Pharmacy Clinical Team Lead - Oncology Investigational Drug Services

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Organization:

Pharm Cln Investigational Drug

Job Summary:

Leads a team of staff members as a working supervisor and actively participates in overall management of the department, with focus on assigned clinical area. Leads development of clinical practice standards and protocols, and provision of patient-focused delivery of care and services with accountabilities for implementation and outcomes for people leadership, quality, service, compliance, finance, throughput and scheduling. Ensures the department's optimal performance within their assigned clinical area and team of direct reports by engaging in effective problem solving within clinical area and other departments as appropriate, assuring performance standards for patient care are met, and developing/leading the assigned team. Provides feedback and coaching to staff members, recognizing them for their contributions while fostering a high-performance culture. Remains in clinical practice with a portion of time dedicated to leadership activities.

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Position Highlights

• Provides supervisory support for the Oncology Investigational Drug Services team and 200+ oncology clinical trials.
• Staffing rotation every 3 weeks.
• Hours are Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm but may vary between 7:00am - 5:00pm as needed.
• No weekends.
• No holidays.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervises day to day performance of staff through ongoing assessment and coaching to achieve goals.
• Completes formal evaluation of direct reports.
• Supports leadership team in development of staff members by providing substantive feedback.
• Demonstrates clinical/technical knowledge needed to coach staff on day-to-day activities.
• Implements pharmacy specific policies and practice guidelines in accordance with Vanderbilt Health policy and regulatory standards using standardized tools and instruments.
• Engages with other departments and vendors as appropriate.
• Leads development and maintenance of clinical programs in assigned area.
• The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

Technical Capabilities

• Quality Management (Novice): Has provided continuous analysis and evaluation of assignment work processes, constantly striving for improvement in the way tasks and activities are accomplished by questioning their value to the process and contributing creative solutions. Has participated in the process of establishing, communicating and monitoring standards for quality and excellence. Demonstrates the ability to actually work on and improve a current business process, product or service.
• Business Results (Fundamental Awareness): Implements appropriate measures for attaining business results and tracks progress in meeting goals and objectives. Demonstrates the ability to deliver products and services on time, within budget, and in accordance with organizational standards and goals. Continuously demonstrates a strong focus on quality. Responds effectively to customer or client needs. Recognizes incipient problems and communicates them to management.
• Operations Planning (Novice): Demonstrates ability to realistically anticipate resource needs, identify discrete tasks, set priorities, define dependencies, schedule activities, meet deadlines, and organize work within areas of direct responsibility. Appropriately matches equipment and capital resources to task demands. Achieves results within budget. Competently handles multiple assignments simultaneously. Reshapes project during life-cycle evolution, if needed. Demonstrates ability to break down work into manageable and measurable units. Accepts changes to assignments with minimal disruption and loss of productivity. Able to absorb changes to major assignments while maintaining a high level of performance. Uses available time efficiently. Follows up to assure problems and issues are resolved.
• People Management (N