Director, Pharmacy Services
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Description: Mercy Medical Center is currently seeking to employ Director, Pharmacy Services right now, this career will be delegated in Iowa. For detail informations about this career opportunity please read the description below. This position supports Mercy’s philosophy of patient centered care by ensuring that the pharmacy provides optimal services, facilitates safe medication use, meets all lega! l, accreditations, and certification requirements, and complies with all applicable policies, procedures, codes, and standards of the organization. The Director of Pharmacy is responsible for the overall direction and operation of the Pharmacy Department. Job Specific Duties/Essential Functions Ensures the integrity and maintenance of an adequate medication supply and ensures strict control and accountability for medications dispensed to patients. Ensures that all medication procurement, preparation, and dispensing practices within the department comply with established federal, state, hospital, and departmental guidelines and regulations.
Develop, justify, lead, and manage programs that improve the quality of pharmacy services, improve medication-use safety, and support the quality improvement plan of the organization. Develops and implements short-term and long-term strategic plan for the pharmacy department that supports the mission and goals of the organization.
Seeks innovative ways to reduce/contain costs and ensure quality services.
Assures that pharmacy computer systems and technology are contemporary, functional, and appropriately integrated with the other systems within the pharmacy and hospital. Consults with, advises and acts as a general liaison between the hospital and medical staff on medication usage and application. Provides guidance and assistance in the development of the drug formulary and ongoing Medication Usage Review in conjunction with the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee. Develops a high level of morale and motivation among Pharmacy employees that enables the employ! ee to work together toward common objectives by recognizing organizational lines within the department; keeps employees informed of matters affecting their work and interests; interprets and explains hospital policies, procedures, and department objectives and seeks comments and suggestions from employees. Determine job objectives, work methods and performance standards; review their performance relative to departmental objectives discussion appraisal with each employee and performance; authorize and communicate salary changes, promotions, transfers, discipline and discharge and administer all other personnel actions.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities High level of clinical competence and leadership skills necessary for effective management of the department. Strong technical knowledge of computer applications and other pharmacy technology resources. Professional Experience
10 years of hospital experience, preferred. Minimum 3 years in a management position, requ! ired. Education
Doctorate of Pharmacy (PharmD) or Bachelor of Scien! ce (BS) degree in pharmacy, required. Masters of Business Administration (MBA) or Masters of Health Administration (MHA), preferred. Licensure, Certification, Registration
Current Pharmacist licensure in the State of Iowa required.
Physical Activity Requirements Constant = 67-100% of workday Sitting Fingering Repetitive motion Frequent = 34-66% of workday Reaching Standing Walking Talking Hearing Occasional = 33% or less of workday Lifting Balancing Stooping Kneeling Crouching Pushing Pulling Grasping Feeling Climbing Handling Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction. Sitting: to assume a position in which the weight is largely supported by the buttocks, usually with the body vertical and the thighs horizontal. Standing: Maintaining an upright position. Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks. Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position. Fingering: writing or otherwise w! orking, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm as in handling. Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken wordâ€"those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly. Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal range; ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make fine discriminations in sound, such as when auscultating and percussing. Repetitive motions: Substantial movements (motion) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers. Balancing: Maintaining equilibrium to prevent falling when assisting patients with activity. Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist Kneeling: Bending legs at knee to come to a rest or kneel. Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust f! orward, downward or outward. Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert ! force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion. Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm. Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of the fingertips and palms. Climbing: Stairs, stools, ramps Handling: Working primarily with the whole hand while scouring, dusting, obtaining supplies and handling equipment. Physical Demand Requirements Medium: Exert 20-50 lbs. of force occasionally and/or 10-15 lbs. of force frequently Visual Acuity Work requires close vision, distance vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Ability to read pertinent printed material and distinguish colors. Ability to accurately read measurements on patient related equipmentâ€"some examples include: mechanical gauges, IV pumps, and computer monitor displays. Ability to read management reports or other pertinent printed material. Work requires analyzing data a! nd figures, use of computer terminal and extensive reading. Worker must be able to visually assess patients’ safety needs. Normal visual acuity required to maintain accuracy and neatness of work. Preparing and reading written documentation, use of computer. Peripheral vision. Reading labels Calculating Intellectual/Emotional Requirements Adaptability to performing under stress when confronted with emergent, critical, unusual, or dangerous situations, or situation in which working speed and sustained attention are make-or-break aspects of the job. Adaptability to performing a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another without loss of efficiency or composure. Ability to maintain both a high standard of courtesy and cooperation in dealing with co-workers, patients and visitors and satisfactory job performance despite the stress of a hospital work environment. Adaptability to accepting responsibility for the direction, control or planning of an activity. Adapt! ability to situations requiring the precise attainment of set limits, t! olerances or standards. Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to interact with the patient population of: infant, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric. Ability to perform under stress when confronted with emergency, critical, or unusual situations. Ability to influence people in their opinions, attitudes or judgments about ideas or things. Ability to make generalizations, evaluations or decisions based on measurable or verifiable criteria; i.e., patient assessment and/or equipment performance. Adaptability to performing repetitive work or to performing continuously the same work, according to set procedures sequence or pace. Adaptability to dealing with people beyond giving and receiving instructions. Able to communicate with people regarding giving and receiving of instructions. Adaptability to changing priorities. Adaptability to fluctuate between priorities on a daily basis, i.e. answering the phone, pulling charts, filing charts, copying charts and helping a! nswer questions for ancillary staff.
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