Pharmacy Manager - Pharmacy Integrated Service Center

OhioHealth • Columbus, OH

21h

About The Position

As a key member of our dynamic leadership team and pharmacy service line, this position will play a critical role in shaping the future of Pharmacy Services by leading the operational implementation of the new OhioHealth Pharmacy Integrated Service Center (ISC) in Canal Winchester, Ohio. The ISC is a centralized distribution center that will support our care sites and physician office locations by ensuring timely access to medications needed to serve patients across OhioHealth. This leader oversees the planning, organization, logistics, and operational excellence of the ISC and is accountable for its clinical, regulatory, operational, service, associate engagement, and financial performance. The role is responsible for establishing and implementing pharmacy policies and best practices while fostering strong collaboration across the pharmacy service line and interdisciplinary teams at the care site, provider practice, and system levels.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree (Required)
• OPL - Ohio Pharmacists License - Ohio Board of Pharmacy
• RPH - Registered Pharmacist - Board of Pharmacy Specialties
• Registered Pharmacist (Ohio)
• 5 yrs. in health care management preferred

Nice To Haves

• Master's Degree
• Advanced degree (M. S. Hospital Pharmacy, MBA) preferred
• Hospital Pharmacy Residency or equivalent experience preferred
• Business, Clinical Pharmacy, Performance improvement experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Plans, organizes, leads, and manages all aspects of pharmacy services at both a care site as well as a service line level. Meets expectations for care site pharmacy services requirements by coordinating pharmacy activities between all care site stakeholders such as: medical staffs, nursing staffs, other departments, administration, etc.
• Meets hospital and service line strategic goals by developing and revising departmental goals, policies and procedures as well as providing input in the development of system level policies and procedures. Assesses and executes on the implementation of system policies at the care site level. Coordinates activities between different pharmacy department areas, establishes and monitors services to meet customer needs i.e., patients, medical staffs, etc. . Serves as the primary liaison between departments at the care site level and communicates both care site specific and system wide information as appropriate to all teams that the manager is assigned membership.
• Secures and retains staff of qualified personnel through recruitment, selection, training, and motivating. Addresses personnel issues to maintain a productive and pleasant work environment. Is primarily accountable for the ongoing evaluation and performance management of all associates with direct line of supervision. Engages the assistance and oversees the input from care site coordinators or team leads who may be contributors to these evaluations and performance improvement activities. Rounds routinely on all associates within the department and reports the results of that rounding to department and system level leadership. May be required to work in a staffing capacity should unusual or pressing circumstances dictate. Does have responsibility to participate in department call rotation.
• In conjunction with Ohio Health compliance departments, assures pharmacy compliance with professional standards, TJC standards, state/federal agencies' rules/regulations and any other regulatory agency regulation by interpreting items and taking action to conform. Maintains responsibility to report up to both care site and system level leadership any/all compliance concerns and follow-up to any findings as may be needed. Works with nursing and medical leadership at the care site to coordinate shared compliance accountabilities when collaboration is needed to address or respond to findings.
• Assists the department director in developing the department operating budget and monitoring expenses to assure pharmacy financial objectives are achieved. Works closely with the service line business director and care site procurement analysts/buyer on established purchasing and inventory control programs. Responsible for communicating up to care site leadership and system level leadership on the monthly fiscal and staff management reports.
• Represents and integrates pharmacy services into hospital's total health care system by actively participating in appropriate committees as assigned at either the care site or the system level. Has primary responsibility for representing the pharmacy service line, along with appropriate designees, as well as reporting out any/all needed communication cascading from this committee work. As a High Reliability Organization (HRO), responsibilities require focus on safety, quality and efficiency in performing job duties.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager