Pharmacy Supervisor - Cobb Medical Center

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Trains/instructs (or delegates responsibility thereof) pharmacy personnel on their required duties upon hire or modification of programs and systems.
• Supervises pharmacy personnel in the performance of their duties.
• Counsels or takes disciplinary action as necessary when pharmacy personnel violate established policies, procedures, rules, regulation or accepted standards.

Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions

• Responsible for day to day pharmacy operations for the pharmacy he/she supervises.
• Affords assistance to the Manager/Director of Pharmacy in writing and implementing department and system policies and procedures pertaining to drug distribution, use and control.
• Establishes work schedules to provide sufficient personnel to meet the needs of the facility (as approved by WellStars Senior Management and Board through the budgetary process).
• Performs annual reviews and submit for merit increases for pharmacy personnel (direct reports).
• Participates in and/or conducts and documents monthly staff meetings.
• Assists the Director of Pharmacy in preparing the annual operating and capital budgets.
• May review monthly financial reports, and contacts Accounting Department (analyst) to notify of discrepancies and provides information to the Director of Pharmacy concerning significant variances.
• Maintains the pharmacy in a state of readiness for federal, state and local regulatory agency inspections (e.g. TJC, Drug Inspectors, etc.).
• Ensures outdated Narcotics are correctly inventoried and packaged for return using all required forms.
• Monitors revenues and expenses to identify deficiencies or excesses.
• Communicates issues and concerns, both internal and external, to the Manager/Director of Pharmacy.

Implementation Of Pharmacy Daily Operations

• Assumes other responsibilities as required to maintain high quality pharmacy services.
• Assists in entering Physician orders into Pharmacy Information system.
• Affirms that workload is distributed equally between staff members.
• Communicates changes, issues, and problems to other supervisors.
• Provides distributive and clinical services during pharmacists vacations, illnesses, LOAs, etc, as well as, during short-staffed periods resulting from resignations and/or volume increases.

Regulatory Compliance

• Controlled Substances Supervision: Supervises the audits and monitoring to include but not limited to the following: all Controlled Substance Outstanding Transactions, accurate documentation entry of controlled substances received from the manufacture/wholesaler in to pharmacys perpetual inventory system , and all Open Discrepancies and reporting to the Director, or CEO if necessary. (per protocol)
• Maintains the pharmacy in a state of readiness for federal, state and local regulatory agency inspections (e.g. TJC, Drug Inspectors, etc.).
• Adheres to and enforces the rules and regulations established by the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy.

Required Minimum Education

• Bachelor's Pharmacy or Doctorate Pharmacy-Preferred

Required Minimum License(s) And Certification(s)

• RPH - Registered Pharmacist Required

Required Minimum Experience

• Must be Oriented and Knowledgeable in the specialized functions of a hospital pharmacy
• Minimum of 2 years working in a hospital pharmacy is Required
• Prior experience in a supervisory capacity in a hospital pharmacy or in a clinical or community setting is Preferred

Knowledgeable In The Use Of Automated Dispensing System And Of Computerized Hospital Pharmacy Systems

• Required

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