Pharmacy Program Manager Clinical - Clinic & Infusion Pharmacy Services

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Organization:

VMG Pharmacy

Job Summary:

Plans, develops and executes ongoing program(s) that impact a significant segment of the organization under occasional guidance.

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Position Highlights

• This is a leadership position overseeing the Clinic Liaison team which is responsible for coordinating and evaluating medication-related regulatory compliance for approximately 300 Vanderbilt Health ambulatory clinics.
• The Program Manager oversees a team of System Support Pharmacy Technicians (direct reports), coordinates monthly MEDS Surveys for clinics with medication inventories, serves as a pharmacy representative for Environment of Care Surveys, works with Vanderbilt Operational Services (VOS) to onboard new clinics and pharmacy sites, manages temperature excursion response for clinic medication inventories, manages medication recall response, and serves as the expert contact for clinic managers, assisting them with medication-related questions and problem solving.
• The Clinic Liaison team is imperative to ensuring clinics operate within the rules and regulations of the law and provide safe, effective patient care for Middle Tennessee and surrounding areas.
• Traveling to each ambulatory clinic every 6 months is required.

Key Responsibilities

• Provides budgetary management to the program.
• Provides training and guidance for individuals supporting the program.
• Promotes growth and expansion of the program.
• Oversees the creation, coordination and execution of the program.
• The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

Technical Capabilities

• Networking (Intermediate): Build relationships through industry contacts, professional organizations and individuals.
• Quality Management (Intermediate): Developing a systematic process of checking to see whether a process or service is meeting specific requirements.
• Peer Leadership (Intermediate): The ability to show leadership and influence people of equal rank in an effort to accomplish team goals.
• Program Management (Intermediate): Planning, organizing, and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific program goals and objectives. 
• Financial Processes (Intermediate): Ability to monitor costs, expenses and revenue as well as the ability to manage those costs and expenses in relation to budgeted amounts.
• Process Improvement (Intermediate): Identifies, analyzes and improves upon existing business processes for optimization and to meet standards of quality.

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Each year, people throughout Tennessee and the southeast choose Vanderbilt Health for their health care because of our leadership in medical science and our dedication to treating patients with dignity and compassion.

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Core Accountabilities:

Organizational Impact: Executes job responsibilities with the understanding of how output would affect and impact other areas related to own job area/team with occasional guidance. Problem Solving/ Complexity of work: Analyzes moderately complex problems using technical experience and judgment. Breadth of Knowledge: Has expanded knowledge gained through experience within a professional area. Team Interaction: Provides informal guidance and support to team members.

Core Capabilities :

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