Manager Clinical Pharmacy

Shape The Future of Pharmacy

Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital is the leading children’s hospital in New York and nationally ranked according to US News and World Report. It is recognized as a Level I trauma center, level IV neonatal center, and a level I Children’s Surgery Center. In addition, Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital is one of the leading pediatric ECMO centers in the world, with the Platinum Level Award of Excellence status by the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO).   

The Pediatric Critical Care Clinical Manager will serve as the clinical pharmacist for the pediatric critical care services (pediatric intensive care, pediatric cardiac and pediatric neurosciences) with some coverage of neonatal services. The clinical pharmacy manager will serve as the pharmacist liaison within the pediatric critical care division and interdisciplinary meetings.   

Essential Job Duties  

Maintains a liaison relationship with the Service covered through participation in patient care rounds and involvement in joint projects with the Department/Division/Service covered. This includes but is not limited to: 

• Identification of problems/issues in specific patients and promotion of rational drug use on a case-by-case basis (includes therapy selection, monitoring and assessment of outcomes of therapy). 

• Provision of drug information to providers covering the service and the patients covered by the Service(s) identified. 

• Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting for patients on service. 

Develops, implements, manages and reports results pertinent to continuous quality improvement and expense reduction programs related to the patients serviced. Examples of such efforts should be: 

• Medication use valuations. 

• Treatment protocols/guidelines Clinical pathways. 

• Other products/services which fulfill these goals. 

Acts as secretary or member of multidisciplinary committee(s) of medical staff, charged by the Formulary and Therapeutics Committee or other Medical Board Subcommittee, which oversees, develops, implements and manages policies for the care delivered to the patients serviced. 

Provides training and educational programs for undergraduate and graduate pharmacy students, universities, and health care providers at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. 

Assists in the process of budget forecasting for pharmaceuticals based upon a knowledge base of ongoing research for new drugs and indications and trending of current consumption. 

Develops and delivers educational programs for patients cared for at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. 

Performs research in areas of interest, especially those which parallel departmental goals and objectives, and submits manuscripts for publication and/or presentation at local, state and/or national meetings. 

Participates in supervisory functions for pharmacy staff including: 

• Interviews candidates for pharmacy management and staff positions. 

• Recommends corrective action for pharmacy staff for supervisor implementation. Contributes to and administers, when applicable, performance evaluations for staff. 

• Provides guidance related to pharmacotherapy decisions. 

Other duties as outlined by the Pharmacy Director, Drug Use Policy of New York Presbyterian Hospital, Apothecary-in-Chief of New York Presbyterian Hospital, including departmental Administrator-on-call. 

Performs all duties inherent to managerial role. Participates in hiring, training, evaluation and termination of assigned staff according to hospital policies and procedures. 

Performs other special projects and duties as assigned. 

Preferred:

• Completion of PGY2 Residency in Solid Organ Transplant 

Required:

• Completion of a Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy degree or PharmD 

• New York State Pharmacy License or eligibility to obtain license within 3 months