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As of Sep 10, 2026, the average yearly pay for director acute care in the United States is $52,322.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $40,000.00 and $60,000.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the difference between Director Acute Care vs Nurse Manager?

AspectDirector Acute CareNurse Manager
CredentialsBSN, MSN, RN, leadership certificationsBSN, RN, leadership or management certifications
Work EnvironmentHospital or healthcare facility, overseeing multiple departmentsSpecific unit or department, managing nursing staff
Employer & IndustryHospitals, healthcare systemsHospitals, clinics, healthcare facilities
Primary FocusStrategic planning, administrative oversight, policy developmentStaff management, patient care quality, daily operations

The main difference between a Director Acute Care and a Nurse Manager lies in scope and responsibilities. The Director focuses on strategic leadership and administrative oversight across multiple departments, while the Nurse Manager handles daily operations and staff management within a specific unit. Both roles require nursing credentials and leadership skills, but the Director typically has broader organizational responsibilities.

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Senior Director - Acute Care Pharmacy

Kansas City, KS • On-site

The University of Kansas Health System
Health Care and Social Assistance • 5 - 10K employees
Learn more about The University of Kansas Health Systemexternal

$124K - $164K/yr

Full-time

Posted 22 days ago

Key responsibilities

  • Provides strategic, operational, and clinical leadership for inpatient pharmacy services across multiple hospital locations.

  • Creates and implements short- and long-term pharmacy strategies focused on patient safety, quality, operational efficiency, and system revenue growth.

  • Develops, maintains, and communicates a vision for continual improvement and exceptional quality of pharmacy services.

University Of Kansas Health System rating

7.5

Company rating: 7.5 out of 10

Based on 182 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

Job description

Position Title
Senior Director - Acute Care Pharmacy
Bell Hospital
Position Summary / Career Interest:
The Senior Director, Acute Care Pharmacy provides strategic, operational, and clinical leadership for inpatient pharmacy services across the Kansas City Division of The University of Kansas Health System. This leadership role is accountable for the delivery of safe, high-quality, and efficient pharmacy services supporting more than 1,000 inpatient beds across six hospital pharmacy operations, including three pharmacies. Reporting to the Vice President of Pharmacy and Health Professions, the Senior Director is responsible for establishing strategic direction, driving operational excellence, and ensuring regulatory compliance across all acute care pharmacy services. Success in this role requires strong collaboration and partnership with Pharmacy Directors, Senior Directors and pharmacy leaders across all health system markets to advance system-wide goals, standardize practices, optimize resource utilization, and promote innovation. The Senior Director serves as a key leader in fostering alignment across markets while balancing the unique operational needs of each location. A focus on culture, patient safety, quality outcomes, workforce engagement, and long-term sustainability is essential. Direct leadership responsibilities include oversight and development of Acute Pharmacy leadership team, ensuring effective succession planning, talent development, and leadership growth across the department. The ideal candidate is a collaborative and visionary healthcare leader with the ability to translate strategic priorities into operational results while advancing the mission, vision, and values of the health system.
Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions
  • Creates short- and long-term industry-leading pharmacy strategy that is focused on providing care/services safely for our patients while increasing system pharmacy prescription capture rate and associated revenue. Strategy will be focused on improving patient experience within the health system, implementing operational efficiencies and actions focused on providing a best-in-class patient care and experience.
  • Develops, maintains, communicates and executes a vision and plan for continual improvement and provision of exceptional quality pharmacy services.
  • Develops and maintains system standardized pharmacy labor and automation models that are based on patient volume and patient experience, with a focus on leveraging available resources.
  • Provides guidance for the financial operations through recommendations for appropriate contracting, use of prescription assistance programs, establishment of billing, appropriate pricing updates, and assures quality functions for financial performance success.
  • Foster collaborative relationships with peers and stakeholders to understand and meet medication safety, and pharmacy automation and compliance requirements for the Pharmacy and support services for the health system.
  • Maintain and apply current knowledge of industry standards, best practices, trends, and advancements to serve as SME in thought leadership, business development, and other efforts as needed.
  • Provides effective leadership and strategically identify, internalize, and communicate the critical success factors necessary to support organizational goals.
  • Develop and empower teams to achieve goals and objectives through effective hiring, onboarding, development, coaching, and performance management practices.
  • Effectively uses the appropriate financial concepts and tools to analyze situations and make financial decisions that support the achievement of short and longer-term departmental objectives.
  • Supports/coordinates the health system's educational mission with the School of Pharmacy.
  • Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
  • These statements are intended to describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Skills and duties may vary dependent upon your department or unit. Other duties may be assigned as required.

Required Education and Experience
  • Bachelors Degree in Pharmacy
  • High School Graduate

Preferred Education and Experience
  • Pharmacy Doctorate Pharmacy, Health Administration or Business Administration
  • Completion of an accredited pharmacy residency

Preferred Licensure and Certification
  • Licensed Pharmacist - State Board of Pharmacy

Knowledge Requirements
  • Membership in regional & national pharmacy organization(s)

Time Type:
Job Requisition ID:
R-56977
Important information for you to know as you apply:
  • The health system is an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally-protected status. See also Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.
  • The health system provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need to request reasonable accommodations for your disability as you navigate the recruitment process, please let our recruiters know by requesting an Accommodation Request form using this link asktalentacquisition@kumc.edu.
  • Employment with the health system is contingent upon, among other things, agreeing to the health-system-dispute-resolution-program.pdf and signing the agreement to the DRP.

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Operating within the healthcare industry, The University of Kansas Health System is a renowned medical institution located in Kansas City, KS, United States. Established in 1905, this not-for-profit health system has evolved to offer an extensive range of products and services, which spans across a variety of specialist areas such as cancer care, neurology, cardiology, and organ transplants, among others. The core mission of The University of Kansas Health System is to enhance the health and wellness of individuals and communities by providing world-class healthcare services, quality education and conducting advanced research. They are also known for their unwavering commitment to academic medicine, which sets them apart from their peers.

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Health care and social assistance

Company size

5,001 - 10,000 Employees

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