Director Pharmacy

About the role

As a Pharmacy Director, you will provide strategic vision and operational oversight for all pharmacy services, ensuring safe, effective, and efficient medication management. Every day you will lead and mentor staff, develop policies, ensure regulatory compliance, manage budgets, and optimize medication use, collaborating with medical and nursing leadership.

Responsibilities

• Manages and evaluates the operations, programs and resources of the assigned facility to assure the safe and appropriate delivery of patient care, achievement of clinical core measurement scores, and to ensure that all activities are conducted in a timely and cost-effective manner and in compliance with organizational values, professional standards, internal policies/standards/procedures and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Participates in the development of, and implements new clinical systems/programs to enhance existing services and raise the standard of care for the patient population served.
• Ensures that work unit activities, productivity, and/or quality indicators are documented in accordance with guidelines.
• Produces and presents reports on key performance indicators and other significant benchmarking metrics.
• Collaborates with other departments to address and resolve problems, share information and enhance overall effectiveness/productivity.
• Plans, manages and evaluates the work of clinical and administrative staff in accordance with the content, spirit and intent of applicable internal/external regulations and standards for human resource management.
• Holds regular staff meetings and keeps employees appraised of all matters relevant to successful job performance.
• Makes employment decisions, establishes performance standards, assesses clinical competency and evaluates employee performance.
• Educates, guides, counsels and develops staff and addresses performance management concerns and technical issues elevated by subordinates as beyond their scope of authority.
• Works with management team to ensure the application of consistent practices relating to internal operations, patient care, quality of human resources activities and standards.
• Affirms the strengths/weaknesses of the assigned clinical area/facility to identify opportunities and provide recommendations to Leader for new quality/performance improvement initiatives.
• Implements new processes and ensures that performance improvement activities are conducted in a timely and effective manner.
• Ensures that staff receive the necessary on-site training and consultation to enhance their understanding of quality/performance improvement initiatives.
• Recommends, implements and evaluates new/revised procedures, guidelines, training materials and/or general communications in support of assigned clinical area/facility to ensure consistency with the philosophy/values of the organization and compliance with applicable regulatory/accreditation requirements.
• Reviews training materials prior to assimilation into training curricula.
• Ensures that all clinical and related support activities are fully documented in accordance with the standards and practices of the organization.
• Ensures that employees understand and apply internal guidelines appropriately, and monitors compliance with all regulatory requirements.
• Participates, as a key member of the management team for the assigned clinical function, in the development of strategies, initiatives and programs addressing matters such as: provision of new services, standardization of procedures across the organization, increasing market share, maximizing resources, cross-selling services, improving cost-effectiveness of clinical services provided, enhancing patient outcomes/satisfaction and other issues of similar complexity and consequence.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy and Minimum of 4 years of recent pharmacy (or similar) work experience, upon hire or
• Doctor of Pharmacy in Pharmacy and Minimum of 4 years of recent pharmacy (or similar) work experience, upon hire and
• Pharmacist: TX, upon hire
• Preferred: Masters in Other MBA, MS, MHA, etc or Minimum of 2 years in a leadership position or pharmacy residency completed, upon hire

Qualifications

• Strong leadership, expert pharmacy knowledge, and strategic/financial management skills.
• Expertise in regulatory compliance, performance/quality improvement, procedures development/implementations, and short- and long-term planning.

Skills

• Strategic thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Knowledge of healthcare regulations and standards.
• Strong leadership and mentoring abilities.

Benefits

Depending on the position offered, CommonSpirit Health offers a generous benefit package, including but not limited to medical, prescription drug, dental, vision plans, life insurance, paid time off (full-time benefit eligible team members may receive a minimum of 14 paid time off days, including holidays annually), tuition reimbursement, retirement plan benefit(s) including, but not limited to, 401(k), 403(b), and other defined benefits offerings, as may be amended from time to time.

Pay

The posted compensation range of $76.36 - $113.58 /hour is a reasonable estimate that extends from the lowest to the highest pay CommonSpirit in good faith believes it might pay for this particular job, based on the circumstances at the time of posting.

Schedule

This position may serve as the Residency Program Director as applicable.