Pharmacy Manager 1

About the role

This position involves all aspects of the medication use process, including procurement, prescribing, compounding, dispensing, storage of medications, administration and monitoring. The role partners with physicians and other clinicians to provide treatments and advice to patients, records patient history relating to medication use, and ensures the safe and secure storage of medications and related supplies.

Responsibilities

• Advises physicians in determining the best possible treatments for specific diseases.
• Stays current on pharmacy regulations, treatments, and developments in research.
• Ensures adherence to regulatory and fiscal requirements.
• Serves as the expert on drug therapy and primary health professional for optimizing use of medication for the benefit of patients.
• Maintains educational needs of patients, healthcare team, students, and residents.
• Maintains compliance with departmental and organizational goals and objectives.
• Manages systems and procedures to protect departmental assets.
• Manages pharmacy operations to achieve quality, service, and productivity objectives.
• Ensures staff adheres to internal policy and external regulations for the medication use process, including prescribing, drug preparation, storage, dispensing, administration, and monitoring.

Qualifications

• Demonstrates subject matter knowledge of industry best practices in specialty pharmacy.
• Stays updated on pharmacy regulations and standards.
• Knowledge of all pharmacy federal and state laws and regulations.
• Recent leadership experience with exposure to training and guiding employees on technical skills in specialty area.
• Motivates and inspires staff to improve quality and services.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize effectively to meet deadlines in a complex, challenging environment.
• Ability to organize assigned staff and unit operations in an efficient and effective manner.
• Ability to apply policy knowledge to identify productivity inefficiencies and compliance risks.
• Ability to develop and maintain cooperative working relationships with peers, patients, multidisciplinary team members, senior management, and assigned staff.
• Skills to evaluate issues and identify solutions within defined procedures and policies.
• Demonstrated ability to solve patient problems and suggest solutions through critical thinking process.
• Ability to listen actively to clinical staff and patients, understanding varying viewpoints and receiving feedback.
• Verbal and written communication skills to tactfully articulate reasoning behind own opinions and change the thinking of, or gain acceptance from others.
• At least 5 years of retail pharmacy experience and 2 years of management experience.

Skills

• Ability to perform all commonly applicable functions in clinical documentation applications and pharmacy database technology and train others to effectively use applications.

Education

• Doctor of Pharmacy degree (Pharm D) or equivalent training.
• Post graduate year 1 [PGY1] In Pharmacy Practice or equivalent experience.