Pharmacy Director

Position Summary

At Stony Brook Medicine, the Pharmacy Director provides strategic, operational, and clinical leadership for all pharmacy services within a large, academic teaching hospital. This role oversees medication management across inpatient, outpatient, and specialty areas; ensures compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards; advances clinical practice; and supports the hospital’s mission of patient care, education, and research. The Pharmacy Director collaborates closely with medical, nursing, and administrative leaders to optimize medication safety, quality, and cost-effective care.

Duties

• Ensure continued compliance with all Pharmacy-related Laws, Rules and Regulations of all applicable Federal, State and local regulatory agencies.
• Maintain and coordinate medication-related policies and procedures with all system hospitals.
• Ensure fiscal compliance, provide oversight for the Federal 340B program.
• Audit compliance with rules and regulations imposed by Federal, State and local regulatory agencies governing the practice of Pharmacy, including the DEA, TJC, DOH, OPD, OPA, HRSA and NY State Board of Pharmacy.
• Develop and manage the pharmacy budget, including labor, drug spend, and capital planning.
• Incorporate relevant available local and national benchmarks.
• Implement cost containment strategies, contracting opportunities, and value-based purchasing.
• Evaluate and adopt new technologies, automation, and clinical programs that enhance efficiency and quality.
• Coordinate among Registered Pharmacies within the hospital system including, but not limited to, drug formulary integration, policy integration, contract integration and shared decision-making.
• Recruit and retain a diverse team of pharmacists, technicians, residents, and support staff.
• Promote staff engagement.
• Ensure continued accreditation of the hospital’s Pharmacy Practice Residency Program.
• Lead system-wide medication safety initiatives.
• Support the University’s research mission.
• Develop and implement a hospital-based specialty and retail pharmacy network.

Qualifications

• Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree.
• Minimum of five years of progressive pharmacy leadership experience in a hospital or health system setting.

Preferred Qualifications

• Additional clinical or management certifications or degrees preferred.
• Prior experience as a Pharmacy Director or Pharmacy Executive preferred.
• Health system experience preferred.
• Specialty Pharmacy and 340B Contract Pharmacy experience preferred.

Special Notes

Resume/CV should be included with the online application. Posting Overview: This position will remain posted until filled or for a maximum of 90 days. An initial review of all applicants will occur two weeks from the posting date. Candidates are advised on the application that for full consideration, applications must be received before the initial review date (which is within two weeks of the posting date). If within the initial review no candidate was selected to fill the position posted, additional applications will be considered for the posted position; however, the posting will close once a finalist is identified, and at minimal, two weeks after the initial posting date. Please note, that if no candidate were identified and hired within 90 days from initial posting, the posting would close for review, and possibly reposted at a later date.