The Senior Pharmacy Director is a contributing member of the hospital leadership team and is responsible for fostering and enhancing an environment and culture that enables the hospital to fulfill its mission and meet or exceed its goals. The Senior Pharmacy Director is responsible for the overall departmental operations, including departmental scheduling, conducting continuous assessment and implementation of process improvements that will enhance the pharmacy department’s performance, and providing direct patient and pharmaceutical care. The Senior Pharmacy Director supports and conveys the hospital and organization’s mission to all staff, holds staff accountable for performance, motivates and develops staff to improve performance and is an effective leader. This position creates an environment and culture that enables the hospital to fulfill its mission by providing patient safety and patient-centered treatment. The Senior Pharmacy Director maintains relationships with the Chief Nursing Officer, Director of Case Management, Director of Marketing, Director of HR, Director of Quality, Controller, and Medical Director to ensure that patient, staff, and the hospital needs are met. The Senior Pharmacy Director’s responsibilities will extend the capacity of the Regional Director of Pharmacy by assisting with pharmacy operations throughout the region. Examples include:
- Assisting in review of data related to regional and hospital outcomes.
- Conducting hospital visits as directed by the Regional Pharmacy Director or Regional Leadership
- Troubleshooting pharmacy productivity concerns within the region.
- Assisting with educational development and implementation within the region.
- Promoting best practice throughout the region, sharing evidence informed clinical practice guidelines throughout the region and company.
- Assisting with opening deNovo hospitals
- Serve as Pharmacy Preceptor for new directors
- Serve as point of contact for pharmacy issues when RDOP is unavailable
Responsibilities:
- Demonstrates and maintains competence in the practice of health system pharmacy.
- Maintains the competence of antimicrobial stewardship, non-sterile and sterile drug preparation, controlled substances, hospital pharmacy accreditation, anticoagulation drug therapy management and medication safety.
- Implements and communicates policies and procedures.
- Holds staff accountable to their roles and responsibilities.
- Participates in National and Regional pharmacy informational and educational programs.
- Ensures the pharmacy meets local, state, national regulations and credentialing organizations.
- Provides staff and hospital education on pharmaceutical care and medication management.
- Maintains an organized, neat and clean pharmacy department.
- Monitors and interprets pharmaceutical usage, medication costs and patient outcomes.
- Monitors processes such as scheduling, staffing, medication management, clinical programs, protocols, communications, and procurement, and pharmaceutical waste.
- Targets and implements improvement opportunities and monitors improvements.
- Procures medications and supplies from most cost-effective source.
- Understands sourcing of pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies.
- Implements clinical programs that support evidence-based practice and cost-effective drug therapy.
- Implements approved pharmacy workflow procedures.
- Implements including processes related to the EHR system and holds staff accountable for following prescribed workflow.
- Stays current on new medications, indications and evidence-based medicine.
- Communicates effectively with clinical teams to ensure effective patient admission.
- Actively serves and leads various hospital committees.
- Collaborates with the Controller to prepare and manage departmental budgets.
- Collaborates with HR to ensure adherence to employment laws and policies within the department.
- Assists HR and provider enrollment to ensure licensing certifications for staff are current.
- Provides direct patient and pharmaceutical care as needed.
- Meets position requirements and performs essential functions.
- Completes mandatory training and courses required by completion date.
- Reports questionable situations, concerns, complaints or harassment immediately.
License or Certification:
- Licensed in good standing by the State Pharmacy Board for the State in which the hospital is located.
Minimum Qualifications:
- 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 required.
- Minimum 2 years of director of pharmacy experience with Encompass Health
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