About this role
## Location
New York, New York
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## Shift:
Day (United States of America)
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Description:
Setting Standards, Changing Lives
NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester Behavioral Health Center is a 283-bed, Joint Commission-accredited psychiatric and mental health facility located in White Plains, New York. Affiliated with Weill Cornell Medicine, the Center serves as an academic, treatment, and research facility and provides a continuum of inpatient, partial hospitalization, and outpatient psychiatric services for children, adolescents, adults, and older adults. Specialized programs address mood and anxiety disorders, psychosis, eating disorders, substance use disorders, women’s mental health, geriatric psychiatry, and other complex behavioral health needs. The Department of Pharmacy supports this highly specialized environment through safe medication-use systems, clinical pharmacy services, regulatory compliance, quality improvement, education, operational stewardship, and collaboration with interdisciplinary behavioral health teams.
Director of Pharmacy - Westchester Behavioral Health Center
Under the direction of the Senior Vice President of Pharmacy, the Director of Pharmacy plans, directs, organizes, and coordinates all pharmacy services at NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester Behavioral Health Center in accordance with Hospital policies, professional standards, and federal and New York State laws and regulations. The Director provides strategic and operational leadership for medication management across inpatient and ambulatory behavioral health programs; advances safe, effective, and evidence-based psychopharmacotherapy; partners with psychiatry, nursing, medicine, quality, and hospital leadership; and oversees pharmacy operations, clinical services, formulary management, controlled-substance accountability, quality and safety initiatives, technology, finance, workforce development, education, and regulatory readiness. The Director acts as the Supervising Pharmacist, in accordance with New York State law, for pharmacy locations within the Center.
Preferred Criteria
- Completion of an accredited PGY1 Pharmacy Residency; PGY2 training in psychiatric pharmacy, pharmacy administration and leadership, or another relevant specialty is strongly preferred
- Minimum 3 years’ experience as a Director, Assistant Director, or Pharmacy Manager in a hospital or health-system setting
- Experience supporting inpatient behavioral health services, psychopharmacotherapy, controlled-substance management, and interdisciplinary medication-safety initiatives
Required Criteria
- Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy or Doctor of Pharmacy degree from an accredited school of pharmacy
- Related master’s or doctoral-level academic degree and/or Doctor of Pharmacy degree
- New York State licensure as a pharmacist or eligibility for New York State licensure required. Must receive New York State licensure within 3 months of employment. Pharmacists obtaining licensure through reciprocity may engage only in orientation, training, and project work until licensed
- Minimum 6 years of recent hospital or health-system pharmacy experience, including progressive leadership responsibility
- Demonstrated ability to achieve targeted results in a complex, interdisciplinary behavioral health environment, with strong knowledge of medication-use systems, regulatory standards, quality improvement, project management, financial stewardship, and workforce leadership, as well as excellent interpersonal, communication, and customer-service skills
Join a healthcare system where employee engagement is at an all-time high. Here we foster a culture of respect, belonging, and inclusion. Enjoy comprehensive and competitive benefits that support you and your family in every aspect of life. Start your life-changing journey today.
Please note that all roles require on-site presence (variable by role). Therefore, all employees should live within a commutable distance to NYP.
NYP will not reimburse for travel expenses.
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NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is an equal opportunity employer.
Salary Range:
$234,500-$289,000/Annual
It all begins with you. Our amazing compensation packages start with competitive base pay and include recognition for your experience, education, and licensure. Then we add our amazing benefits, countless opportunities for personal and professional growth and a dynamic environment that embraces every person. Join our team and discover where amazing works.