Director-System Hospital Pharmacy Services

About the role

Administratively responsible and accountable for multi-campus guiding and overseeing all management, business, and clinical activities of WellSpan Hospital pharmacy services. Reports to and collaborates with the Senior Director of Pharmacy Services to establish and execute the vision and strategy of hospital pharmacy services. Responsible for ensuring effective, efficient, economical, and operational outcomes. Assures continuous quality improvement, compliance with regulatory agencies, and financial health of all operations. Supervises regional hospital pharmacy directors.

Responsibilities

• Guides and oversees management of hospital pharmacy services to assure economical outcomes, regulatory compliance, budget compliance, quality assurance, medication safety and maximum productivity.
• Monitors hospital operational budget and capital budget preparation, assuring appropriate involvement of the staff and other support services.
• Collaborates with the finance team in the hospital pharmacy budget development and regularly monitors compliance and variances, making and supporting necessary adjustments.
• Promotes a high level of collaboration between pharmacy leadership, physician leadership and nursing leadership to standardize hospital pharmacy operations across the system in preparation for Central Pharmacy Distribution Center.
• Collaborates with the Clinical Director of Pharmacy with the continuing development and successful implementation of a system-wide drug formulary and drug use strategy as well as mechanisms for monitoring their effectiveness.
• Collaborates with Pharmacy leadership team and Finance team to develop 340B enterprise strategy.
• Works in collaboration with the Pharmacy Director of Procurement and Contracting to ensure optimal pharmaceutical product purchasing and inventory control.
• Promotes WellSpan-wide clinical integration efforts by collaborating with the Pharmacy Leadership team to ensure a systemized approach for all pharmaceutical activities.
• Ensures compliance with all relevant regulations and accreditation standards through collaboration with the Director of Pharmacy Safety and Compliance.
• Continually reviews existing policies, procedures and systems and makes recommendations for improvement where appropriate.
• Recommends staffing levels, selects, and assigns staff, evaluates performance, evaluates/tests competencies (as applicable),