Central Pharmacy Manager

Oceans Healthcare • Lafayette, LA, United States • $200k - $250k / year • 2d ago

Responsible for the day-to-day operation of the pharmacy department. The position requires extensive contact with the administrator, medical staff, nursing service, hospital staff, and nonhospital personnel (vendors,
auditors).

Essential Functions:

Initiate, schedule, direct, and control day-to-day operations of the department. perform in some part, and delegate remainder.

Coordinate department’s activities with those of other departments. Coordinate with other management staff in establishing checks and quality controls to ensure quality of care.

Responsible for interviewing, hiring, and evaluating of the staff pharmacists. Involved in the interviewing, hiring, and evaluating of the pharmacy technicians.

With appropriate recognition of organizational lines, discuss with employees, their problems and concerns, and assist in their resolution.

Collaborate with the Pharmacy General Manager on drug purchasing functions. assists in plans to affect economy in the purchase of drugs. Communicate with pharmaceutical representatives. Purchase and provide suitable storage of drugs and pharmaceutical supplies.

Maintains strict control over distribution and accountability of controlled substances and maintenance of required records for controlled substances.

Monitors drug therapy of patients and consults with physicians and nursing staff regarding problems with drug treatment regimens.

Responsible for the procurement, inventory control process, distribution, and storage of all medications. Remove expiring drugs from general distribution, prepare, and send to reverse distributor. Required daily.

Ensures quality pharmaceutical services are provided to patients and works collaboratively with medical staff, nursing, and other hospital departments on a regular basis.

May serve as Pharmacist-in-Charge for assigned facility(ies) and assume associated responsibilities in compliance with industry standard and Company’s policies and procedures for role.

Prepares and submits reports as necessary to any requiring department in an accurate and timely manner on an as needed basis.

Assumes primary responsibilities for nursing in-service medication education, and staff scheduling.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Educational / Experience Requirements:

Bachelor's or Doctor of Pharmacy Degree.
Three to five years of hospital experience, including supervisoryexperience.
Licensed Pharmacist in the State of practice. Eligible for licensure in other states.

Qualifications / Skills:

Proficient with pharmacy computer programs with ability to learn new programs efficiently.
Demonstrate leadership, administrative, human resource, and managerial skills.
Ability to manage multiple projects and issues concurrently.
Excellent written | oral communication skills.
Ability to adapt in a rapidly changing environment.
Familiar with a variety of the fields, concepts, practices, and procedure.
Maintains up-todate knowledge of the profession by membership and participation in programs, attendance at meetings, seminars, lectures, etc., and reading the current literature.

Work Environment:

Subject to many interruptions. Pressure due to multiple calls and inquiries. Can be high paced and stressful; must be able to cope mentally and physically to atmosphere. Requires spending approximately 90% or more of the time inside a building that offers protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes.

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