Manager, Pharmacy, Full Time Regular, Dayshift
About The Position
The Manager, Pharmacy manages the operation of the pharmacy department, including its human resources, costs, and financial accountabilities, and supports the director in managing pharmacy operations. The role implements and enforces policies and procedures and oversees inventory management, quality assurance, and regulatory compliance. It supervises and directs assigned personnel using professional and supervisory discretion and independent judgment. The manager ensures compliance with state and other accreditation requirements, coordinates in-house pharmaceutical manufacturing with appropriate control procedures, and maintains pharmacy transaction records required by law and needed to control and account for drugs. The role also helps ensure pharmaceutical requirements are met when parenteral medications and solutions are prepared, sterilized, or labeled outside pharmacy supervision; maintains approved stocks of antidotes and emergency drugs; inspects nursing care units where medications are dispensed, administered, or stored; and develops written policies and procedures for the hospital drug distribution system in collaboration with medical staff, nursing leadership, and other disciplines. The position also works as a Staff Pharmacist, preparing and dispensing medicines and preparations and performing cart-fill checks or fills. Other job-related duties may be assigned.
Requirements
- Graduate of a school of pharmacy.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
- Pharmacist license in the state of practice.
- Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI), Techniques for Effective Aggression Management (TEAM), or TEAM-A certification.
Nice To Haves
- Doctorate of Pharmacy (PharmD).
- Five years of pharmacy experience.
- One year of leadership experience.
Responsibilities
- Manage the operation of the pharmacy department, including human resources, costs, and financial accountabilities.
- Support the director in managing pharmacy operations.
- Implement and enforce policies and procedures.
- Oversee inventory management, quality assurance, and regulatory compliance.
- Supervise and direct assigned personnel using professional and supervisory discretion and independent judgment.
- Maintain compliance with state and other accreditation agencies that regulate the pharmacy, under the appropriate pharmacy leadership.
- Coordinate in-house pharmaceutical manufacturing and ensure proper control procedures.
- Maintain pharmacy transaction records as required by federal, state, and local laws and to ensure adequate control and accountability of drugs.
- Assure pharmaceutical requirements are met when parenteral medications and solutions are prepared, sterilized, or labeled within the hospital but outside pharmacy supervision.
- Maintain staff-approved stocks of antidotes and other emergency drugs in the pharmacy and patient care areas.
- Inspect nursing care units where medications are dispensed, administered, or stored.
- Develop written policies and procedures for the hospital drug distribution system in coordination with medical staff, nursing leadership, and representatives of other disciplines.
- Work as a Staff Pharmacist by preparing and dispensing medicines and preparations and performing cart-fill checks or fills.
- Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
