Job Description

A cover letter is required for consideration for this position and should be attached as the first page of your resume. The cover letter should address your specific interest in the position and outline skills and experience that directly relate to this position.

Basic Function and Responsibility

This 1.0 FTE position is dedicated to the management of University of Michigan (UM) Health specialty pharmacy clinical services with direct oversight of clinical pharmacist services in the hematology/oncology, gastroenterology/hepatology/HIV, and rheumatology service lines. This position reports directly to the Pharmacy Assistant Director, Specialty Clinical Services.

The Pharmacy Manager, Specialty Clinical Services assists with maintaining the clinical business for UM Health specialty pharmacy services in accordance with departmental standards, internal and external reporting requirements, accreditation standards, and pharmacy laws and regulations. The Pharmacy Manager provides oversight of pharmacy practice programs, medication use systems, and quality initiatives to detect, mitigate, and prevent medication adverse events and work to ensure medication use is aligned with evidence-based best practices and regulatory standards. The incumbent also works with interdisciplinary partners to deliver medication therapy management within patient care services and to ensure pharmaceutical care programs are appropriately integrated.

Specific duties include

• Provide direct oversight of specialty pharmacy clinical services and clinical operations.
• Provide direction to specialty pharmacy staff regarding all clinical patient management decisions and operations.
• Oversee specialty clinical pharmacists to coordinate patient care activities for specialty pharmacy patients.
• Oversee the initial and ongoing disease state and medication training of specialty pharmacy staff.
• Participate in identifying and implementing quality improvement programs and continuous quality assurance initiatives to advance the medication use systems and promote optimal patient outcomes. This includes soliciting clinic prescriber feedback and identifying enhanced or additional services to meet clinic partner needs.
• Ensure specialty pharmacy clinical services meet accreditation, certification, and payer requirements.
• Consult with specialty pharmacy practitioners when feedback is necessary regarding patient management program updates and submit reports to the Quality Management Committee for review and approval.
• Work with specialty and department leadership to integrate specialty clinical care with area and department needs and initiatives.
• Contribute to accreditation maintenance and renewal along with associated quality improvement and assurance initiatives and metrics.
• Perform direct specialty pharmacy patient care as needed based on area need(s).

• Doctor of Pharmacy degree or Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy with one-year residency or fellowship or equivalent clinical experience.
• Ability to travel from point A to point B throughout the workday as assigned.
• Ability to perform a variety of manual dexterity movements, including keyboarding; fluency in reading, writing, and speaking English.

• Experience in a leadership/management role focused on clinical services in a health-system specialty pharmacy setting is strongly desired. Experience in a leadership/management role focused on clinical services in a health-system specialty pharmacy setting is strongly desired.
• Board Certification in Specialty Pharmacy, Ambulatory Care or Pharmacotherapy.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• We are a growing program, and the work environment will continue to change. For this reason, the ideal candidate must be patient-centered, flexible, adaptable to change, innovative, and willing to take on tasks/responsibilities with autonomy and creativity.

Must comply with all Michigan Medicine Occupational Health requirements including annual flu immunization.

Michigan Medicine conducts background screening and pre-employment drug testing on job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent job offer and may use a third-party administrator to conduct background screenings.  Background screenings are performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Report Act. Pre-employment drug testing applies to all selected candidates, including new or additional faculty and staff appointments, as well as transfers from other U-M campuses.

Michigan Medicine improves the health of patients, populations and communities through excellence in education, patient care, community service, research and technology development, and through leadership activities in Michigan, nationally and internationally.  Our mission is guided by our Strategic Principles and has three critical components; patient care, education and research that together enhance our contribution to society.

Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days.  The review and selection process may begin as early as the eighth day after posting. This opening may be removed from posting boards and filled anytime after the minimum posting period has ended

The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

About University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

A great university is made so by its faculty and staff, and Michigan is recognized as one of the best universities to work for in the country. The Michigan culture is known for engaging faculty and staff in all facets of the university to create a workplace that is vibrant and stimulating.For two consecutive years, the Chronicle of Higher Education has placed U-M in its "Great Colleges to Work For" survey. In particular, the university earns high marks for strong relations between faculty and administrators, a collaborative system of governance, strong pay and benefits, and a healthy work/life balance.

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