Clinical Pharmacist Supervisor - Ambulatory Care

Responsibilities

• Oversees the daily activities of the medication use process and supervises the day-to-day operations of the pharmacy department.
• Provides leadership, quality improvement, orientation and training, drug distribution, human resources and projects.
• Performs the duties of a registered pharmacist as defined by the Arizona State Board of Pharmacy which includes drug distribution, IV admixture services, assessing medication therapy for appropriateness, and functioning as part of a unit-based health care team.
• Reports medication incidents and adverse drug reactions through established channels.
• Responsible for education and support for pharmacy programs.

Essential Functions

• Oversees the personnel assigned to the section.
• Responsible for the continual monitoring, communication, follow-up and evaluation of pharmacy staff.
• Supervises staff; plans, establishes and revises work assignments.
• Performs general pharmacy functions including staffing when needed.
• Oversees activities of pharmacy staff to promote cost-effective, efficient and safe pharmaceutical care.
• Ensures department equipment and materials are in condition to promote efficiency in use and safety of patients and staff.
• Ensures optimal use of the automation systems through training, troubleshooting and regular evaluation of reports.
• Communicates with pharmacy staff areas for improvement and recognizes achievements.
• Maintains and processes payroll accurately and according to payroll schedule.
• Schedules personnel to assume adequate coverage at all times.
• Coordinates with the management team to plan production staffing requirements on a daily, weekly, and quarterly basis.
• Manages activities in the central pharmacy involving inventory control, storing and the dispensing of medications.
• Affords assistance in monitoring and maintaining the pharmacy drug formulary.
• Ensures drugs are stored in accordance with manufacturer conditions as demonstrated by observation and documentation.
• Ensures drugs are dispensed in an accurately and promptly as demonstrated by customer feedback.
• Provides education and support the implementation of projects, programs and pharmacy initiatives (i.e. automation, clinical monitoring, patient education, etc.).
• Works in cooperation with the pharmacy management team to serve as a resource.
• Communicates problems, unique patient needs and other necessary information to pharmacy management team as needed.
• Coordinates implementation and maintenance of medication distribution systems.
• Participates in pharmacist staff development.
• Coordinates and assists in the training of staff.
• Serves as a pharmacy student preceptor and pharmacy resident preceptor and meets requirements of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and the Residency Program Director.
• Serves as a preceptor for pharmacy students and meets requirements of the College(s) of Pharmacy.
• Serves as a resource for new pharmacy employees, pharmacy students and pharmacy interns.
• Reviews medication errors and implements strategies to eliminate or minimize medication errors.
• Facilitates the implementation and maintenance of safe medication-use processes.
• Effectively uses the appropriate analytic tools and process improvement techniques to assess and improve medication-use processes.
• Assesses published literature to identify best practices and/or guidelines relevant to medication-use safety and opportunities for reducing medication errors.
• Serves as a representative for the Pharmacy Department by participating in various hospital committees and teams.
• Organizes and conducts pharmacist staff meetings.
• Maintains logs, records, and other required documentation per regulations.