REPORTS TO POSITION: Director of Ambulatory Pharmacy Services
DEPARTMENT: Pharmacy
DATE LAST REVIEWED: January 2025
OUR VISION: Creating Americas healthiest community, together
OUR MISSION: In the spirit of love and compassion, better health, better care, better value
OUR VALUES:Accountability, Caring and Teamwork
DEPARTMENT SUMMARY: The St. Charles Health System Pharmacy provides a broad range of hospital and outpatient pharmaceutical care services to deliver high quality, effective, safe, reliable, and affordable medication therapy for our patients.
POSITION OVERVIEW: The Community Pharmacy Manager is responsible for all aspects of St. Charles Community pharmacy services; including maintaining standards for operational excellence and regulatory compliance. This position directly manages assigned caregivers.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES:
Assists with development of strategic plan and goals for service line.
Serves as the Pharmacist in Charge (PIC), OR assigns, collaborates with, and supports the Pharmacist in Charge.
Ensures compliance with regulatory agency standards for Medication Management as it pertains to drug procurement, storage, preparation, and distribution.
Assists with the development and implementation of policies and procedures that guide and support the provision of high quality pharmaceutical care, maintaining compliance with pertinent laws and regulations. Collaborates with other leaders to ensure system alignment.
Establishes systems to prevent, monitor, respond to and report drug diversion.
Establishes and continuously improves upon systems to achieve medication safety and quality outcomes.
Manages the resources necessary to support the successful operations of community pharmacy services.
Mentors caregivers and participates in leadership development.
Responsible for budget development, regular monitoring, accountability and meeting all operational targets for all areas within span of control.
Hires, directs, coaches and monitors the performance of all direct reports, to develop and maintain a high-performance team that meets organizational and department goals.
Monitors and ensures all direct reports are current with compliance and safety requirements.Implements and manages all organizational safety directives and goals.
Provides and oversees teams delivery of customer service in a manner that promotes goodwill, is timely, efficient, and accurate.
Collaborates with teams to review processes and identify/implement opportunities for improvements, applying Lean principles, concepts and tools.
Supports the vision, mission and values of the organization in all respects.
Supports Lean principles of continuous improvement with energy and enthusiasm, functioning as a champion of change.
Provides and maintains a safe environment for caregivers, patients and guests.
Conducts all activities with the highest standards of professionalism and confidentiality. Complies with all applicable laws, regulations, policies and procedures, supporting the organizations corporate integrity efforts by acting in an ethical and appropriate manner, reporting known or suspected violation of applicable rules, and cooperating fully with all organizational investigations and proceedings.
Delivers customer service and/or patient care in a manner that promotes goodwill, is timely, efficient and accurate.
May perform additional duties of similar complexity within the organization, as required or assigned.
EDUCATION:
Required: Bachelors degree in Pharmacy.
Preferred: PharmD, or MBA
LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION/REGISTRATION:
Required: Oregon Pharmacist license. Valid Oregon drivers license and ability to meet SCHS driving requirements.
Preferred: N/A
EXPERIENCE:
Required: Five (5) years of pharmacy work experience. One (1) year of leadership experience.
Preferred: Community pharmacy management experience.
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT:
Must be able to wear appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) required to perform the job safely.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Continually (75% or more): Use of clear and audible speaking voice and the ability to hear normal speech level.
Frequently (50%): Sitting, keyboard operation.
Occasionally (25%): Standing, walking, bending, stooping/kneeling/crouching, climbing stairs, reaching overhead, lifting/carrying/pushing or pulling 1-10 pounds, grasping/squeezing, operation of a motor vehicle, ability to hear whispered speech level.
Never (0%): Climbing ladder/step-stool, lifting/carrying/pushing or pulling 11-50 pounds.
Exposure to Elemental Factors
Occasionally (25%): Chemical solution for Laboratory Caregivers.
Rarely (10%): Wet/slippery area.
Never (0%): Heat, cold, noise, dust, vibration, chemical solution, uneven surface.