Director, Pharmacy (Institutional)

It's more than a career, it's a calling

OK-SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Oklahoma City

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Highlights:

Named 150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare 2023 - Becker's Healthcare

Named One of America's Greatest Workplaces for Diversity 2023 - Newsweek

Named One of America's Greatest Workplaces for Women 2023, 2024 - Newsweek

SSM Health is a Catholic, not-for-profit health system serving the comprehensive health needs of communities across the Midwest through a robust and fully integrated health care delivery system. The organization’s 40,000 team members and more than 12,800 providers are committed to providing exceptional health care services and revealing God’s healing presence to everyone they serve.
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With care delivery sites in Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma and Wisconsin, SSM Health includes 23 hospitals, more than 300 physician offices and other outpatient and virtual care services, 13 post-acute facilities, comprehensive home care and hospice services, a pharmacy benefit company, a health insurance company and an accountable care organization. It is one of the largest employers in every community it serves.

To request additional information, confidentially submit your interest, or nominate a fellow colleague, please contact:

Jon Dirksen

Executive Talent Acquisition

jon.dirksen@ssmhealth.com

#LI-Onsite

Job Summary:

Provides leadership in assuring department alignment in achieving organizational expectations of employee engagement, distinctive patient services, provision of quality and safe services, strategic planning, and fiscal responsibility. Acts as a communicator, facilitator and translator of the organizational expectations; and assures the managers and staff employees have the human and fiscal resources to effectively accomplish an engaged workforce, distinctive patient services and the provisions of quality and safe services. Please note this an ONSITE role and will require relocation to the Oklahoma City area upon acceptance of the role. A relocation package is available for those who qualify.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

Primary Responsibilities

• Develops short term and long term goals and oversees the operation of the pharmacy. Provides clinical, operational and financial oversight and direction for the development of pharmacy programs, policies, and procedures.
• Prepares an annual budget. Reviews monthly financial statistics and plans expenditures within budget guidelines. Monitors and justifies all expenditures exceeding budgeted targets. Ensures appropriate charging of all pharmacy products and monitors for appropriate reimbursement. Seeks innovative ways to reduce operating expenses and develop the necessary programs to deliver cost-effective services and products.
• Continual assessment of pharmacy services for improvement related to quality, cost, formulary management, medication delivery, safety, customer service, and engagement results and provides recommendations for improvement and/or business development in order to achieve outcomes and goals for system-wide quality, service, and financial viability.
• Ensures compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations. (e.g., Food and Drug Administration, Drug Enforcement Administration, State Board of Pharmacy, Joint Commission, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, etc..)
• Develops and enforces policies and procedures that prom