Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Supervisor Pharmacy

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center • $100K — $120K *
Hampstead, NH 03841In-Person
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy and 3 years experience as a Pharmacist.
  • Graduate of an ACPE accredited school of Pharmacy with 3 years of healthcare experience, including at least 1 year in a supervisory role.
  • Proven ability to work independently with strong prioritization and decision-making skills.
  • Effective problem-solving and change management skills are favored.
  • Strong communication skills, both oral and written, with emphasis on teamwork.

Responsibilities

  • Supervise daily operations of Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians.
  • Serve as pharmacist-in-charge in the absence of pharmacy managers.
  • Oversee pharmacy operations including staff management, compliance, and inventory control.
  • Hire, train, and evaluate Pharmacy Department staff.
  • Schedule staff to ensure adequate coverage and manage workloads.
  • Assist in creating and implementing departmental policies and procedures.
  • Prepare and dispense medication orders, ensuring accuracy in patient profiles.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional development and growth.
  • A supportive and collaborative work environment.
  • Participation in quality improvement initiatives.
  • Access to comprehensive clinical resources and drug information.
  • Focus on patient-centered care and therapeutic efficacy.
Full Job Description
Overview

Supervises staff and work load in assigned, specialized shop/section of the department to ensure a safe and efficient operation.

Responsibilities
  • Supervises day-to-day activities of Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians
  • Act as pharmacist-in-charge in the absence of pharmacy managers
  • Pharmacist in Charge: The pharmacist responsible for the day-to-day oversight of the operation of the pharmacy. This includes but is not limited to: managing staff, ensuring compliance to all applicable state and federal guidelines, and maintaining the inventory of all medications.
  • Helps to hire, train and evaluate Pharmacy Department staff.
  • Schedules staff and ensures appropriate staff coverage
  • Assists in the development and administration of departmental policies and procedures
  • May prepare and dispense medication orders per physician request by interpreting and evaluating medication orders and transcribe to computerized patient medication profiles. Maintain medication profiles.
  • Ensures safe, appropriate, cost effective medication therapies for Monitors medication therapy by assessment of:
  • Therapeutic appropriateness of the regimen (e.g. indication for use, drug selection, dosage).
  • Therapeutic duplication of the
  • Appropriateness of the route and method of the regimen
  • Patient compliance with the regimen.
  • Medication/medication, medication/food, medication/laboratory test, and medication/disease interactions
  • Clinical and laboratory data to evaluate the efficacy of therapy and to anticipate toxicity and adverse effects.
  • Physical signs and clinical symptoms relevant to therapy.
  • Reads, extracts, and interprets information in patient Detects and reports suspected adverse drug reactions.
  • Sustains the formulary by minimizing non-formulary procurements, utilizing therapeutic substitution protocols, P&T committee approved drug use criteria; and promoting rational drug therapy selection.
  • Provides clinical consultation and clarification to Suggests appropriate, cost-e?ective therapeutic alternatives to medical staff.
  • Provides accurate, adequate, and timely drug information to the professional staff.
  • Assists in discharge Counsels patient/families concerning proper drug administration, potential drug side effects and precautions, and discharge medication orders. Helps locate medication supplies not generally available.
  • Documents all clinical activities and interventions.
  • Participates in quality improvement and medication use review activities of the department.
  • Resolves patient complaints and works with staff to ensure excellent customer service.
  • Performs other duties as required or assigned
    • Qualifications
    • Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy 3 years’ experience as a Pharmacist.
    • Graduate of an ACPE accredited school of Pharmacy with 3 years of health care system experience (of which 1 must be pharmacy supervisory experience), or the equivalent required.
    • Demonstrated ability to work independently and possess the ability to set priorities and make critical decision.
    • Effective problem solving, and change management abilities desired.
    • Effective oral and written communication skills, as well as demonstrated interpersonal and team skills essential.
    Required Licensure/Certifications
    • Current unrestricted NH Pharmacist licensure.

    About Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

    Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) is a nonprofit academic health system that serves a population of 1.9 million in New England. DHMC includes a 396-bed tertiary care hospital, research and clinical facilities for the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, and the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. DHMC is the largest private employer in New Hampshire and is the only academic medical center in the state. The medical center is affiliated with the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and is part of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health, a network of healthcare providers in New Hampshire and Vermont.
    Learn more about Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
    Size
    13,000 employees
    Industry
    Healthcare
    Founded
    1983
    * Ladders Estimates

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