norris Cancer Hospital, USC Verdugo Hills Hospital, USC Arcadia Hospital and more than 100 unique clinics in Los Angeles, Orange, Kern, Tulare and Ventura counties. Keck Medical Center of USC, which includes Keck Hospital and USC Norris Cancer Hospital, is among the top 50 hospitals in the country in 8 specialties, as well as the top three hospitals in metro Los Angeles and top 10 hospitals in California, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2024-25 Best Hospitals rankings.