Clinical Pharmacy Manager

Site: The McLean Hospital Corporation

 

At Mass General Brigham, we know it takes a surprising range of talented professionals to advance our mission—from doctors, nurses, business people and tech experts, to dedicated researchers and systems analysts. As a not-for-profit organization, Mass General Brigham is committed to supporting patient care, research, teaching, and service to the community.  We place great value on being a diverse, equitable and inclusive organization as we aim to reflect the diversity of the patients we serve.

At Mass General Brigham, we believe a diverse set of backgrounds and lived experiences makes us stronger by challenging our assumptions with new perspectives that can drive revolutionary discoveries in medical innovations in research and patient care. Therefore, we invite and welcome applicants from traditionally underrepresented groups in healthcare — people of color, people with disabilities, LGBTQ community, and/or gender expansive, first and second-generation immigrants, veterans, and people from different socioeconomic backgrounds – to apply.

 

 

Job Summary

Part of Mass General Brigham, McLean Hospital is a comprehensive psychiatric hospital committed to providing easy access to superior quality mental health services in the Boston area, Massachusetts and beyond. Since 1811, McLean Hospital has been a world leader in the treatment of mental illness and chemical dependency, research into the cause of mental illness and the training of generations of mental health care providers. McLean's multidisciplinary programs treat a broad range of psychiatric illnesses across the full continuum of care. All McLean team members are expected to consistently demonstrate our values of integrity, compassion, respect, diversity, teamwork, excellence and innovation in their work activities and interactions. Among other tasks the clinical pharmacy manager: - Promotes staff’s clinical development - Guides clinical pharmacists' interventions with other health professionals - Prepares presentations for a variety of meetings - Assigns clinical projects to the pharmacy team - Serves as a pharmacy representative in collaboration with representatives from other disciplines and/or departments at a variety of interdepartmental meetings. - Provides presentations at select forums for topics relevant to the clinical operations of the pharmacy department. - Serves as resource for timely drug information to the clinical pharmacists in the department - Works with pharmacy administration and hospital leadership to conceptualize valuable, sustainable clinical pharmacy services. - Develops and initiates clinical pharmacy services. - Supports and continuously assesses clinical initiatives. - Establishes, implements, and maintains impactful team-based rounding. - Provides educational programming to pharmacist staff to foster professional development. - Pioneers non-formulary medication review and cost-effectiveness analysis. - Interfaces with the healthcare team to ensure optimal medication therapy. - Heads medication use evaluation activities. - Reviews clinical impact of medication errors and provides root cause analysis. - Leads continuous quality improvement program. - Utilizes computerized order entry system and patient medical record to timely and accurately receive, interpret, review, and process medication orders/prescriptions. - Reviews physicians’ medication orders with regard to patient specific factors as indicated by department policies, good pharmacy practice, and Joint Commission standards. - Provides medication recommendations to providers as needed. - Other tasks as assigned by Pharmacy Leadership Team.

 

Qualifications

Qualifications and Role Requirements All employees must possess basic computer skills to use a variety of electronic or online systems for communication, clinical and administrative purposes. Education: BS and/or PharmD from an accredited College of Pharmacy. Residency experience required. PGY2 residency in psychiatry required. Board Certification in Pharmacotherapy or Psychiatry preferred. License: Current unrestricted pharmacy licensure in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or within 90 days of hire Previous hospital pharmacy experience required. Work schedule: Day Shift, weekdays. MENTAL REQUIREMENTS Ability to work independently and handle stress appropriately. Ability to work cooperatively with other members of hospital and pharmacy staff. Ability to handle multiple tasks and adapt to changes in workload and work schedule. Ability to set priorities, make critical decisions, and respond to client concerns. Fosters a team environment. Ability to communicate effectively (verbal and written).

 

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