What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Director of Pharmacy position at The Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD?
Brief Description
The Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD (“The HARRIS CENTER”) is looking for a Assistant Director of Pharmacy to join our team! The Assistant Director of Pharmacy will plan, organize, and direct all functions of the Harris Center Pharmacy services. Assure all legal, regulatory, and accrediting requirements are maintained at the best demonstrated practice. Assure all pharmacy revenue management and pharmacy budget are tracking through the system properly. This position is responsible for ensuring optimal revenue capture, integrity, and reliability for technical and professional based billing systems in both inpatient and ambulatory pharmacy areas and other clinical areas as assigned. Maintain a professional presence throughout the agency including communications with pharmacy staff and Harris Center leadership. Assure pharmacy services and activities are carried out to meet goals and standards of the pharmacy programs and the agency.
Your Role In Action
What qualifications you will need:
The Harris Center not only offers a competitive salary but also a suite of excellent benefits designed to enrich your life both professionally and personally. Imagine a future with a robust retirement plan complemented by our generous company matching – a testament to our investment in your long-term financial well-being. Experience the unique advantage of our prior service credit, accelerating your journey towards a more substantial Paid Time Off accrual, empowering you to enjoy well-deserved breaks.
Enjoy Cell Phone Discounts, exclusive entertainment deals through Tickets at Work, and a free Headspace subscription for mental wellness. Additionally, our Employee Assistance Program supports your overall well-being.
Take advantage of significant financial relief through student loan forgiveness as a valued member of The Harris Center team. As a qualifying entity, our employees are eligible for various student loan forgiveness programs, designed to alleviate the financial burdens associated with higher education.
What Else You Should Know
The HARRIS CENTER is the state-designated Local Mental Health Authority and Local Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD) Authority serving Harris County, Texas. As the largest behavioral and developmental disability care center in Texas, The Harris Center provided care to over 96,000 people in fiscal year 2023!
As part of its mission to transform the lives of people with behavioral health and IDD needs in the third largest county in the United States, The HARRIS CENTER provides a full continuum of services at 86 different sites across Harris County. In addition, services are provided in more than 40 different languages as well as sign language to better serve what is one of the most diverse and multi-cultural communities in the nation.
By utilizing the unique expertise of its more than 2,500 employees, The Harris Center is committed to meeting the behavioral health and IDD needs of Harris County residents and giving them hope to live to their fullest potential.
The Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD (“The HARRIS CENTER”) is looking for a Assistant Director of Pharmacy to join our team! The Assistant Director of Pharmacy will plan, organize, and direct all functions of the Harris Center Pharmacy services. Assure all legal, regulatory, and accrediting requirements are maintained at the best demonstrated practice. Assure all pharmacy revenue management and pharmacy budget are tracking through the system properly. This position is responsible for ensuring optimal revenue capture, integrity, and reliability for technical and professional based billing systems in both inpatient and ambulatory pharmacy areas and other clinical areas as assigned. Maintain a professional presence throughout the agency including communications with pharmacy staff and Harris Center leadership. Assure pharmacy services and activities are carried out to meet goals and standards of the pharmacy programs and the agency.
Your Role In Action
- Works with and supports Director of Pharmacy Programs to set the strategic direction and ensures that each pharmacy of the assigned district achieves budgeted profit, unit cost, bed retention and other goals
- Oversees daily operations of pharmacy programs, processes for drug recalls, monthly medication area inspections and having supporting documentation.
- Participate in Harris Center committee meetings necessary to enhance practice and patient care.
- Address actionable items from Accreditation Bodies and regulatory agencies standards related to pharmacy.
- Collaborates with sites, managed care, finance, compliance and other areas of the revenue cycle to decrease denials, ensure optimal clean claim rates and ensure compliant billing practices. This manager will also partner with other areas that have an indirect impact on charge integrity including but not limited to coding, health information management, and utilization management.
- Support process for medication charges, and that they are accurately and timely posted to accounts.
- Leads charging and revenue related projects, workflow changes, review areas of risk, assess financial impact of changes and outline workflow procedures.
- Conducts staff meetings as appropriate and requested by director.
- Perform special projects as requested.
- Maintain and/or cover as Pharmacist In Charge and/or pharmacist as defined by pharmacy structure and resource needs.
- Other related duties and work scheduled as assigned to assure continuity of service within The Harris Center
What qualifications you will need:
- Bachelors degree in pharmacy or PharmD required
- Must be a “good standing” licensed Pharmacist in the state of Texas.
- 2 years related community/clinic pharmacy experience.
- 3 years of pharmacy financial reporting and revenue cycle experience is required.
- Prior management experience required.
- Hospital or health system pharmacy experience preferred
- Knowledgeable in regulatory compliance issues related to Medication management.
- Ability to develop, implement and lead all aspects of pharmacy operation.
- Extensive data analysis and navigation of reports using spreadsheets, databases, pivot tables including financial information, pharmacy claims data and other pharmacy or medication related reporting.
- Ability to see, hear, write, and speak clearly to communicate with customers and health care professionals.
- Excellent planning, organizing and leadership skills.
- Ability to work on call or be in an on-call rotation.
The Harris Center not only offers a competitive salary but also a suite of excellent benefits designed to enrich your life both professionally and personally. Imagine a future with a robust retirement plan complemented by our generous company matching – a testament to our investment in your long-term financial well-being. Experience the unique advantage of our prior service credit, accelerating your journey towards a more substantial Paid Time Off accrual, empowering you to enjoy well-deserved breaks.
Enjoy Cell Phone Discounts, exclusive entertainment deals through Tickets at Work, and a free Headspace subscription for mental wellness. Additionally, our Employee Assistance Program supports your overall well-being.
Take advantage of significant financial relief through student loan forgiveness as a valued member of The Harris Center team. As a qualifying entity, our employees are eligible for various student loan forgiveness programs, designed to alleviate the financial burdens associated with higher education.
What Else You Should Know
- This posting is associated with position #2035.
The HARRIS CENTER is the state-designated Local Mental Health Authority and Local Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD) Authority serving Harris County, Texas. As the largest behavioral and developmental disability care center in Texas, The Harris Center provided care to over 96,000 people in fiscal year 2023!
As part of its mission to transform the lives of people with behavioral health and IDD needs in the third largest county in the United States, The HARRIS CENTER provides a full continuum of services at 86 different sites across Harris County. In addition, services are provided in more than 40 different languages as well as sign language to better serve what is one of the most diverse and multi-cultural communities in the nation.
By utilizing the unique expertise of its more than 2,500 employees, The Harris Center is committed to meeting the behavioral health and IDD needs of Harris County residents and giving them hope to live to their fullest potential.
