Pharmacy Manager - Charleston

Option Care Health•Mount Pleasant, SC

About The Position

The Pharmacy Manager is a licensed pharmacist responsible for ensuring safe, appropriate pharmacy services in accordance with Option Care Health policies, regulatory requirements, and pharmacy practice standards. The role provides clinical and quality oversight, including oversight of sterile compounding and cleanroom standards, and serves as the pharmacist-in-charge (PIC). The Pharmacy Manager establishes appropriate coverage and delegation during absences and serves as, or formally designates, qualified personnel responsible for sterile compounding and cleanroom activities. The Pharmacy Manager coordinates patient services with nursing, delivery, and reimbursement teams; oversees budgeting, purchasing, control, and security of drugs and medical supplies; and supports the Operations Director in achieving operational and financial goals. The role leads pharmacy quality and patient-safety activities, directs pharmacy operations and staffing, and develops team members. The position requires a graduate of an accredited pharmacy school, an active pharmacist license, eligibility to serve as PIC, and qualifying pharmacy and leadership experience.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of pharmacy.
Active pharmacist license in the state or states of practice.
Meet and maintain State Board of Pharmacy requirements to serve as Pharmacist-in-Charge (PIC) in the state of practice.
Be willing and able to obtain and maintain additional out-of-state licensure as required for non-resident PIC responsibilities.
Meet one of these pharmacy experience qualifications: three years as a pharmacist in a sterile-compounding infusion pharmacy setting; completion of an ASHP-accredited Infusion Pharmacy Residency Program; or two years of pharmacist experience with review and approval by the Vice President of Pharmacy and Senior Vice President of Operations.
Have two years of leadership experience, including direct people leadership or formally assigned responsibility for directing others’ work, developing team members, managing performance or accountability, coordinating staffing or workflow, and supporting quality outcomes. One year may qualify with review and approval by the Vice President of Pharmacy and Senior Vice President of Operations.
Internal candidates may qualify based on documented experience at Option Care Health, subject to review and approval by the Vice President of Pharmacy and Senior Vice President of Operations.
Have access to reliable transportation.
If using a personal vehicle for work purposes, have a valid driver’s license and proof of insurance.
Experience identifying operational challenges and recommending solutions.
Experience providing customer service to internal and external customers, meeting service quality standards, and evaluating customer satisfaction.
Basic proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.
Willingness to travel up to 5% for business, in-state and out-of-state.

Nice To Haves

Board certification in Compounded Sterile Preparations, Nutrition Support Pharmacy, Pharmacotherapy, or another clinical pharmacy practice area.
At least five years of experience compounding sterile products and managing complex infusion patients.

Responsibilities

Determine patient suitability for home or alternate-site care.
Supervise, monitor, and evaluate the quality, safety, and effectiveness of care provided by pharmacy staff.
Manage daily pharmacy operations and communications.
Use quality indicators, patient outcomes, medication events, complaints, audit findings, and other data to identify risks and drive improvement.
Monitor quality and patient-safety performance; respond to adverse trends, audit or inspection findings, sterile compounding excursions, and other conditions affecting patient care; escalate significant issues and implement interim controls as needed.
Ensure adherence to sterile compounding standards and verify the training, qualifications, and competency of team members performing sterile compounding activities.
Oversee cleanroom engineering controls and maintenance, including required tasks and documentation.
Serve as, or formally designate, qualified personnel responsible for sterile compounding and cleanroom activities, with defined oversight of engineering controls, environmental monitoring, cleaning, maintenance, certification, documentation, personnel practices, investigations, and corrective and preventive actions.
Maintain written leadership designations and backup coverage while retaining accountability for effective oversight.
Lead the pharmacy quality-management and patient-safety program, including risk assessment, medication-event and near-miss reporting, complaint review, deviation investigation, root-cause analysis, corrective and preventive actions, effectiveness monitoring, and sharing lessons learned.
Direct pharmacy department activities and schedule staff to meet patients’ pharmaceutical-care needs.
Oversee pharmacy workflow, product purchasing, inventory, and equipment management.
Assist the Director with preparing, obtaining approval for, and implementing departmental operating and expenditure budgets, and operate within approved guidelines.
Evaluate and oversee the purchase, management, and security of medications, pumps, and medical supplies in accordance with company policies and formulary guidelines.
Develop and mentor staff through onboarding, communication, training and development, and performance-management processes.
Coordinate and participate in pharmacy on-call responsibilities, ensure reliable on-call coverage, and provide pharmacy services when scheduled to be on call.
Establish and document leadership coverage when away from the office or not physically present; designate qualified coverage and define decision authority, escalation expectations, and required communication.
Support sales professionals and the Director by explaining the scope of services available through Option Care Health.