Director, Clinical Pharmacy Programs – Acute Care

Join Orlando Health as the Director of Clinical Pharmacy Programs – Acute Care, a strategic pharmacy leader responsible for advancing clinical pharmacy services across our health system's acute care settings. This role leads the development and implementation of evidence-based clinical programs, medication-use initiatives, and system-wide practice standards that improve patient outcomes, safety, quality, and value. The Director collaborates closely with physicians, nursing, pharmacy leaders, and operational teams to optimize medication therapy, drive innovative care models, support formulary management and stewardship programs, and expand pharmacy’s impact across the continuum of care.

The ideal candidate is a visionary clinical leader with experience developing high-performing pharmacy programs, leading multidisciplinary initiatives, and achieving measurable improvements in patient care and operational outcomes.

Candidates should possess a PharmD (or BS Pharmacy), active pharmacist licensure, a board of pharmacy specialty (BPS) certification and a proven track record of progressive clinical pharmacy leadership. 

Make a difference at Orlando Health by shaping the future of clinical pharmacy practice and improving care for patients across our communities

• Leads the design, implementation, and evaluation of clinical pharmacy programs within the acute care setting, while partnering with site leaders to ensure alignment across clinical pharmacy services.
• Develops, implements, and maintains evidence-based treatment protocols, pathways, clinical guidelines/protocols, and collaborative practice agreements to optimize therapeutic outcomes.
• Coordinates the system-wide Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee in conjunction with medication staff, ensuring an effective end to end process for medication evaluation, tracking activities, and dissemination of decisions.
• Establishes clinical initiatives to improve medication utilization, optimize drug spend, enhance formulary value, and support revenue capture.
• Drives initiatives that enhance patient safety and satisfaction and bridge access to the next outpatient site of care, ensuring alignment with Orlando Health System care goals and clinical best practices.
• Develops and owns clinical quality targets, such mortality-related medication metrics, LOS impact, readmissions, ADEs, antimicrobial use, hospital throughput, guideline concordance, and patient experience.
• Drives system-wide clinical programs including medication continuity, stewardship, anticoagulation safety, glycemic control and high-risk medication bundles to support system wide alignment.
• Serves as the primary clinical liaison, collaborating between acute and ambulatory pharmacy programs, physician practices, infusion centers, specialty clinics, and the Orlando Health Medical Groups.
• Partners with the medication safety leader to implement system safety priorities, perform proactive risk assessments, and disseminate event learning.
• Oversees ongoing professional education, ensuring clinical staff remain current with best practices, specialty drug pipelines, and new therapeutic guidelines.
• Promotes research, publications, and participation in professional organizations to advance acute care clinical pharmacy practice.
• Expands clinical services through innovative models such as centralization of key services, use of digital health tools, and advocacy for minimum clinical staffing levels.
• Collaborates with the Ambulatory Clinical Director in the development of transitional clinical programs in key specialty areas, providing clinical input and alignment with ambulatory care initiatives to increase positive patient outcomes.
• Partners with health system leadership to identify opportunities for pharmacy-led clinical programs that reduce total cost of care.
• Oversees the Pharmacy Resident programs to ensure regulatory and accreditation fidelity.
• Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards.
• Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.
• Collaborates with medical staff, nursing, quality/safety, finance, supply chain, IT, compliance, and site pharmacy leadership to integrate clinical pharmacy programs into the continuum of care.
• Possesses a strong background in systems thinking, evidence translation, regulatory acuity, and change leadership.
• Maintains knowledge of acute care clinical pharmacy programs, clinical pathway development, clinical project management, and pharmacy and therapeutics standards.
• Displays excellent leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills with the ability to collaborate across disciplines.

• Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) or BS in Pharmacy required.
• Board certification preferred.
• Clinical PGY2 or equivalent experience preferred.
• Five (5) years of progressive clinical pharmacy leadership experience with multi-site scope, with emphasis on medication continuity, project management, and clinical workflow optimization.
• Demonstrated success in developing, implementing, and evaluating clinical programs with measurable patient outcome improvements.
• Maintains active licensure through a State Board of Pharmacy. A current pharmacist license from any U.S. state is acceptable at the time of hire; however, a Florida license must be obtained and maintained within 30 days of hire.