Healthcare & Medical - San Diego, CA 92101     (Created on Dec 16, 2008)

Tags: PharmD, Pharmacist, Hospital

This is a great opportunity, with a leading healthcare company in the San Diego area. High visibility w/lots of growth potential. If you're a Pharmacist in the San Diego area w/Hospital experience I want to speak to you!

The Director of Pharmacy is responsible for overseeing all medication storage and preparation in the health system or organization. The director of pharmacy ensures that the pharmacy provides optimal services; meets all legal, accreditation, and certification requirements; and complies with all applicable policies, procedures, codes, and standards of the organization.

Principal Duties/Responsibilities:
- Develops and enforces policies and procedures that
promote cost-effective, appropriate, and safe
medication use
- Develops and maintains a medical staff-approved
formulary
- Supervises medication storage and preparation areas
throughout the facility
- Provides for the educational needs of health care
professionals, patients, and their families
- Ensures maintenance of an adequate medication supply
- Ensures the integrity of the medication supply
- Establishes specifications for the procurement of
medications, chemicals, and biologicals
- Ensures strict control and accountability for
medications dispensed to patients or distributed to
floor stock
- Assures adequate control and documentation of
controlled substances
- Ensures applicable continuing education records and
licensure are maintained in department files
- Supervises all pharmacy personnel and recruits,
interviews, promotes, disciplines, and terminates
pharmacy staff
- Evaluates and counsels staff on their performance
- Prepares work schedules and monitors workload
statistics
- Maintains an appropriate staffing level
- Provides for the educational needs of the pharmacy
staff
- Prepares a pharmacy budget annually
- Ensures compliance

Qualifications:
- MUST HAVE HOSPITAL EXPERIENCE TO BE CONSIDERED
- Pharmacy Degree - Bachelor of Science (BS) or
Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)
- 1 to 5 years hospital experience with 3 to 5 years
in a management position preferred
- Strong communication skills
- Proven Profit and Loss (P&L) responsibility and
results
- Ability to manage a team

Compensation: Based on experience and background. Position is bonus eligible!

Tags: PharmD, Pharmacist, Hospital


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