Director, Pharmacy

Lifepoint Health • Beachwood, OH

7d • Onsite

About The Position

The Director, Pharmacy leads pharmacy operations at Highland Springs Behavioral Health Hospital, a behavioral health hospital in Highland Hills, Ohio, serving the greater Cleveland area. The hospital provides inpatient mental health and addiction treatment, Partial Hospitalization Programs, and Intensive Outpatient Programs. The Director develops departmental goals, plans, and standards aligned with the organization’s clinical, administrative, legal, and ethical requirements; directs pharmacy operations and patient care delivery; and monitors service levels, information technology, complaints, performance, and quality control. The role oversees staffing, budgeting, audits, professional development, and the integration of evidence-based practices into operations and clinical protocols. It serves internal coworkers and external customers, clients, patients, contractors, and vendors, and involves access to sensitive or confidential information. The role manages staff, including work planning and review, hiring, training, performance evaluation, and corrective action. The position is full-time, day shift, and includes minimum overnight travel of up to 10%.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited School of Pharmacy with a pharmacist degree.
• Current state certification or licensure as required by the state.
• Demonstrated management/leadership skills and/or program management.
• Business mathematical skills, including calculating rates, ratios, and percentages and interpreting graphs.
• Moderate computer skills, including frequent use of email, word processing, data entry, spreadsheets, and graphics, and the ability to create and maintain business documents, spreadsheets, databases, and presentations.
• Complex communication skills, including communicating complex information, interacting with management, addressing delicate situations, and motivating and persuading others.
• Ability to analyze and interpret varied, complex business problems and resolve them using relevant knowledge, skills, precedent, and practices.
• Ability to exercise independent judgment, set functional goals and priorities, make recommendations on departmental policies and programs, and resolve problems for others.
• Project planning and organizational skills, including handling multiple projects, delegating tasks, overseeing projects, and allocating resources.
• Ability to meet the position’s stated physical demands, including occasional lifting or moving of up to 20 pounds and repetitive upper-body motion for extended computer use.
• Ability to work in a hospital environment where exposure may include bloodborne pathogens, contagious illnesses, toxic chemicals, and biohazardous materials, with safety precautions and protective equipment as needed.
• Ability to travel overnight up to 10%.

Nice To Haves

• Pharm.D.
• MBA/MS or equivalent education/experience.
• Minimum three years’ experience in hospital pharmacy is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement departmental goals, plans, and standards consistent with the organization’s clinical, administrative, legal, and ethical requirements and objectives.
• Direct and evaluate departmental operations, including patient care delivery, information technologies, service-level determination, and complaint management, to achieve performance and quality-control objectives.
• Plan and monitor staffing activities, including hiring, orientation, evaluation, disciplinary actions, and continuing education.
• Prepare, monitor, and evaluate departmental budgets and ensure operations remain within allocated funding.
• Coordinate and direct internal and external audits.
• Create and foster an environment that encourages professional growth.
• Integrate evidence-based practices into operations and clinical protocols.
• Manage staff by planning, assigning, scheduling, and reviewing work; ensuring quality standards; and handling hiring, termination, training, development, performance reviews, and corrective action.
• Maintain regular and reliable attendance.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Multiple levels of medical, dental, and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees.
• Life, accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurance.
• Short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Paid family leave and paid time off.
• Higher education and certification tuition assistance.
• Loan assistance.
• 401(k) retirement package with company match.
• Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs, including free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services, and discount programs.
• Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

What This Job Offers

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