Director - Pharmacy

Position Objective

Administers and directs the overall clinical and operational aspects of the inpatient Pharmacy Department. Promotes, on a daily basis, the Vision, Mission and Values of Luminis Health.

Essential Job Duties

• Directs the purchase, inventory control, storage and distribution of all pharmaceuticals throughout the hospital in compliance with all State laws, Federal laws, and other regulatory bodies.
• Develops and maintains a total quality management / process improvement program relative to the organizational and department missions.
• Interacts regularly with Medical and Nursing staff regarding pharmaceutical care and pharmacy operational issues.
• Serves as a member of, and provides leadership and staff support to, hospital committees including, but not limited to, the Hospital Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee.
• Ensures appropriate supervision and quality/safety measures to establish sterile a compounding environment that meets regulatory standards and provides for the preparation of quality compounded sterile pharmaceutical products.
• Oversees functional operations, quality assurance, and customer satisfaction of the Inpatient Pharmacies.
• Works to advance the Clinical Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Care to improve medication utilization and medication-related patient outcomes across the organization.
• Works with the Medical Staff to sustain a formulary system and assure drug utilization that provides safe/effective medication needs to patients while minimizing medication expense to the organization.
• Controls narcotic and all other Controlled Substances, as defined by State of Maryland and the US Drug Enforcement Agency, by establishing proper records for ordering, receipt, issuance, patient administration, reporting, and destruction in accordance with State and Federal laws.
• Encourages career/practice development through such strategies as in-service education, career development, certification programs, and attendance/participation in outside conferences.
• Works to attain and/or retain accreditation for the departmental and organizational accreditation programs.

Educational/Experience Requirements

• Doctor of Pharmacy degree preferred, or a Master’s degree from a college or university accredited by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP).
• A minimum of eight years of administrative pharmacy experience with increasingly complex management experience, leadership, analytical, conceptual and interpersonal skills to provide direction to staff, including superior management skills in directing and supervising professional and management staff and clinical pharmacy program.
• Highly proficient knowledge of health care management, administrative and operational principles and practices including budgeting, Joint Commission standards, regulations and laws pertaining to procurement and dispensing of drugs/narcotics.
• Highly proficient knowledge of therapeutic pharmacology and pharmacokinetics, state and federal pharmacy law principles, practices and procedures; mathematics and statistics, chemistry and personal computer/patient/drug information systems.

Required License/Certifications

• Current licensure by the Maryland State Board of Pharmacy.
• Active membership in the American Society of Hospital Pharmacists and affiliated state chapter.

Luminis Health Benefits Overview

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Retirement Plan (with employer match for employees who work more than 1000 hours in a calendar year)
• Paid Time Off
• Tuition Assistance Benefits
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Paid Holidays, Disability, and Life/AD&D for full-time employees
• Wellness Programs
• Employee Assistance Programs and more

Working Conditions, Equipment, Physical Demands

• The physical demands and work environment that have been described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Location

Annapolis, MD