Primary Functions:

Under the direction of the Executive Director of Pharmacy Operations, the pharmacy's operations include compounding, dispensing, scheduling, purchasing, distribution, QI, and regulatory compliance. Serves as the pharmacist-in-charge and is responsible for compliance with laws, regulations, professional conduct, and responsibilities of the pharmacy technicians.

Major Responsibilities:

• Daily opening and closing of the pharmacy practice site.
• Organizes and directs the pharmacy program’s operations and employees to ensure the 24-hour availability of services and products.
• Assures adequate inventory of pharmaceuticals and supplies.
• Assures all equipment utilized in the delivery of HPC products and services is adequately maintained.
• Assures pharmacy services are provided in compliance with applicable laws, regulations, accreditation standards, company policy and procedure, and ethical standards of practice.
• Assures adequate and appropriate staffing, including recruitment, orientation, in-service education, and completion of annual performance appraisal. Terminates pharmacy staff as required.
• Coordinates with other company areas and managers as appropriate, consistent with organizational structure.
• Assures the implementation of a pharmacy performance improvement program, including evaluating the home pharmacy program services.
• Chairs the company PI and P&T and serves as a Compliance and CMP committee member.
• Chairs the Quality Management Committee (QMC).
• Assures the Drug Control system is consistent with policies and regulatory requirements, including:
  • Certification of medical and prescription orders
  • Provide final verification of all products before shipping
  • Initial and provide comments on medical and prescription orders
  • Provide patient counseling
  • Provide drug information to patients, nurses, caregivers, and prescribers
  • Supervise receipt of prescription drugs and orders,
  • Supervise storage of medications,
  • Supervise packaging of medications,
  • Preparation and dispensing of prescriptions,
  • Supervise labeling of the medication container
  • Preparation of prescriptions for delivery
  • Oversee return and/or destruction of products

• Provide instruction/counseling to clients and caregivers regarding specific drug therapy, including possible adverse reactions and/or interactions.
• Always ensure appropriate pharmacy supervision.
• Provides information regarding the safe and appropriate use of medications to other health care professionals.
• Assures safe and appropriate service policies are developed and implemented.
• Identifies appropriate outcomes of drug therapy.
• Consult on drug therapy and coordinate with other health care professionals.
• Monitors and documents ongoing drug therapy, including the assessment of:
  • The therapeutic appropriateness of the choice of drug(s),
  • Therapeutic duplication in the client’s drug routine,
  • Appropriateness of the dose, frequency, and route of administration,
  • Adherence to drug regimen,
  • Potential drug, food, or diagnostic test interactions of disease limitations to drug use,
  • Laboratory or clinical monitoring methods to detect drug effectiveness, side effects, toxicity or adverse effects,
  • Preparing and maintaining clinical records
• Assures prescribing activities are consistent with state/federal regulations
• Manages pharmacy operations in accordance with established fiscal parameters.
• Assists in obtaining/completing billing information and documentation,
• Assists in the development of HPC’s budget for pharmacy, personnel, and equipment
• Plan, develop, implement, administer, and evaluate programs related to pharmacy services.
• Represents the organization to other groups, organizations, and the public:
  • Assists in marketing HPC products and services,
  • Conducts in-services as required.
  • Ensures the accuracy of all public information materials.
  • Informs the Board of Directors and staff of current organizational, community, and industry trends.
• Performs duties of staff pharmacist when required; oversees/performs compounding and distribution of all pharmaceutical products, ancillary supplies, and equipment; Assures appropriate clinical monitoring of patients; Assumes on-call responsibilities in rotation.
• Fulfills reporting/documentation requirements as necessary:
  • Monthly pharmacy report and statistics if required by the Board of Directors.
  • Monthly environmental testing.
  • Monthly, quarterly, and annual payer utilization reports.

• Pharmacy QI indicators.
• Prescriptions, pick lists, drug profiles, and other documents as required by law and company

Qualification Requirements:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each essential duty. The requirements below represent the required knowledge, skill, and/or ability. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Education:

• B.S. degree in pharmacy from an accredited institution
• PharmD or MS degree preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Thorough knowledge of infusion therapies.
• Demonstrated compliance with aseptic technique.
• Strong interpersonal skills and communication.
• Computer proficiency.

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years of recent clinical pharmacy experience, with at least 2 years in a leadership role (e.g., managing staff, overseeing operations).
• Experience in a pharmacy setting that includes managing medications for patients with hemophilia or other complex medical conditions.
• Inventory management experience.

Language Skills:

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret standard scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
• Ability to respond to complaints from employees, regulatory agencies, or business community members.
• Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format.
• Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or board of directors.

Mathematical Skills:

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percentage and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Policy and Procedure

• Accuracy in mathematical calculations, including pharmacokinetic dosing.

Reasoning Ability:

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations:

• A current valid, unrestricted clinical pharmacy license in the state(s) of practice listed.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that an employee must meet to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.
• The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls, and reach with hands and arms.
• The employee occasionally lifts and/or moves up to 25 pounds or more.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

Comments: This description is intended to describe the essential job functions, the general supplemental functions and the essential requirements for the performance of this job. It is not an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and requirements of a person so classified. Other functions may be assigned and management retains the right to add or change the duties at any time.