Pharmacy Manager

At Oceans Behavioral Hospital Abilene, healing is our focus. We are passionate about helping adolescents, adults and seniors manage the challenges associated with anxiety, depression and other mental health issues. Utilizing proven, innovative and progressive therapies, our qualified professionals strive to promote long-term wellness through a range of inpatient and outpatient psychiatric counseling and treatment options.

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. Also hear employee grievances in accordance with established procedures; settle same, or as necessary refer them to higher authority, communicate to superior, or others as appropriate, employees’ suggestions and reactions to hospital policies and actions.
• Collaborate with the Assistant Director of Pharmacy 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. Expiring drugs are removed from general distribution. Required on a daily basis.
• Ensures quality pharmaceutical services are provided to patients and works collaboratively with Medical Staff, Nursing and other hospital departments on a regular basis.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of the profession by membership and participation in programs, attendance at meetings, seminars, lectures, etc., and reading the current literature.
• Serves on all relevant Oceans Healthcare Pharmacy Group committees as required and requested.
• 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.
• Other duties as assigned.
  
  

Requirements

Educational / Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor's or Doctor of Pharmacy Degree
• 3 to 5 years of hospital, including supervisory experience
• 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
  
  

Work Environment:

• Occupational Risks: Some portions (less than 50%) of daily assignments involve occupational risk, such as cuts, burns, exposure to toxic chemicals, injuries from falls, or back injury sustained with assisting in moving, lifting, or positioning patients, equipment, or materials.
• Safety Equipment: Job does not require the use of safety equipment, such as HEPA mask, for infection prevention.
• Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure: OSHA Category I - Exposure not anticipated. Work does not involve exposure to blood, body fluids, or tissue, and does not require performing unplanned exposure tasks.
• Ergonomic Risks: Significant portions (more than 50%) of daily assignments involve ergonomic risk, such as regular repetitive tasks, forceful or prolonged exertions of the hands, vibration, cold temperatures, heavy lifting, pulling, pushing, or carrying of heavy objects, poor body mechanics, restrictive workstations, or awkward postures. Lifting: Job requires lifting over 30 pounds.
• Climbing Stairs: Job does not require climbing stairs.
• Manual Skills: Significant portions (more than 50%) of daily assignments involve application of manual skills requiring motor coordination in combination with finger dexterity, e.g., typing or machine operations.
• Physical Effort: Some portions (less than 50%) of daily assignments involve prolonged standing, transporting patients, material or equipment, or lifting, moving, or carrying heavy (over 30 pounds) materials for intermittent periods throughout the day.
• Work Schedule: Work may require evening, night, holiday, or weekend assignments on occasion.
• Physical Environment: Generally pleasant working conditions.
• Volatility of Workload: The workload required to perform this job has infrequent changes, but when changes occur, they tend to be major.
• Travel: Some portions (less than 50%) of daily assignments require travel to client/resident/patient locations or other work sites, via car or public transportation