Clinical Director - Pharmacy
Location
Texarkana, TX | United States
Job description
Job Title: Clinical Director - Pharmacy
Assignment Length: 13 Weeks
Location: Texarkana TX 75503
Shift: 7:30a-5p, Monday to Friday
Salary Negotiable
(Reimbursement of all travel related expenses; airfare, lodging, meal per diem, car rental with receipts using GSA standard 40 hours per week, NOT eligible for OT)
Job Description:
- Develops and enforces policies and procedures that promote cost-effective, appropriate, and safe medication use.
- Develops and maintains a medical staff approved formulary
- Supervises medication storage and preparation areas throughout the facility.
- Provides for the educational needs of health care professionals, 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 ad biologicals.
- Ensures strict control and accountability for medications dispensed to patients or distributed to floor stock.
- Assures adequate control and documentation of controlled substances.
- Ensures applicable CE records and licensure are maintained in department files.
- Contributes to the quality and effective operation of the department.
- Supervises all pharmacy personnel. Recruits, interviews and promotes disciplines and terminates pharmacy staff.
- Develops job descriptions and performance standards. Evaluates and counsels staff on their performance.
- Evaluates work schedules against workload statistics. Maintains an appropriate staffing level.
- Provides for the educational needs of the pharmacy staff.
- Prepares budget annually.
- Reviews monthly financial statistics and plans expenditures within budget guidelines.
- Ensures preparation and submission of patient charges and financial reports to finance in accordance with policy.
- Administers reports, documents, payroll records, statistical surveys, and other required data.
- Ensures compliance with health system policies and procedures that apply to pharmacy services.
- Ensures compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations.
- Integrates the department into the organization's primary functions.
- Develops and implements a strategic plan for the pharmacy that supports the mission and goals of the organization.
- Develops and implements pharmacy services in collaboration with associated department services.
- Develops, implements and maintains a program that improves the quality of pharmacy services and supports the quality improvement plan of the organization.
- Participates in all committees/functions required by the organization including the Pharmacy and Therapeutics committee.
- Establishes productive, collaborative relationships with staff members and within the community.
- Demonstrates competence to perform assigned patient care responsibilities in a manner that meets the age specific and developmental needs of patients served by the department.
- Appropriately adapts assigned patient assessment, treatment, and/or care methods to accommodate the unique physical, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual, age specific and other developmental needs of each patient served.
- Takes personal responsibility to ensure compliance with all policies, procedures and standards as promulgated by state and federal agencies, the hospital, and other regulatory entities.
- Performs all duties in a manner that protects the confidentiality of patients and does not solicit or disclose any confidential information unless it is necessary in the performance of assigned job duties.
- Perform other job duties as needed or assigned by the client.
JOB STANDARD QUALIFICATIONS - Education/Skills
- Experience
- 8+ years of technical experience
- 7+ years of Leadership/ Management experience
- Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications
- RPH License in state of employment
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