Pharmacy - Director of Pharmacy

Description

Lake Butler Hospital is a critical access hospital in North Florida providing 24-hour emergency services, inpatient hospitalization, swing bed program, rehabilitation services, outpatient laboratory, and outpatient radiology (X-ray, ultrasound, and CT scan) services to Union County and the surrounding counties. We are devoted to providing all members of our community with premier-quality health care in a compassionate and inviting environment.

We are seeking an experienced Pharmacist to serve as Director of Pharmacy! If you are passionate about helping patients and want to have a big impact in a small facility, we'd love to hear from you!

For full-time employees, we offer benefits, paid time off, 401k, discounts, and more!

Job Summary:

Develops, implements, and monitors policies, procedures, and practices related to the provision of pharmaceutical services within the hospital. This includes purchasing; distribution; dispensing; administration; packing; storage and security; prospective and retrospective monitoring of patient medication regimens; maintenance of required records; preparation of reports; and maintaining communication with all staff.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Develops, implements, reviews and amends Policies and Procedures related to pharmaceutical services in conjunction with hospital administration, the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, and other hospital staff.
2. Develops criteria for departmental quality assurance studies; monitors, documents, and submits related reports to Performance Improvement Committee.
3. Serves as a liaison for the Pharmacy and Therapeutics function of the Medical Staff through the preparation and presentation of formulary requests.
4. Maintains the hospital formulary through the incorporation of additions and editing out deletions as approved by the Medical Staff.
5. Develops and conducts in-services for staff when needed.
6. Maintains perpetual inventories for all controlled substances.
7. Supervises purchases of pharmaceutical products for use within hospital departments.
8. Records and reports adverse drug reactions to the Risk Manager via the Medication Variance Report within 3 days of occurrence and immediately if a serious incident.
9. Records and reports near misses and medication errors to the Risk Manager via the Medication Variance Report within 3 days of occurrence and immediately if a serious incident.
10. Acts as chairman of the hospital’s Patient Medication Safety Sub-Committee in order to help improve safety of the drug use process.

Additional responsibilities in the full job description.

Requirements

Education: Graduate of Accredited College of Pharmacy

Experience: 5-7 years as a Pharmacist, Hospital experience highly preferred

Skills: Current License as a Registered Pharmacist and a Consultant Pharmacist in the State of Florida.

Knowledge: Knowledge of duties of a Hospital Pharmacist. CPOE and ADC

Abilities: Ability to perform tasks of a Hospital Pharmacist. Computer proficient in CPOE and ADC

Personnel Supervised

Staff Pharmacist, Pharmacy Technician