HOSPITAL EXPERIENCE IS STRONGLY PREFERRED FOR THIS POSITION!

GENERAL SUMMARY:

Participates in the development and maintenance of all programs, policies/procedures, and goals/objectives encompassing pharmaceutical activities for Beaumont Health.  Promotes team efforts to manage and achieve departmental/corporate objectives.  Ensures that all staff meet/exceed minimum competency standards and encourage/support staff to continue professional development.  Demonstrates good judgment and decisiveness throughout daily activities.  Maintains knowledge of current Pharmaceutical practice and demonstrates a personal commitment to professional growth.  Supports administration by providing supervision, guidance and support for all assigned areas.  Participates in the planning, organization and implementation of new programs and activities.  Participates in strategies to increase market share, reduce cost and improve customer satisfaction.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:    

The following description of job responsibilities and standards is intended to reflect the major responsibilities and duties of the job, but is not intended to describe minor duties or other responsibilities assigned from time to time. See addendums.

• Oversight, direction, and monitoring of departmental pharmacy programs (clinical, operational, financial, and/or supply chain)
• Maintains regulatory compliance related to medication management and pharmacy practice
• Reviews, creates, and/or enforces policies related to medication management and pharmacy practice
• Coordinates or participates quality initiatives related to medication management and department process improvement
• Oversees medication cost containment programs and budgetary impact of medication use
• Oversight and direction for emergency preparedness activities related to medications
• Participates in the hiring of departmental employees and the budgeting process
• Completes and participates in the employee performance reviews, corrective action, and employee opinion surveys
• Supports medication safety efforts of organization by identifying, tracking and resolving medication errors. Helps develop and implements improved procedures to minimize and/or prevent medications errors.
• Assigns projects to others with initial guidance and reviews work progress
• Other duties as assigned

STANDARD QUALIFICATIONS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

Education / Training:

• Pharm.D. or Bachelor degree in pharmacy (residency training preferred)

Work Experience:

• Minimum 5 years pharmacy experience (or equivalent) OR Administrative Pharmacy Residency required
• Residency training and/or advanced degree (MBA, MS, MPH) preferred
• Management experience and/or leadership training preferred

Certification, Licensure, Registration:

• Unrestricted Pharmacist and Controlled Substance License in good standing with the State of Michigan (or eligible to obtain such licensure)

Other Qualifications:

• Pharmacist skills related to systems to provide pharmacy services and clinical skills related to providing drug therapy on an individual patient basis.
• Management skills in the areas of personnel planning and evaluating
• Excellent communication skills - verbal and written.
• Personal time management skills.
• Working knowledge of departmental computers systems
• Basic computer skills
• Individual must have demonstrated skills of leadership and strategic planning.
• Knowledge of Federal and State pharmacy and healthcare regulations

WORKING CONDITIONS:    

Physical Effort:

1. Strength-position requires incumbent to frequently perform physical activities requiring ability to push/pull or lift objects of up to 20 pounds; seldom perform physical activities requiring ability to push/pull or lift objects of up to 50 pounds.
2. Manual Dexterity-position requires incumbent to constantly perform simple motor skills such as standing or walking and manipulative skills such as writing; occasionally perform simple and moderately difficult manipulative skills such as typing and; seldom perform difficult manipulative skills such as IV admixture.
3. Coordination-position requires incumbent to constantly perform gross body coordination such as walking and stooping; frequently perform tasks which require hand-eye coordination such as keyboard skills; seldom perform tasks which require arm-hand steadiness such as calibration of equipment and IV admixture.
4. Mobility-position requires incumbent to constantly perform mobility skills such as walking, standing, and sitting, with seldom-prolonged standing or sitting in an uncomfortable position.
5. Visual Discrimination-position requires incumbent to frequently see objects closely as in reading or discriminate colors between different product packages.
6. Hearing-position requires incumbent to constantly be able to hear normal sound with some background noise.

Mental Requirements:

1. Concentration-position requires incumbent to be able to concentrate on minimal or moderate details with frequent amounts of interruptions; occasional concentration on fine detail with little to constant interruption.
2. Attention Span-position requires incumbent to frequently attend to task/functions for periods of up to 45 minutes in length and to occasionally attend to task/functions for periods exceeding 45 minutes in length such as complicated reports.
3. Conceptualization-position requires incumbent to constantly be able to understand and relate to specific ideas, concepts, and theories multiply generated and simultaneously discussed.
4. Memory-position requires incumbent to constantly remember task/assignment given to self and other over both short and long periods of time.

Work Environment:     

Position requires incumbent to be exposed to a variety of substances within the department such as constant exposure to dust and electromagnetic radiation as in VDT’s; occasional exposure to hazardous waste materials, toxins, chemicals as in chemotherapy product preparation, loud or unpleasant noises, or high humidity or wetness; seldom potential exposure to bodily injuries, such as needle sticks.