Chief Pharmacy Officer
University of Miami

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CORE JOB FUNCTIONS

1. Leads and administers pharmacy services for UHealth in alignment with UHealth's strategic goals and operational needs.
2. Ensures UHealth's strategic planning leverages pharmacy services across the continuum of care to improve health outcomes.
3. Ensures pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical benefit designs focus on total health through the formulary, with procurement driven by clinical efficacy.
4. Collaborates with healthcare executives within and external to UHealth to foster and build cross-functional relationships and to align interdisciplinary services with initiatives such as quality metrics and financial performance.
5. Advances patient care services through the promotion of pharmacy best practices, including by the creation and adoption of emerging technologies and innovative services.
6. Develops, evaluates, and proposes clinical and research pharmacy programs to enhance current and future pharmacy services throughout UHealth.
7. Integrates and standardizes pharmacy services throughout UHealth, while focusing on quality improvement practices.
8. Supports an environment of transparency, shared and contextualized decision-making, and trust.
9. Leads constructive multidisciplinary partnerships with physician services, nursing, research, finance, and other key groups.
10. Provides leadership and guidance in the development of performance metrics and the measurement reporting process for pharmacy services.
11. Increases patient satisfaction, improves efficiency of operations, and positively impacts the bottom line and overall patient experience across UHealth.
12. Collaborates with UHealth's Chief Financial Officer, hospital administrators, and departments to construct a budget for pharmacy services, including short-term and long-term forecasting, business plan development, and other financial goals.
13. Develops, manages, and monitors budgets for pharmacy services, and provides active financial stewardship of multiple, complex pharmacy contracts for pharmacy sites.
14. Creates and executes a strategy for expansion of pharmacy services to new sites, and for the growth of new and existing service lines.
15. Ensures compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local pharmacy-related laws, regulations, and rules, including but not limited to CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services), the Joint Commission, the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), the Florida Department of Health, and other regulatory bodies. Maintains knowledge of industry trends and local/state/federal legislation to manage and reduce legal risks.
16. Ensures internal control oversight, safeguarding of assets, compliance with University policies and procedures, reliability of internal and external reporting, and efficiency and effectiveness of operations. Creates an effective control environment, conducts risk assessment, implements and monitors controls.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS

Education:
Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree required.

Certification and Licensing:
Active Florida Pharmacist License required.

Experience:
Minimum 10 years of relevant experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes:
• Knowledge of business and management principles.
• Ability to direct, manage, implement, and evaluate department operations.
• Ability to establish department goals, and objectives that support the strategic plan.
• Ability to effectively plan, delegate and/or supervise the work of others.
• Ability to lead, motivate, develop and train others.

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for.

Patient safety is a top priority. As a result, during the Influenza ("the flu") season (September through April), the University Of Miami Miller School Of Medicine requires all employees who provide ongoing services to patients, work in a location (all Hospitals and clinics) where patient care is provided, or work in patient care or clinical care areas, to have an annual influenza vaccination. Failure to meet this requirement will result in rescinding or termination of employment.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities are encouraged to apply. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law. Click here for additional information.

Job Status:
Full time

Employee Type:
Staff

Pay Grade:
140