Hospital Pharmacy Manager

Cardinal Health•Reno, NV

53d•Onsite

About The Position

Cardinal Health manages the pharmacy at PAM Specialty Hospital of Reno located in Reno, NV. We are currently recruiting for a full-time Pharmacy Manager to work Monday - Friday, 8:00AM to 4:30PM and on-call as needed. The Pharmacy Manager coordinates, directs, manages, facilitates, and oversees the execution and evaluates all administrative and clinical activities. Through the optimization of procedures, this role ensures consistent and efficient delivery to control costs, minimize waste, optimize customer relationships and deliver positive patient outcomes while maintaining compliance with Federal and state regulatory agencies. Along with maintain inventory control and budget, this role is responsible for staffing, monitoring staff activities, performance and achievement of individual and departmental goals.

Requirements

Bachelors degree in pharmacy or PharmD.
Must be a "good standing" licensed Pharmacist in the state of Nevada.
Ability to develop, implement and lead all aspects of pharmacy operation.
Ability to see, hear, write, and speak clearly in order to communicate with customers and health care professionals.
Excellent planning, organizing and leadership skills.
Strong customer orientation and negotiation skills.
Pressure to perform in emergency situations.
Overall decision making responsibility.
Ability to work on call or be in an on call rotation.
May require vendor credentialing.

Nice To Haves

Inpatient/hospital pharmacy experience strongly preferred.
Management experience strongly preferred.
IV experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Plans, coordinates, directs and evaluates all clinical activities as delegated by the Director of Pharmacy, including supervision of refilling machines, medical prescriptions database entries and dispatch of medicines.
Plans, coordinates, directs and evaluates all administrative activities as delegated by the Director of Pharmacy, including scheduling of pharmacy technicians tasks, monitoring process compliance and monthly reporting.
Implements process and procedures to comply with regulations for medicine handling including reception and storage of medicines, inventory and expenses controls.
Manages day to day activities of the pharmacy technicians and monitors their performance to meet departmental goals.
In the absence of medicines, communicates with nursing, doctors and administrative areas to provide alternatives and also makes and/or supervises preparation of interveinal drugs.
Maintains pharmacist's certifications and maintenance of database privileges and access controls to medical records.
Provides pharmaceutical care to patients as a staff pharmacist.
Assesses and maintains pharmacy inventory and executes necessary orders, including reviews, to maintain optimal supply and ongoing availability of drugs, identifying and procuring alternative drugs to mitigate risks, when necessary.
Leads processes for hiring of pharmacy staff, onboarding, and performance management, including leadership of competency evaluations process and documentation.
Manages internal workflows of acute pharmacy, including optimization of staffing and scheduling to maintain best-in-class and streamlined pharmacy operations.
Participates in meetings and provides insight to hospital committees to ensure coordination among cross-functional groups.
Assists in execution of plans for lowering costs, increasing efficiency and driving profitable growth to support strategic business objectives in the acute pharmacy business.
Assumes responsibility for Quality Assurance monitoring and completing End of the Month reports as assigned by the Director of Pharmacy.
Other duties as assigned.