What are the responsibilities and job description for the PHARMACY DIRECTOR position at UNM Hospitals?
Department: Pharmacy - Admin
FTE: 1.00
Full Time
Shift: Days
Position Summary:
Directs, manages and oversees Pharmacy assign programs, activities and operations. Ensures adherence to established policies and procedures. Prepares and presents in-service educational programs to medical and pharmacy staff. Patient care assignment may include: Neonate, Pediatric, Adolescent, Adult and Geriatric age groups.
Detailed responsibilities:
- SUPERVISION - Develop efficient organizational structure. Supervise employees and select, terminate, train, educate, correct deficiencies, perform appraisals, issue discipline, counsel, schedule work assignments; encourage staff teamwork and growth initiatives
- QUALITY - Manage and participate in the development and implementation of goals, objectives, policies and procedures to ensure continued quality of care
- QUALITY - Monitor and evaluate the efficiency of department programs and activities; identifies and recommends areas of improvement
- SUPPLY - Assist in coordinating the annual hospital drug bids
- SUPPLY - Maintain invoices and purchase orders; ensure prompt payment by utilizing discount offers
- PROJECTS - Establish and monitor investigational drug projects
- REPORTS - Prepare and maintain a variety of reports; analyze and interpret reports as required; identify and recommend areas of improvement through data research and statistical analysis
- PATIENT SERVICES - Ensure pharmacy services are provided in a timely manner consistent with patient needs
- COORDINATION - Coordinate pharmaceutical services functions within pharmacy to include drug distribution, purchasing and procurement activities in a cost-effective manner
- PATIENT CARE - Develop, implement and monitor clinical pharmacy programs to include Medication Usage Evaluation (MUE) programs
- DOCUMENTATION - Prepare monographs for drugs going the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee
- SUPERVISION - Coordinate clinical clerkship rotations for pharmacy students
- PATIENT CARE - Manage formulary and non-formulary drug approvals and criteria enforcement
- DOCUMENTATION - Prepare, publish and distribute Pharmacy and Therapeutics newsletter
- COMMUNICATION - Develop and submit proposals and articles; conduct presentations at educational and research meetings
- DEVELOPMENT - Enhance professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, reading current literature, attending in-services, meetings and workshops
- PATIENT SAFETY 1 - Follow patient safety-related policies, procedures and protocols
- PATIENT SAFETY 2 - Demonstrate proactive approach to patient safety by seeking opportunities to improve patient safety through questioning of current policies and processes
- PATIENT SAFETY 3 - Identify and report/correct environmental conditions and/or situations that may put a patient at undue risk
- PATIENT SAFETY 4 - Report potential or actual patient safety concerns, medical errors and/or near misses in a timely manner
- PATIENT SAFETY 5 - Encourage patients to actively participate in their own care by asking questions and reporting treatment or situations that they don't understand or may "not seem right"
Qualifications
Education:
Essential:
- Program Graduate
- Doctorate Degree
Essential:
- Accredited College of Pharmacy
- Pharmacy
Experience:
Essential:
5 years directly related experience
Nonessential:
No preferred experience
Credentials:
Essential:
- CPR for Healthcare/BLS Prov or Prof Rescuers w/in 30 days
- Pharmacist License in New Mexico
Physical Conditions:
Light Work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects. Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for Sedentary Work. May require walking or standing to a significant degree or requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or may require working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of materials is negligible.
Working conditions:
Essential:
- Minor Hazard - physical risks, dirt, dust, fumes, noise
- Subject to an annual contract and performance appraisal