Pharmacy Services and Medication Safety Director

At SCA Health, we believe health care is about people – the patients we serve, the physicians we support and the teammates who push us forward. Behind every successful facility, procedure or innovation is a team of 15,000+ professionals working together, learning from each other and living out the mission, vision and values that define our organization.

As part of Optum, SCA Health is redefining specialty care by developing more accessible, patient-centered practice solutions for a network of more than 370 ambulatory surgical centers, over 400 specialty physician practice clinics and numerous labs and surgical hospitals. Our work spans a broad spectrum of services, all designed to support physicians, health systems and employers in delivering efficient, value-based care to patients without compromising quality or autonomy.

What sets SCA Health apart isn’t just what we do, it’s how we do it. Each decision we make is rooted in seven core values:

• Clinical quality
• Integrity
• Service excellence
• Teamwork
• Accountability
• Continuous improvement
• Inclusion

Our values aren’t empty words – they inform our attitudes, actions and culture. At SCA Health, your work directly impacts patients, physicians and communities. Here, you’ll find opportunities to build your career alongside a team that values your expertise, invests in your success, and shares a common mission to care for patients, serve physicians and improve health care in America.

At SCA Health, we offer a comprehensive benefits package to support your health, well-being, and financial future. Our offerings include medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401k plan with company match, paid time off, life and disability insurance, and more. Please visit, to learn more about our benefits.

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The Pharmacy Services and Medication Safety Director provides enterprise strategic direction, clinical oversight, pharmaceutical sourcing expertise, medication safety leadership, and regulatory guidance for all pharmaceutical management across a national network of ambulatory surgery centers, surgical hospitals, and procedural facilities. This leader serves as the organization’s pharmacy subject matter expert and partners across clinical, operational, supply chain, facility management, and program compliance, legal, risk, anesthesia, nursing, medical leadership, physician partner, and facility teams to advance safe, reliable, standardized, and cost-effective medication practices.

The role has enterprise accountability for branded pharmaceutical sourcing, sequestered inventory strategy, generic and biosimilar conversion strategy, facility medication management and safety programs, controlled substance stewardship, pharmacy regulatory compliance, sterile and non-sterile compounding oversight, medication-related quality outcomes, automated dispensing systems, and scalable pharmacy practice standards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Enterprise Pharmacy Strategy & Governance: Lead medication management strategy, governance, and standardization across ASCs, surgical hospitals, and procedural settings. Establish enterprise policies, best practices, audits, and governance structures that promote safe, compliant, efficient, and cost-effective medication use.
• Medication Safety & Quality: Oversee medication safety programs, event reviews, diversion prevention, controlled substance stewardship, and risk mitigation initiatives. Partner with clinical leaders to advance antimicrobial stewardship, perioperative medication safety, opioid management, and medication storage integrity.
• Pharmaceutical Sourcing & Supply Chain: Partner with Supply Chain to optimize pharmaceutical contracting, formulary standardization, drug shortage management, supplier performance, inventory strategies, and cost-containment initiatives. Provide clinical leadership for sourcing decisions, contract negotiations, and product conversion strategies.
• Drug Shortage & Contract Management: Lead clinical evaluation and mitigation strategies for drug shortages, recalls, and supply disruptions. Analyze utilization, spend, supplier, and contract data to identify savings opportunities and support implementation of sourcing agreements and conversions.
• Regulatory Compliance & Controlled Substance Oversight: Provide enterprise oversight for controlled substance management, diversion prevention, DEA readiness, and compliance with CMS, AAAHC, The Joint Commission, USP, state pharmacy board, and other applicable regulatory requirements.
• Technology, Data & Performance Improvement: Serve as the enterprise leader for medication-related technologies, EHR workflows, dispensing systems, and clinical decision support. Develop dashboards, metrics, audits, and performance measures to strengthen oversight and accountability.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Change Management: Collaborate with Quality, Risk, Compliance, Operations, Supply Chain, Nursing, Anesthesia, Infection Prevention, physician partners, and facility leaders to mitigate risk, improve outcomes, and drive adoption of enterprise pharmacy initiatives.
• Pharmacy Operations & Facility Support: Support development and standardization of facility-level pharmacist roles, competencies, and performance expectations. Evaluate pharmacy vendors, outsourced services, medication technologies, and service providers to ensure alignment with enterprise standards and objectives.

Education:

• Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) required.
• Master’s degree in healthcare administration, business administration, public health, quality or related field preferred.

Licensure/Certifications:

• Active, unrestricted pharmacist license in at least one U.S. state required; ability to obtain additional licensure as business needs require.
• Ability to obtain additional licensure as business needs require.
• Advanced certification or credential such as BCPS, BCACP, CPHQ, CPPS, Lean Six Sigma, or FASHP preferred but not required.

Experience:

• Minimum ten years of progressive pharmacy leadership experience, including at least five years of multi-state, regional, system-level, enterprise, or corporate healthcare leadership.
• Experience in ambulatory surgery centers, outpatient procedural care, hospitals, integrated delivery systems, or other complex healthcare environments.
• Experience with AAAHC, The Joint Commission, CMS survey readiness, state boards of pharmacy, regulatory response, clinical governance, and sustained compliance monitoring.
• Experience leading controlled substance stewardship, diversion prevention activities, medication safety event response, and enterprise risk mitigation efforts.
• Experience developing dashboards, audit programs, policy frameworks, education programs, performance improvement initiatives, and practical tools that support reliable medication management.
• Experience evaluating and recommending innovative pharmacy support models, including centralized, regional, contracted, virtual, and technician-supported structures that improve quality, compliance, operational efficiency, and cost effectiveness.
• Experience with group purchasing organizations, pharmaceutical contracting, supplier negotiations, formulary conversion strategy, automated dispensing cabinets, EHR medication workflows, e-prescribing, clinical decision support, and medication reconciliation workflows preferred.

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