Supervisor, Inpatient Pharmacy

Sutter Health•Berkeley, CA

2d•$210,080 - $294,112•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for supervision of the daily work flow of pharmacy operations and activities to ensure efficient, effective, and accurate levels of operation. Assures compliance to established policies and procedures, laws, and regulations. Other duties include training, staff scheduling, input for personnel performance assessment, and staff development. Serves as a clinical pharmacist and carries out the dispensing and clinical functions of that job description. Functions as a drug specialist and therapy consultant in promoting optimum medication use in patient care areas whose client base includes patients of all ages.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of pharmacy.
Licensed Pharmacist (PHARMD).
5 years of recent relevant experience.
Familiarity with California Board of Pharmacy laws and regulations focused on Pharmacist and Pharmacist in Charge responsibilities.
Knowledge of medical terminology, pharmaceutical generic and trade names, pharmaceutical calculations, and laws and regulations relating to the practice of Pharmacy.
Ability to build and establish effective working partnership with employees, peers and/or leaders to achieve business objectives.
Demonstrates commitment to providing exceptional customer service and responding to customer needs/requests in a prompt, courteous manner.
Leadership skills, including team building, and coaching/mentoring with the ability to motivate and engage others.
Verbal and written communication, and interpersonal skills.
Organizational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize multiple projects while delivering quality service and achieving business results.
Requires a basic working knowledge of legal requirements and accreditation standards including National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP), The Joint Commission (TJC), Title XXII, United States of Homeland Security (DHS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and United States Pharmacopeia (USP).
Employees of Sutter Health and its entities may handle hazardous drugs in the course of their work, including patient care, which requires them to manage, store, prepare, receive, unpack, transport, dispose of, or administer drugs identified as hazardous or potentially hazardous by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and in accordance with the USP 800 guidelines.

Responsibilities

Supervision of the daily work flow of pharmacy operations and activities to ensure efficient, effective, and accurate levels of operation.
Assures compliance to established policies and procedures, laws, and regulations.
Training, staff scheduling, input for personnel performance assessment, and staff development.
Serves as a clinical pharmacist and carries out the dispensing and clinical functions of that job description.
Functions as a drug specialist and therapy consultant in promoting optimum medication use in patient care areas whose client base includes patients of all ages.