Director, Pharmacy

RehabCare - Jacksonville, FL

Full-time - Mid Level

Jacksonville, FL

Nursing and Residential Care Facilities

About the position

Lifepoint Rehabilitation, a business unit of Lifepoint Health, is building a 50-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital in west side of Jacksonville, North Florida Rehabilitation Hospital. This two-story, 60,582-square-foot hospital, expected to open in 2024, will sit on 5.55 acres at southwest Normandy Boulevard and Interstate 295. The new hospital will have all private rooms and focus on acute rehabilitation for patients who suffer from stroke, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, complex neurological disorders, orthopedic conditions, multiple trauma, amputation and other injuries or disorders. It will also feature multidisciplinary therapy gymnasiums with therapeutic technologies that include augmented-reality balance training, therapy bionics and a full-body exoskeleton. If you are an enthusiastic individual seeking an environment dedicated to superior patient care and an organization with a strong mission to serve our community, we invite you to apply!

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates administrative responsibilities related to daily operations management
• Develops goals, objectives, policies and procedures for departmental operation
• Works to improve services provided and assure compliance with regulatory requirements
• Demonstrates skills in measuring, assessing, and improving organizational performance
• Manages the pharmacy team including hiring, training, scheduling, resolving performance issues, coaching and mentoring
• Coordinates and facilitates the performance reviews within the organizations recommended time frame using appropriate methods of assessing staff competence
• Demonstrates understanding of JC Standards, HCFA, CARF and State Standards and monitors department's compliance
• Works with physicians, specialists and other clinicians to implement appropriate guidelines and protocols for drug use based on evidence based medicine, national guidelines, and literature based protocols
• Provides drug information to nurses, physicians, and other pharmacists to ensure current information on drug therapy
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• BS Pharmacy required
• Must hold a current state license to practice pharmacy
• Minimum five years' experience in hospital pharmacy is desirable
• Demonstrated management/leadership skills and/or program management

Nice-to-haves

• PharmD and/or MBA/MS (or equivalent education/experience) preferred

Benefits

• Tuition assistance/reimbursement
• Expansive benefit package
• Professional development and advancement opportunities
• Targeted approach to career development
• Strong interdisciplinary teamwork opportunities
• Superior quality patient outcomes
• Supportive leadership and culture
• CEU Support
• State-of-the-art equipment