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WellSpan Health
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Job Location: York, PA
Job Type: Full-Time/Regular
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Director - Pharmaceutical Care
Tracking Code 26532
Job Description
Director - Pharmaceutical Care
York Hospital
General Summary
Under the general supervision of the Vice President-Operations, manages all pharmaceutical activities throughout the organization to ensure that patients` pharmaceutical needs are effectively met. Establishes policies, procedures, standards and objectives for the provision of services and coordinates with other departments to provide maximum level of services to patients and hospital staff.
Duties and Responsibilities:
The following are essential job accountablilities
- Directs, coordinates and supervises all of the following pharmaceutical activities across the organization:
- Distributive functions including the purchasing, receiving, storing, compounding and dispensing of all medications.
- Clinical pharmacy consultative services across the organization, including coordination of the pharmacy residency program with the pharmacy residency program director.
- Through collaboration with organizational safety professionals, consults on all medication use safety-related processes and initiatives.
- In coordination with the organizational information technology professionals, implements, develops, and maintains pharmacy information systems and related equipment.
- All quality assessment-related activities related to all pharmacy-related activities and the organizations medication use process in order to ensure the delivery of quality pharmacy services for all patients.
- Pharmaceutical product purchasing and inventory control to meet patient needs.
2. Consults with and advises medical and/or other healthcare professionals regarding utilization of and/or pharmacokinetic profiles of pharmaceuticals.
3. Ensures compliance with all medication use-related regulations and accreditation standards through collaboration with organizational regulatory compliance professionals and other departments/service lines/entities.
4. Continually reviews existing procedures and systems and makes recommendations for improvement where appropriate.
5. Develops and recommends appropriate budget(s) for area(s) of responsibility and ensures that area(s) operates within budget.
6. Collaborates with the Institutional Review Board by directing the pharmaceutical component of all organizational research efforts.
7. Ensures proper controls and records of narcotics and other controlled substances as required by state and federal law.
8. Develops and determines priorities and monitors status of special projects on an ongoing basis.
9. Maintains competence related to the latest developments concerning newly marketed drugs or the latest pharmaceutical research developments reported.
10. Establishes and monitors charging system for all items dispensed from pharmacy.
Department Description:
The Pharmacy Department is committed to quality and safety. Our training program offers residents the ability to be mentored in an environment which promotes gaining experience in providing and overseeing all aspects of hospital based pharmacy practice. Pharmacists working within the Pharmacy Department participate in providing specialist level care through our work within our Pain Team, Nutrition Support and Anticoagulation Clinics.
About WellsSpan:
WellSpan Health is a not-for-profit, community based health care system serving more than 650,000 people in south central Pennsylvania and northern Maryland. York Hospital, a 570+ bed, Level 1 Trauma Center, Magnet designated community teaching hospital, and Gettysburg Hospital, a 76-bed acute-care facility, are the cornerstones of the health system. In April 2012, WellSpan Health opened the WellSpan Surgery and Rehabilitation Hospital a 73-bed state-of-the art hospital, to care for patients recovering from strokes, traumas, chronic disease complications and orthopedic injuries. The organization has received significant, national recognition, including being named a Top 100 Integrated Health Network by Verispan, being one of the Top 25 Connected Healthcare Facilities by Health Imaging and IT. WellSpan Health is an integrated health system with more than 60 care sites, more than 8,700 employees and seven residency programs.
The Community:
WellSpan Health facilities are located in York and Adams counties, which offer an ideal living environment to match the quality of work-life balance youre seeking. Both communities offer abundant outdoor and cultural activities, including restaurants, theatre, golf courses, hiking trails, water sports and historic tours. The communities are a short drive from several, large metropolitan areas including the Baltimore/DC metro area and Philadelphia.
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Required Experience
Previous Management Experience required
Completion of 5 year program from accredited school of pharmacy
PA License and registration as required
Job Location York, Pennsylvania, United States
Position Type Full-Time/Regular
Schedule: Days
Additional Scheduling Info: N/A
Additional Requirements: N/A
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