Senior Director, Pharmacy Clinical Quality – Safety

Sutter Health

Senior Director leading pharmacy clinical quality and safety initiatives at Sutter Health. Ensuring safe medication use and regulatory compliance across healthcare systems.

Posted 7/11/2026full-timeSacramento • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $236,642 - $378,622 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provides strategic leadership in advancing pharmacy services through the integration of clinical quality, safety, and outcomes initiatives.
Advances a culture of clinical excellence, patient safety, and continuous quality improvement within pharmacy services.
Oversees the assessment, development, implementation, and evaluation of policies, procedures, and programs aimed at ensuring safe, evidence-based pharmacologic care across all healthcare settings.
Provides oversight of the system drug diversion prevention, medication safety, medication use policy, and regulatory compliance and accreditation programs across the system.
Serves as a key partner in institutional quality and safety initiatives and regulatory compliance.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Pharm D. or BS degree in pharmacy from an accredited College of Pharmacy
RPH-California Registered Pharmacist within 6 months
8 years recent relevant experience
Progressive pharmacy clinical practice experience, including leadership in quality, safety, or clinical program management
Prior leadership role with responsibility for the supervision of pharmacy personnel
Proficient computer skills that may include but are not limited to Microsoft Office and/or Google Suite platforms
Experience leading a division across a multisite integrated delivery network
Expert knowledge of medication safety, clinical pharmacology, and evidence-based practices
Knowledge of State, Federal and accrediting body regulations and standards, performs in accordance with them
Proficient in data analytics, quality metrics, and risk management methodologies
Demonstrated skills in verbal and written English communications for safe and effective patient care and to meet documentation standards
Demonstrates credible leadership presence, with the ability to respond to questions with logic, clarity, calmness and authority; and the ability to motivate and engage others
Interpersonal skills with the ability to deliver presentations to a variety of audiences
Demonstrates effectiveness in achieving goals through individuals without having direct control of those resources
Ability to build and establish effective working partnership with employees, peers and leaders to achieve business objectives
Requires a strong working knowledge of legal requirements and accreditation standards including National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP), The Joint Commission (TJC), Title XXII, United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and United States Pharmacopeia (USP).

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

Clinical PharmacologyEvidence-Based PracticesQuality MetricsRisk Management MethodologiesPolicy DevelopmentProgram EvaluationDrug Diversion PreventionMedication Use PolicyRegulatory ComplianceAccreditation Standards

Soft Skills

Verbal And Written CommunicationInterpersonal SkillsLeadership PresenceMotivational SkillsPresentation Skills

Certifications

California Registered Pharmacist (RPH)