Sr Director Pharmacy

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University • Baton Rouge, LA

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About The Position

The Divisional Director is responsible for overseeing all medication preparations, storage, and safety in the organization.

Requirements

• Experience: 10 years pharmacy experience, including 2 years managerial experience. PGY I or II residency considered in lieu of management experience.
• Education: Per License Requirements
• Licensure: Currently and unrestricted license in the State of Louisiana as a Pharmacist

Responsibilities

• Leadership
• Supervises medication storage and preparation for all medications dispensed or distributed throughout the facility.
• Conducts inspection of patient care units and other areas of the institution where medications are dispensed, administered, or stored.
• Completes and documents inspection of all assigned medication storage areas.
• Ensures strict control and accountability for medications dispensed to patients.
• Establishes standards for sterile product preparation.
• Attends and participates in other programs, committees, and functions required by the health system or pharmacy.
• Conducts pharmacy staff meetings.
• Program Management and Daily Operations
• Implements and supervises pharmacy QI activities that improves the quality of pharmacy services and supports the quality improvement of the organization.
• Actively participates in performance improvement activity to foster the provision of quality health care services by the department and hospital.
• Participates in the administration of strategic plan for the pharmacy that supports the mission, goals, and values of the organization.
• Manages support personnel by evaluating pharmacy personnel performance and providing documentation of exemplary and unsatisfactory work performance at time of occurrence.
• Recruits, interviews, supervises, promotes, disciplines, and terminates staff.
• Monitors workload statistics to prepare work schedules that maintain an appropriate staffing level.
• Assists Director in development and implementation of systems to ensure that the department functions within budget guidelines.
• Recommends resources needed for the department.
• Oversees inventory control activities (e.g. Monitoring stock levels).
• Provides oversight in performance of physical inventories.
• Maintains proper inventory control and storage, and maintains an adequate, in-date, stock of medications.
• Performance Improvement and Quality
• Develops management plans, procedures and schedules to ensure compliance with the Joint
• Commission for Accreditation Hospital Organization (JCAHO) and provides a safe and reliable atmosphere for the provision of quality patient and health care services.
• Develops, maintains, and ensures compliance of policies and procedures that promote cost-effective, appropriate, and safe medication use that apply to pharmacy services and clinical activities (e.g. therapeutic interchange).
• Other Duties As Assigned
• Performs staff pharmacist duties when needed, and performs essential duties of the pharmacy director in his/her absence.
• Performs other duties as assigned or requested.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees