Manager Pharmacy; Mount Sinai West; Full Time; Days

About the role

The Manager Pharmacy oversees the day-to-day operations of the various pharmacy areas, ensuring the distribution, administration, and drug information of medication provided throughout the hospital. This individual ensures the utilization of medication safety principles to achieve positive therapeutic outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Manages various personnel functions such as hiring, training, performance appraisals, coaching, rounding, disciplinary actions, and terminations.
• Provides direction and guidance for the safe processing and dispensing of all medications for assigned area, which may include the dispensing of intravenous medications in the IV Sterile manufacturing area.
• Oversees repackaging of all medications.
• May oversee compounding of specialty products, including the preparation of TPN, chemotherapy, or specialty Intravenous solutions as necessary throughout the hospital, depending on assigned area.
• Develops and implements systems and procedures to maintain an efficient and effective workflow within the pharmacy and/or assigned areas.
• Interfaces with appropriate department, medical, nursing, and other staff members to coordinate, review, revise, and implement Pharmacy policies and procedures as needed.
• Ensures the department is in compliance with all federal, state, and local regulations; accrediting agencies; and Mount Sinai Medical Center policies and procedures.
• Serves on a rotating basis, as on-call Administrator to handle problems that arise evenings and weekends.
• Maintains adequate documentation to satisfy JCAHO requirements or other regulatory agencies.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited school of Pharmacy (ACPE).
• Advanced degree, Graduate of a PGY1 residency preferred.
• 4 years hospital pharmacy and/or clinical experience, management experience preferred.
• Current New York State Pharmacist License ? New York State Department of Education
• Non-Bargaining Unit, BEA - Pharmacy - WST, Mount Sinai West