Senior Pharmacy Director
About The Position
The Senior Pharmacy Director is a member of the hospital leadership team, responsible for departmental operations, scheduling, process improvement, and direct patient and pharmaceutical care. The role promotes patient safety and patient-centered treatment, supports the hospital’s mission, and leads staff through accountability, motivation, and development. The director works with hospital leaders to help meet patient, staff, and organizational needs. The position also extends the capacity of the Regional Director of Pharmacy by supporting pharmacy operations across the region. Regional work may include reviewing outcomes data, visiting hospitals, addressing productivity concerns, supporting education, sharing evidence-informed practices, helping open new hospitals, precepting new directors, and serving as a pharmacy contact when the Regional Director is unavailable.
Requirements
- Licensed in good standing by the State Pharmacy Board for the state in which the hospital is located.
- Successful completion of a pharmacy degree from a U.S.-accredited program, or from an international program evaluated by a recognized certifying agency as substantially equivalent to U.S. accreditation standards.
- At least 2 years of Director of Pharmacy experience with Encompass Health.
Responsibilities
- Oversee pharmacy departmental operations, including scheduling, staffing, medication management, clinical programs, protocols, communications, procurement, and pharmaceutical waste.
- Conduct continuous assessment and implement process improvements to enhance departmental performance.
- Provide direct patient and pharmaceutical care as needed.
- Support the hospital and organization’s mission and promote patient safety and patient-centered treatment.
- Hold staff accountable for their roles and responsibilities, and motivate and develop staff to improve performance.
- Maintain competence in health system pharmacy practice, including antimicrobial stewardship, sterile and non-sterile drug preparation, controlled substances, accreditation, anticoagulation therapy management, and medication safety.
- Implement and communicate policies, procedures, and approved pharmacy workflows, including EHR-related processes.
- Ensure the pharmacy meets local, state, and national regulations and credentialing organization requirements.
- Provide staff and hospital education on pharmaceutical care and medication management.
- Monitor and interpret pharmaceutical usage, medication costs, and patient outcomes.
- Identify and implement improvement opportunities and monitor results.
- Procure medications and supplies from cost-effective sources and understand pharmaceutical and pharmacy-supply sourcing.
- Implement clinical programs that support evidence-based practice and cost-effective drug therapy.
- Stay current on new medications, indications, and evidence-based medicine.
- Communicate effectively with clinical teams to support effective patient admission.
- Actively serve on and lead hospital committees.
- Collaborate with the Controller to prepare and manage departmental budgets.
- Collaborate with HR on employment-law and policy adherence within the department.
- Assist HR and provider enrollment in ensuring staff licensing and certifications are current.
- Participate in national and regional pharmacy informational and educational programs.
- Assist with reviewing regional and hospital outcomes data, conducting hospital visits as directed, and troubleshooting regional productivity concerns.
- Assist with regional educational development and implementation, and promote best practices and evidence-informed clinical practice guidelines across the region and company.
- Assist with opening deNovo hospitals.
- Serve as a pharmacy preceptor for new directors and as the point of contact for pharmacy issues when the Regional Director of Pharmacy is unavailable.
- Complete position requirements and essential functions, mandatory training, and courses by their due dates.
- Immediately report questionable situations, concerns, complaints, or harassment.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
