Vice President Pharmacy Services

At ChristianaCare, we serve as our neighbors as respectful, expert, caring partners in their health. We do this by creating innovative, effective, affordable systems of care that our neighbors value. Supporting this mission, we seek a Vice President, Pharmacy Services. This individual provides leadership to all pharmacy services throughout ChristianaCare including responsibility for clinical excellence, patient and caregiver safety and experience, engagement, and financial performance. As well as, accountability to develop and manage a cost-effective, value-centric program that ensures compliance with all regulatory agencies and health system requirements.

ChristianaCare benefits:

ChristianaCare offers an annual incentive bonus and a collaborative space where innovation is valued. We offer incredible Work/Life benefits including annual membership to care.com, access to backup care services for dependents through Care@Work, retirement planning services, financial mentorship. Fitness and wellness reimbursement, and phenomenal discounts through several vendors for hotels, rental cars, theme parks, shows, sporting events, movie tickets and much more.

Our medical/dental/vision benefits are available to our caregivers on their first day of employment! And we offer two different mechanisms toward planning for your retirement, a 403(b) and a defined contribution plan.

Principal duties and responsibilities:

• Establish the strategic plan for coordination and integration of pharmacy services throughout ChristianaCare.
• Establishes and maintains effective standards, policies and procedures that are in full compliance with local, state and federal regulatory agencies and health system requirements.
• Establishes and maintains, through the Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) Committees, an effective formulary program providing quality patient care that is cost-effective for both acute and ambulatory services.
• Identifies and implements appropriate changes in response to the external healthcare environment (ex. payer strategies)
• Establishes standards of quality throughout ChristianaCare for pharmaceutical services.
• Ensures compliance with 340B Federal Drug Discount Program.
• Oversight of the pharmacy supply chain program, contract negotiations and vendor selection, when necessary, to supplement group purchasing contracts.
• Establishes levels of performance and sets expectations for the evaluation of departmental directors within pharmacy services.  Reviews departmental performance and effects change as needed to improve services. Provides supervision to departmental staff and direct reports.

Education and experience requirements:

• Doctor of Pharmacy degree required
• Master’s Degree in Healthcare Administration, Business, Health Care Delivery Science, or related field required
• Current Delaware pharmacist licensure or license eligible (licensure attained prior to start date)
• Minimum 10 years proven and progressive pharmacy program administration and healthcare leadership experience required

ChristianaCare is one of the country’s most multidimensional health systems, centered on improving health outcomes, making high-quality care more accessible and lowering health care costs. Christiana Care includes an extensive network of outpatient services, home health care, medical aid units, three hospitals (1,300 beds), a Level I trauma center and regional centers of excellence in heart and vascular care, cancer care and women’s health. We rank 21st in the nation for hospital admissions.

ChristianaCare is a not-for-profit teaching health system with our outstanding, data-powered care coordination service and a focus on population health and value-based care, ChristianaCare is crafting the future of health care.

Working for Christiana Care offers the best of urban and suburban living with multiple housing options, excellent restaurants and entertainment venues, quality schools and a short driving distance to popular Delaware and New Jersey beaches. The location provides easy access to Washington, DC, Philadelphia and New York City – all within a short drive or train ride from Newark, DE.

Christiana Care Health System is an equal opportunity employer, firmly committed to prohibiting discrimination, whose staff is reflective of its community, and considers qualified applicants for open positions without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression, age, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.