Pharmacy Manager - Las Vegas

Option Care Health•Las Vegas, NV

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 position provides clinical and quality oversight, including compliance with sterile compounding and cleanroom standards. The Pharmacy Manager serves as the pharmacist-in-charge (PIC), establishes appropriate coverage and delegation when absent, 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 the budgeting, purchasing, control, and security of drugs and medical supplies; and supports the Operations Director in meeting operational and financial goals. The role directs daily pharmacy operations, staff scheduling and development, quality management, patient safety, and reliable on-call coverage. The position also supports sales professionals and the Director by communicating the scope of Option Care Health services.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of pharmacy.
Active pharmacist license in the state(s) of practice and ability to meet and maintain State Board of Pharmacy requirements to serve as PIC in the state of practice.
Willingness and ability to obtain and maintain additional out-of-state licensure as required to support non-resident PIC responsibilities.
Meet one of these 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.
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.
Access to reliable transportation. If using a personal vehicle for work, a valid driver’s license and proof of insurance are required.
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, both 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 operations and communications.
Use quality indicators, patient outcomes, medication events, complaints, audit findings, and other relevant data to identify risk and drive improvement.
Monitor quality and patient-safety performance and ensure timely response to adverse trends, audit or inspection findings, sterile compounding excursions, and other conditions that could affect patient care; escalate significant issues and implement interim controls as needed.
Ensure adherence to sterile compounding standards and the competency of team members performing sterile compounding activities.
Verify that personnel are appropriately trained, qualified, and competent, and that identified gaps are corrected before independent work continues, as applicable.
Oversee cleanroom engineering controls and maintenance, including completion and documentation of required tasks.
Serve as, or formally designate, qualified personnel responsible for sterile compounding and cleanroom activities; ensure oversight of engineering controls, environmental monitoring, cleaning and 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 proactive risk assessment, medication-event and near-miss reporting, complaint review, deviation investigation, root-cause analysis, corrective and preventive action, effectiveness monitoring, and communication of lessons learned.
Direct pharmacy department activities and schedule pharmacy staff to meet patients’ pharmaceutical-care needs.
Oversee pharmacy workflow, product purchasing, inventory, and equipment management.
Assist the Director in 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, open communication, training and development opportunities, 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 the Pharmacy Manager is absent or not physically present; designate qualified coverage and define decision authority, escalation expectations, and required communication.
Support sales professionals and the Director by speaking knowledgeably about the scope of services available through Option Care Health.