Pharmacy Executive

Role Overview

• Consult with pharmacists to develop and implement clinical pharmacy programs that will reduce costs while maintaining or improving quality of care to patients.
• Analyze pharmaceutical purchases and conduct key prescriber interviews with the health care organizations clinical pharmacy team to validate and estimate identified opportunities for improved formulary management.
• Maximize market share and product standardization, resulting in best pricing.
• Therapeutic interchange programs.
• Automatic therapeutic interchanges.
• IV to oral conversion opportunities.
• Work with clinical leaders to discuss and facilitate changes in formulary management.
• Maintain and support standardized documents, tools, and calculators to support consulting offerings.
• Assist team in evaluating and positioning requests for new and significant formulary additions; develop draft protocols, clinical tools and order sets as identified.
• Facilitate innovation in offerings through networking with key clinical pharmacy opinion leaders, novel information gathering and review of the literature.
• Conduct practical assessments of pharmacy and medication management programs in member health systems, infusion centers, ambulatory surgery centers and associated provider offices and clinics.
• Provide information and solutions utilizing evidenced based literature, regulatory standards, data analysis, and leading practices from other Vizient member health systems.
• Utilize industry leading practices, pharmaceutical care standards and benchmark comparisons to develop strategic operating plans that will position the pharmacy program for optimal value, efficiency, and service excellence.
• Develop project work plans and provide hands on implementation support to achieve high priority objectives.
• Meet or exceed contractual value targets for all assigned projects.
• Achieve excellent member satisfaction scores at the completion of an engagement.
• Create and deliver influential communications with clarity and confidence to health system senior executives.
• Support Vizient consulting practice activities, including development, launch and implementation of new or improved services and products.

Requirements

• A Pharmacy degree is required.
• PharmD preferred.
• Master’s degree in business is a plus.
• 7 or more years of Health System and/or Hospital Pharmacy Leadership experience required.
• Relevant experience in pharmacy at an acute care hospital required.
• Experience with 340B is preferred.
• Experience with Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee activities is preferred.
• Board of Pharmacy registration is required and have completed a c pharmacy residency (ASHP approved residency) preferred.
• Ability to travel regularly and expeditiously throughout the year to meet clients’ needs and timetables.

Benefits

• Vizient has a comprehensive benefits plan!