Director Pharmacy
Overview:
Dignity Health Mercy Hospital of Folsom is the community hospital serving the Sierra foothills communities of Folsom El Dorado Hills Granite Bay Cameron Park Shingle Springs and Rescue. With 106 licensed acute-care beds our accredited non-profit hospital has been providing exceptional care for more than 35 years.Mercy Hospital of Folsom provides surgical services including minimally-invasive general urological and gynecological surgeries. We also provide comprehensive and award-winning orthopedic services which include surgery inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation and specialty orthopedic care.
As a certified Joint Commission Stroke Center Mercy Folsom provides exceptional care to our patients in our Medical Surgical and Intensive Care units as well as our 25-bed Emergency Department. Our Family Birth Center features private and contemporary birthing suites where labor delivery and recovery occur in one room as well as award-winning lactation training and support.
Mercy Folsom received Among America’s 250 Best Hospitals recognition and is a Primary Stroke Center.
Responsibilities:
The Director of Pharmacy is responsible for the oversight and coordination of daily department operations at the assigned facility in accordance with standards of practice, organizational policies/standards, procedures and applicable regulatory requirements.
Work includes coordinating, scheduling, overseeing and assisting professional pharmacists and ancillary department staff in performing drug distribution, preparation and associated pharmaceutical care activities. Pharmacy service operations includes the compounding/dispensing of drugs according to prescriptions issued by a licensed provider, providing patient counseling and drug therapy monitoring to ensure patients receive safe, efficacious and cost-effective medication therapy.
Work also includes: 1) responsibility for meeting financial objectives in labor, revenue and gross margins; 2) implementing performance improvement initiatives; 3) evaluating department effectiveness in meeting clinical/service expectations; and 4) troubleshooting pharmaceutical care issues.If applicable to the assigned facility, directs and evaluates the Pharmacy Residency Program and supervises on-site program participants.
Knowledge of the concepts, professional standards and methodologies applicable to the pharmaceutical care, and of applicable regulatory requirements sufficient to ensure quality and compliant patient care and to exercise judgment and critical thinking in resolving complex issues.The director is expected to apply solid principles of leadership, human relations and continuous quality improvement in the overall management, coordination, and refinement of inpatient pharmaceutical care.
Qualifications:
Required:
- B.S. in Pharmacy or Doctor of Pharmacy
- California Registered Pharmacist
- Minimum of 4 years of recent pharmacy (or similar) work experience
Preferred:
- Minimum of 2 years in a leadership position or pharmacy residency completed or supplemental Masters Degree (MBA, MS, MHA, etc) preferred
- Membership in the ASHP, ASCP, APHA and/or other professional associations is desirable