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Description SHIFT: Mixed (rotating weekends)
SCHEDULE: Full-time
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Manager Pharmacy Operations dedicated in providing high quality, efficient care to our community. We are an amazing team that works hard to support each other and are seeking a phenomenal addition like you who feels patient care is as meaningful as we do. We want you to apply
Job Summary The
Manager Pharmacy Operations will work closely with the Director of Pharmacy to coordinate and supervise designated operational functions of the pharmacy department. Included in this capacity is the oversight and supervision of the clinical pharmacist staff. The Manager Pharmacy Operations must combine administrative and clinical skills to create a well-functioning, patient-oriented department that promotes rational and safe drug therapies. This individual shall provide drug information and clinical resources to health professionals and patients within our facility. The Manager Pharmacy Operations supervises staff pharmacists, interns, and pharmacy students, and monitors all aspects of drug therapy in the facility. Regulatory issues, compliance issues, clinical metrics, tracking and trending facility data, and quality improvement will fall under the responsibilities of this position. In all aspects, The Manager Pharmacy Operations will represent the Pharmacy Department as the lead clinical authority.
Position Responsibilities: The individual in this position must lead the clinical pharmacy team
by example. This individual will be held to the highest standards at all times.
The Manager Pharmacy Operations will be expected to: - Comply with facility policy and procedures and regulatory requirements.
- Perform drug procurement (inventory pharmacy stock, prepare drug purchase orders, order drugs (including controlled substances) as needed, receive drugs and prepare products for final distribution, assure that drug inventories are adequate for existing need, make recommendations where warranted to help control the drug budget).
- Process medication orders and ensure related patient charges (receive orders, labels, maintain medication profiles, reconstitute oral medications, compound parenteral admixtures, and assure the accurate and timely dispensing of medications).
- Identify, monitor, document and oversee interventions related to medication order processing, as appropriate. These interventions include the identification of drug interactions and adverse drug reactions.
- Assist in maintaining a closed formulary at LCMC.
- Work with physicians on therapeutic alternatives where available.
- Perform clinical pharmacy functions (complete interventions and pharmacokinetic assessments in a timely manner, actively participate in patient medication counseling, and the documentation of counseling).
- Demonstrate good communications skills (provide upward/downward communication in problem prone situations; exercise judgment in determining when to involve department leadership; provide documentation of medication events via the occurrence reporting mechanism; communicate with appropriate staff with respect to scheduling/PTO etc.)
- Demonstrate a proactive attitude, seeking to remedy situations before they arise. Report quality concerns to the Director of Pharmacy.
- Ensure that conduct is in accordance with Corporate Ethics and Compliance policies and procedures.
- Maintain proficiency in sterile compounding and serve as a source of knowledge for pharmacy staff.
- Monitor drug therapy regimens for contraindications, drug-drug interactions, drug-food interactions, allergies and appropriateness of drug and dose.
- Suggest appropriate, cost-effective therapeutic medication alternatives to medical staff.
- Sustain the hospital formulary, minimizing non-formulary procurements, utilizing therapeutic interchanges and promoting rational drug therapy selection.
- Provide accurate and updated medication information to healthcare staff and patients.
- The Manger Pharmacy Operations is expected to willingly function and perform in the role of a staff clinical pharmacist when needed. This need may be short-term (pharmacist sick day or PTO) or longer term (staff shortage) until the void is filled with permanent staff.
- Perform the duties of the Director of Pharmacy in his/her absence.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications - Licensure/Certification/Registration: Licensure with the Florida State Board of Pharmacy. Residency training certification preferred
- Education: Bachelor of Science, Pharmacy required; Doctor of Pharmacy degree preferred
- Experience: 2 years inpatient hospital experience preferred.
HCA Florida Lake City Hospital is a 91-bed acute care hospital serving the communities of Columbia, Hamilton and Suwannee counties for over 60 years.
HCA Florida Lake City Hospital offering medical and surgical programs including 24-hour emergency care, heart care, interventional cardiology, orthopedics, cancer care, imaging and rehabilitation services.
HCA Florida Lake City Hospital is an Accredited Primary Stroke Center by The Joint Commission, an Accredited Chest Pain Center by the American College of Cardiology, and has achieved Disease Specific Certification in the treatment of Sepsis by the Joint Commission. We have been named the area's Best of the Best Hospital 20 years in a row and employer of choice in 2019 by the Lake City-Columbia County Chamber of Commerce.
Benefits We are committed to providing our employees with the support they need. At Lake City Medical Center, we offer an array of medical, dental, and vision packages as well as several add-on perks to make your benefits package truly customizable to you and your family needs. Some of our unique benefits we offer include: - Student Loan Repayment
- Tuition Reimbursement/Assistance Programs
- Paid Personal Leave
- 401k (100% annual match - 3% to 9% of pay based on years of service)
- Identity Theft Protection discounts
- Auto, Home, and Life Insurance options
- Adoption Assistance
- Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
An EEO/AA Employer M/F/V/D
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HCA Healthcare is a collaborative healthcare network, driven by physicians, nurses and colleagues helping each other champion the practice of medicine to give people a healthier tomorrow. With a comprehensive network of more than 270,000 people across approximately 1,800 care facilities, our scale enables us to deliver great outcomes for our patients, provide superior nursing care and be a preferred place for physicians to practice medicine. We never stop in our pursuit of insights and care advances based on the knowledge and data we gain from approximately 30 million patient encounters a year. Every day, we raise the bar to improve the way healthcare is delivered, not just in our facilities, but everywhere. We're committed to improving more lives in more ways, and above all else, we are committed to the care and improvement of human life.
