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Pharmacy Manager - Ambulatory Care Specialty Clinical Programs

Stanford Health Care
Palo Alto, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 25 Aug 2025
💰 $228,000/yr($172,000/yr$228,000/yr)

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Day - 08 Hour (United States of America)

This is a Stanford Health Care job.

A Brief Overview
This position manages the efficient and effective operations of pharmacy services. The individual also supervises and manages the associated personnel staff.

Locations
Stanford Health Care

What you will do
  • Interprets and enforces established policies and procedures, creates new policies and procedures, designs and implements performance improvement initiatives that enhance safety, environmental, and infection control.
  • Provides oversight to pharmacy personnel with respect to the goals and objectives of the Pharmacy Department in collaboration with the leadership team to improve services provided and assures compliance with regulatory requirements.
  • Design, implement, and monitor pharmacy practices to optimize medication management outcomes for patients.
  • Supervises and manages the technical support staff and staff clinical pharmacists.
  • Participates in Informatics meeting discussions and practice implementation relative to workflow processes to include validation of protocols and ERX records where applicable.
  • Partners across the organization to develop and implement solutions designed to improve member/client satisfaction; streamline processes between organizations for improved service delivery.
  • Reviews department performance, effects changes in collaboration with the pharmacy leadership team to improve services provided and assures compliance with regulatory requirements.
  • Collaborates with physicians and other health care professionals to address issues related to patient drug therapy through the process of mutual information sharing, discussion, and decision making.
  • Oversees training programs for pharmacy staff, residents, and students.

Education Qualifications
  • Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree from an accredited college or university.

Experience Qualifications
  • Five (5) years of progressively responsible and directly related work experience in Pharmacy required or
  • PGY1 and 3 years of progressively responsible and directly related work experience in Pharmacy required or
  • PGY1 and PGY2 (General) with 1 year of progressively responsible and directly related work experience in Pharmacy required or
  • PGY1 and PGY2 HSPAL Residency (Health System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership) completion required

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
  • Knowledge of California State Board of Pharmacy Laws and Regulations.
  • Knowledge of Title 22 regulations.
  • Knowledge of eMS regulations, both state and federal.
  • Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and Skill in the use of establishing policies and in writing procedures and communication to coworkers.
  • Ability to interpret new laws, guidelines as applied to the practice of Pharmacy.
  • Ability to interpret regulations and guidelines as applicable to the practice of Pharmacy.

Licenses and Certifications
  • Licensed as a Pharmacist by the California Board of Pharmacy within 120 Days


These principles apply to ALL employees:

SHC Commitment to Providing an Exceptional Patient & Family Experience

Stanford Health Care sets a high standard for delivering value and an exceptional experience for our patients and families. Candidates for employment and existing employees must adopt and execute C-I-CARE standards for all of patients, families and towards each other. C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanford’s patient-experience and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions. Simply put, we do what it takes to enable and empower patients and families to focus on health, healing and recovery.

You will do this by executing against our three experience pillars, from the patient and family’s perspective:

  • Know Me: Anticipate my needs and status to deliver effective care
  • Show Me the Way: Guide and prompt my actions to arrive at better outcomes and better health
  • Coordinate for Me: Own the complexity of my care through coordination

Equal Opportunity Employer Stanford Health Care (SHC) strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity and non-discrimination in all of its policies and practices, including the area of employment. Accordingly, SHC does not discrimi

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