Pharmacy Director

POSITION SUMMARY

The Pharmacy Director is responsible for overseeing all medication storage, preparation, and distribution in the pharmacy. The Pharmacy Director ensures that the pharmacy provides optimal services; meets all legal, accreditation, and certification requirements; complies with all applicable policies, procedures, codes, and standards of practice.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

Supervisory

• Administrator of designated ContinuumRx HME and pharmacy personnel and helps recruit, interviews, promotes, and disciplines pharmacy staff
• Ensures performance standards in accordance with pharmacy job descriptions
• Prepares work schedules and monitors workflow processes
• Evaluates and counsels pharmacy staff on their performance
• Provides for the educational needs of the pharmacy staff
• Develops and enforces policies and procedures that promote cost-effective, appropriate, and safe medication use
• Supervises medication storage and preparation areas throughout the pharmacy
• Ensures that patients are assessed for appropriateness of therapy provided by the pharmacy
• Provides for the educational needs of pharmacy staff, patients, and their families
• Ensures maintenance of an adequate medication supply
• Ensures the integrity of the medication supply
• Establishes specifications for the procurement of medications, chemicals, and biological
• Ensures strict control and accountability for medications dispensed to patients or otherwise distributed
• Assures adequate control and documentation of controlled substances
• Ensures applicable continuing education records and licensure are maintained in department files
• Reviews monthly financial statistics and helps maintain expenditures within budget guidelines.
• Administers reports, documents, payroll records, statistical surveys, and other required data
• Ensures compliance with Corporate policies and procedures that apply to pharmacy services
• Ensures compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations
• Ensures compliance with all applicable accreditation standards to maintain accreditation status
• Availability for assisting with On-Call responsibilities, as needed. ("Taking Call/Being On-Call")
• Complete understanding of confidentiality with respect to Company proprietary information as well as information concerning patient/client care; complying with all federal and state laws as apply to confidentiality of protected health information (PHI) and electronic protected health information (EPHI); and following HIPAA guidelines regarding readily identifiable protected health information.
• Guidance for clinical operational aspects of program.
• Oversight of clinical decision-making aspects of program.
• Organizational objective to have qualified clinicians accountable to the organization for decisions affecting consumers.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• On call
• Weekends as needed

Work Location: In person