Pharmacy Executive - Pharmacy Enterprise, Ambulatory

When you’re the best, we’re the best. We instill an environment where employees feel engaged, satisfied and able to contribute their unique skills and talents while living and working as their authentic selves . We provide extensive opportunities for personal and professional development, building both employee competence and organizational capability to fuel exceptional performance through an inclusive environment both now and in the future. Summary: In this role, you will work with client hospitals and internal Vizient business units to optimize pharmacy enterprise solution services between Vizient and the clients we serve. You will generate new consulting offerings, develop relationships with hospital executives, administrators, clinicians, pharmacy leaders, key opinion leaders, and internal Vizient business groups to synthesize and identify targets of opportunity to enhance the value of the pharmacy enterprise. Responsibilities: Consult with pharmacists to develop and implement clinical pharmacy programs that will reduce costs while maintaining or improving quality of care to patients. Analyze pharmaceutical purchases and conduct key prescriber interviews with the health care organizations clinical pharmacy team to validate and estimate identified opportunities for improved formulary management. Maximize market share and product standardization, resulting in best pricing. Therapeutic interchange programs. Automatic therapeutic interchanges. IV to oral conversion opportunities. Work with clinical leaders to discuss and facilitate changes in formulary management. Maintain and support standardized documents, tools, and calculators to support consulting offerings. Assist team in evaluating and positioning requests for new and significant formulary additions; develop draft protocols, clinical tools and order sets as identified. Facilitate innovation in offerings through networking with key clinical pharmacy opinion leaders, novel information gathering and review of the literature. Conduct practical assessments of pharmacy and medication management programs in member health systems, infusion centers, ambulatory surgery centers and associated provider offices and clinics. Provide information and solutions utilizing evidenced based literature, regulatory standards, data analysis, and leading practices from other Vizient member health systems. Utilize industry leading practices, pharmaceutical care standards and benchmark comparisons to develop strategic operating plans that will position the pharmacy program for optimal value, efficiency, and service excellence. Develop project work plans and provide hands on implementation support to achieve high priority objectives. Meet or exceed contractual value targets for all assigned projects. Achieve excellent member satisfaction scores at the completion of an engagement. Create and deliver influential communications with clarity and confidence to health system senior executives. Support Vizient consulting practice activities, including development, launch and implementation of new or improved services and products. Qualifications: A Pharmacy degree is required. PharmD preferred. Master’s degree in business is a plus. 7 or more years of Health System and/or Hospital Pharmacy Leadership experience required. Relevant experience in pharmacy at an acute care hospital required. Experience with 340B is preferred. Experience with Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee activities is preferred. Board of Pharmacy registration is required and have completed a c pharmacy residency (ASHP approved residency) preferred. Ability to travel regularly and expeditiously throughout the year to meet clients’ needs and timetables. Estimated Hiring Range: At Vizient, we consider skills, experience, and organizational needs in our compensation approach. Geographic factors may adjust the range estimate and hires typically fall below the top range. Compensation decisions are tailored to individual circumstances. The current salary range for this role is $135,200.00 to $236,600.00. This position is also incentive eligible. Vizient has a comprehensive benefits plan! Please view our benefits here: Equal Opportunity Employer: Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, gender identity, ethnicity, age, national origin, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status or any other category protected by applicable law.