Director of Pharmacy Services

Kintegra Health • Claremont, NC

13d • Onsite

About The Position

Under the direct supervision of the Chief Operations Officer (COO), this position is responsible for maintaining a high level of pharmacy services to patients of Kintegra Health and the overseeing of pharmacy personnel including pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and clerks. This role ensures compliance with state and federal regulations, maintains familiarity with all pharmacy practice policies and procedures, and collaborates with the IT department regarding pharmacy equipment functionality. The position involves orienting and training pharmacy personnel, acting as a liaison between Kintegra Health and program administrators, advising the medication assistance program (MAP) office, managing an accounts receivable program for accurate billing, and serving as the point person for the 340b Prime Vendor Program. Additionally, the Director provides training on the 340b program to medical and clerical staff, offers pharmacist services as needed, seeks opportunities to expand access to essential medications, and travels to outlying clinics for advisory oversight and training.

Requirements

• Ability to read and understand the English language
• Oversees the work of staff
• Ensuring that employees perform tasks in accordance with corporate policies, industry practices and safety rules
• Ability to effectively maintain confidentiality of records and communicate with all levels of personnel
• 3 years of pharmacy managerial experience is required.
• Knowledge of medical office software for the following: updating patient demographic information, posting charges and payments.
• Excellent verbal communication skills.
• Must be able to work with changing and priorities.
• Excellent organizational, problem solving and critical thinking skills.
• Must be able to interact with individuals of all cultures and levels of authority.
• Requires the ability to maintain patient and company confidentiality.
• Must be able to function as part of a team.
• Must possess initiative.
• Active NC Board of Pharmacy License

Nice To Haves

• Proficient in use of all computer software utilized in practice including an electronic medical record (EMR)

Responsibilities

• Selects, orients, coaches, supervises, instructs and dismisses departmental personnel
• Supervises departmental personnel including: hiring, orientation, determining workload and delegating assignments, training, monitoring, scheduling and evaluating performance, and initiative corrective and disciplinary actions.
• Prepares and dispenses medicines, chemicals and pharmaceutical preparations according to written orders by authorized medical practitioners with clinical privileges.
• Reviews and revises Policy and Procedure manual annually and as needed
• Delegate responsibilities effectively.
• Coordinates and supervises department operation.
• Develops and maintains pharmacy services in accordance with State and Federal regulations, accepted standards, professional practices and hospital policies.
• Initiates and implements Quality Improvement for the department.
• Creates and maintains job description and completes annual performance reviews on all employees in a timely manner.
• Responsible for the planning, supervision, coordination and successful execution of all activities related to the pharmacy’s operations.
• Utilize PMG System effectively for income and eligibility verification
• Utilize EMR System effectively for patient information and communication with provider staff
• Assist with the training and set up of new pharmacies.
• Provide guidance to senior management as it relates to the strategic direction on running, managing and growing a pharmacy in an FQHC environment.
• Keep abreast of latest developments in pharmacy in the industry to assess its application to the Kintegra Health infrastructure.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager