Roles and ResponsibilitiesPOSITION SUMMARYThe Pharmacy Director is responsible for overseeing all medication storage, preparation, and distribution in the pharmacy. The Pharmacy Director ensures that the pharmacy provides optimal services; meets all legal, accreditation, and certification requirements; complies with all applicable policies, procedures, codes, and standards of practice.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIESSupervisory- Administrator of designated ContinuumRx HME and pharmacy personnel and helps recruit, interviews, promotes, and disciplines pharmacy staff
- Ensures performance standards in accordance with pharmacy job descriptions
- Prepares work schedules and monitors workflow processes
- Evaluates and counsels pharmacy staff on their performance
- Provides for the educational needs of the pharmacy staff
- Develops and enforces policies and procedures that promote cost-effective, appropriate, and safe medication use
- Supervises medication storage and preparation areas throughout the pharmacy
- Ensures that patients are assessed for appropriateness of therapy provided by the pharmacy
- Provides for the educational needs of pharmacy staff, 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, and biological
- Ensures strict control and accountability for medications dispensed to patients or otherwise distributed
- Assures adequate control and documentation of controlled substances
- Ensures applicable continuing education records and licensure are maintained in department files
- Helps prepare a pharmacy budget annually
- Reviews monthly financial statistics and helps maintain expenditures within budget guidelines
- Administers reports, documents, payroll records, statistical surveys, and other required data
- Ensures compliance with Corporate policies and procedures that apply to pharmacy services
- Ensures compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations
- Ensures compliance with all applicable accreditation standards to maintain accreditation status
- Availability for assisting with On-Call responsibilities, as needed. ("Taking Call/Being On-Call")
- Clinically manage patients throughout the duration of therapy.
- Participate in compounding; as needed.
- Has periodic consultation with practitioners in the field (meets with pharmacy reps, attends industry meetings and conferences etc.).
- Complete understanding of confidentiality with respect to Company proprietary information as well as information concerning patient/client care; complying with all federal and state laws as apply to confidentiality of protected health information (PHI) and electronic protected health information (EPHI); and following HIPAA guidelines regarding readily identifiable protected health information.
- Guidance for clinical operational aspects of program.
- Oversight of clinical decision-making aspects of program.
- Organizational objective to have qualified clinicians accountable to the organization for decisions affecting consumers.
Qualifications and Experience- Must be a graduate of an accredited school of pharmacy
- Current, active and in good standing registered pharmacist license in the state of employment.
- Good oral and written skills required; must be able to articulate and communicate clearly.
- Excellent computer skills helpful.
- Must be able to work well with a team, as the pharmacist's role doesn't consist of independent work.
