Pharmacy Services and Medical 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, (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). to learn more about our benefits.

Your ideas should inspire change. If you join our team,
they will
.

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…