Director of Pharmacy, General Manager

Owensboro Health Regional
Director of Pharmacy, General Manager - Specialty Pharmacy
Owensboro, KY

CPS Solutions is seeking a proven leader to help build and operate a world class specialty pharmacy program to service our patients in the Owensboro, KY area. This person is CPS’ most senior leader of a client program, responsible for ensuring that all clinical, operational, and financial goals are met.

Responsibilities: 

• Developing goals, strategies, and tactics to ensure ongoing customer success. This will include helping our customers grow their specialty pharmacy program and ensuring that their program operates profitably.
• Building, developing, and inspiring the onsite team of clinicians, liaisons, technicians, and other staff to outperform targets and create high patient and provider satisfaction. All CPS-employed pharmacy and clinical staff (e.g., hematology-oncology, rheumatology, gastroenterology, endocrine, dermatology, and transplant) will operate under your leadership. You will be charged with developing CPS culture at the client site – bridging any gaps between CPS’ cultural norms and our customer’s norms and values.
• Owning the relationship between CPS and our health system customers’ pharmacy and executive leadership teams
• Managing external relationships with pharmaceutical manufacturers and third-party payors on behalf of our customers, including overseeing compliance of limited distribution drug and specialty pharmacy network contracts
• Discrete project management. You will be expected to identify and engage key stakeholders; plan, develop, and execute the project; and lead change through all levels of the organization towards timely completion.
• Forecasting specialty pharmacy operating plans. This will require identifying needs, assisting in financial assessments, negotiating price and value, and managing requests and purchases.

Qualifications: 

• Experience managing and successfully executing complex projects (preferably in a hospital setting), while working with diverse stakeholders
• Proven leadership in a specialty pharmacy, health system, or managed care setting with a track record of transforming ideas into measurable operational changes
• Influence and people management skills demonstrated by high team satisfaction and customer satisfaction scores
• Been responsible for and successfully managed their own P&L
• Clear and effective communication skills and comfort engaging all levels inside and outside the organization
• A proactive approach to problem solving, working quickly with attention to detail
• Proficiency in MS Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• Excellent project management skills and process development know-how (using IHI, A3, process mapping, lean six sigma etc.)
• At least a bachelor’s degree in a healthcare-related field or business administration

And bonus points if you have: 

• Experience in a start-up company or early-stage health care environment
• Experience leading various disciplines and levels of clinical professionals
• Experience starting and / or running a specialty pharmacy at a health system
• Proficiency with standard software used in a healthcare setting such as EMR systems (e.g., EPIC, Cerner, Meditech), dispensing systems (e.g., QS1, RX30, Computer Rx)
• An advanced degree in healthcare-related field or business administration

 Here’s what we’d like to offer to you:

• A driver’s seat position transforming how specialty pharmacy services are delivered to the most complex patients, to improve their overall experience and outcomes
• A platform to meaningfully leverage and further develop your (healthcare) technology, leadership, and management skills, working alongside our senior leadership and premier health system customers
• Medical, dental, vision, 401K with company match and more!

Hospital Requirements: (may be required)

• (PPD) TB Skin Test - Proof of negative TB skin test within the last 12 months
• (MMR) Measles, Mumps and Rubella or A Blood Titer proving immunity
• Varicella - (2)