Manager, Pharmacy

Saint Francis Health System • Indianapolis, IN

10d • Onsite

About The Position

Join a pharmacy team with a patient safety focused culture that believes in work life balance! Job Summary: Plans, organizes and directs pharmacy activities. Trains department employees. Prepares departmental reports and budgets.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited school of Pharmacy.
• State of Oklahoma Board of Pharmacy license.
• 3 - 4 years related experience.
• Effective interpersonal, written and oral communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Reviews all physician's medication orders and accurately enters all pertinent drug-related information into the patient's medication profiles, or checks/verifies the order entries of the technician.
• Performs patient medication profile reviews to develop drug utilization evaluations, adverse drug reactions, quality assurance, neuroleptic monitoring, infection control, and food-drug interactions; and reports to Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee or other designated committees.
• Performs audits/reports of automated dispensing cabinets to assess accountability of medications removed from the cabinets; and reports discrepancies to nursing supervisor and other hospital managers.
• Performs necessary liaison activities between the pharmacy department and administration, medical staff, nursing staff, and other hospital departments.
• Maintains inventory control by cost-effective purchasing from suppliers, reviewing formulary for deletions of slow or non-moving stock, and by following up on discrepancies that arise from the controlled substance and floor stock records.
• Manages the operations of the pharmacy, the activities of the pharmacy technician, training of new pharmacists and technicians, and assists in the preparation of their performance evaluations.
• Provides appropriate drug-related information to physicians and nurses to clarify medication orders, answer drug information questions, and support the clinical goals of patient care.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed