Job Description
The System VP of Pharmacy is the senior-most pharmacy executive for the academic health system, responsible for strategic direction, operational excellence, clinical quality, and financial stewardship across the enterprise’s pharmacy portfolio—including acute care, ambulatory, specialty, retail/community, oncology/infusion, and 340B programs. This leader advances the academic mission through residency programs (PGY1/PGY2), clinical research, and inter-professional education, while ensuring regulatory compliance and a robust medication safety culture. The role partners closely with nursing, medical staff, finance, compliance, research, and population health to improve outcomes,
patient experience, affordability, and access across the system and its affiliated schools/colleges.
Essential Functions:
1. Lead enterprise pharmacy governance, including P&T Committee, Medication Safety, Formulary Management, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Oncology Therapeutics Council, and Controlled Substances Oversight.
2. Establish system-wide clinical practice standards, collaborative practice agreements, and evidence- based protocols across acute, ambulatory, and oncology settings.
3. Serve as principal advisor to executive leadership on the evolving therapeutics pipeline (cell/gene therapy, high-cost specialty), biosimilars, and site-of-care optimization.
4. Oversee 24/7 acute care operations, sterile and non-sterile compounding, IV admixture services, medication-use processes, and perpetual readiness for Joint Commission/CMS.
5. Lead oncology/hematology pharmacy (infusion centers and inpatient) with strong coordination on regimens, REMS, safety checks, hazardous drug handling, and clinical trial dispensing.
6. Scale specialty pharmacy services, prior auth/financial counseling, hub relationships, REMS adherence, and patient-reported outcomes.
7. Integrate retail/community pharmacy strategy (employee Rx, discharge meds-to-beds, adherence programs) with revenue cycle and population health.
8. Optimize technology and automation: EHR/EMR, BCMA, CPOE, ADCs, IV workflow systems and clinical decision support.
9. Provide executive oversight of 340B compliance (eligibility, contract pharmacies, GPO exclusion, diversion/duplicate discount prevention, manufacturer restrictions strategy).
10. Chair or co-chair 340B governance, ensure robust internal audit cadence, response to HRSA audits, and margin protection with data-driven optimization and ethical stewardship
11. Promote inter-professional education and scholarly output (publications, presentations, posters).
12. Role-model the system’s leadership commitments and core behaviors.
13. Performs other duties as assigned.