Pharmacy Manager, Marlborough Hospital, 40hr, Day

Exemption Status:

Hiring Range:

(based on a full time schedule of 40 hours per week).

Please note that the final offer will vary based on scheduled hours. Compensation for part-time or reduced schedules will be prorated based on scheduled weekly hours, experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

Schedule Details:

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This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver - regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

Major Responsibilities:

Job duties as a Manager:

• As a member of a Director's management team, this position is responsible for contributing to the development and execution of strategies and goals for the division.
• Demonstrates effective leadership skills of delegation, organization, and coordination in managing the daily operations of departments within the incumbent's area responsibility.
• Develops, recommends, monitors and manages operating budgets to optimize financial performance.
• Develops and utilizes performance metrics to continually improve quality and operating efficiency.
• Ensures adequate skills training and development among staff. Provides and encourages effective coaching.

Clinical Leadership Responsibilities:

• Conceptualizes, designs, demonstrates, documents in formulating policy and instituting practice models that promote medication safety in all aspects of the medication management process.
• Provides leadership and direction to the pharmacist staff in such a way that all professional activities performed are consistent with hospital, and departmental mission, objectives, and policies.
• Develops, implements, and evaluates treatment guidelines that address cost-effective and appropriate drug therapy.
• Coordinates the development of criteria for safe and effective medication use as well as monitor the compliance with established criteria and other quality improvement programs such as the Medication Use Committee of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee (P & T).
• Implements clinical trending reports and other quality assurance activities as indicated to ensure appropriate and safe drug utilization; Organizes, design, and conduct drug utilization evaluations.

Position Qualifications:

License/Certification/Education:

Required:

• Graduate of an accredited School of Pharmacy with a B.S. in Pharmacy or Pharm.D. Degree.
• Pharmacist Massachusetts licensure.

Preferred:

Master's degree in business administration or other management degree.

Experience/Skills:

Required:

• Strong understanding of systems, technology and IV room processes.
• Strong understanding of state and federal regulatory requirements.
• Excellent customer service and communications skills with the ability to effectively interact and problem solve with managers of other departments.
• Substantial knowledge in project management, performance improvement, risk.
• Management principles, patient safety and planning.
• In depth knowledge of pharmacy distribution systems, automated dispensing, CPOE, I.V. compounders, packagers, bar code applications, supply chain solutions.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, especially related to health care colleagues.
• Skilled at building relationships.
• Highly energetic, motivated, and resourceful with an extremely positive attitude.
• Must have a passion for continually improving processes.
• Proficient with office systems and computers, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

Preferred:

• Two to five years of experience in hospital pharmacy in a supervisory/management role.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

We're striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health - for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

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