Clinical Pharmacy Supervisor

If you are interested, please apply online and send resume to yadeleon@mlkch.org.

POSITION SUMMARY

This position reports to Manager, Pharmacy Operations. The Pharmacy Clinical Supervisor has dotted line reporting to the Director, Clinical Operations and Strategy. The Pharmacy Clinical Supervisor must have a Pharmacy degree from an accredited Pharmacy School, and be licensed in CA.

The Pharmacy Clinical Supervisor is responsible for the oversight of the clinical programs of the pharmacy department. In addition, the Pharmacy Clinical Supervisor provides pharmaceutical care to patients as a staff pharmacist as needed. Maintain a professional presence throughout the hospital.  Assure pharmacy services and activities are carried out to meet goals and standards of the hospital.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

PRIMARY POSITION ROLES :

• Supervision of pharmacist personnel.
• Maintain, and update clinical pharmacy policies and procedure manual for the department.
• Participate and lead hospital P&T committee, assuring (but not limited to) the following items are part of the committee meetings : current drug trends, formulary additions, formulary deletions, annual formulary approval, non-formulary drug use, drug shortages, cost control initiatives, updates to the Policy and Procedure manual, annual review of order sets and protocols, black box warning, ADR reporting, pharmacy intervention reporting, controlled substance audit reporting, automation reporting.
• Lead Antibiotic Stewardship program, in with multidisciplinary team members. Develop and implement treatment guidelines, protocols, formulary changes and critical pathways as approved and authorized by appropriate committees
• Participate in hospital and quality committee meetings to enhance practice and patient care.
• Meet or exceed all Accreditation Bodies (TJC, DNV, CMS, BOP) standards related to pharmacy.
• Assist in the development and maintenance of information systems and other technology applications within the Pharmacy.
• Assist Pharmacy Operations Manager with best practices in formulary and cost control.
• Assist Pharmacy Operations Manager for all drug storage areas in accordance with legal and best demonstrated practice.
• Assist with the pharmacy quality activities including but not limited to medication use evaluations.
• Assist and lead the medication safety program in absence of Director, Clinical Operations and Strategy.
• Achieve acceptable scores on operations assessments / audits (Regulatory, Accreditation, BOP, etc.)
• Arrange / conduct hospital and pharmacy orientation for new hires within 60 days.
• Develop and implement a training and competency program for all staff and maintain records of those completed competencies.
• Assure adequate control and documentation of controlled substances.

Has Power of Attorney to order Schedule II drugs.

Maintains all required training and education per department requirements

SECONDARY POSITION ROLES :

Annually reviews licenses for staff via Board of Pharmacy website.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

A.   Education

B.  Qualifications / Experience

C.   Special Skills / Knowledge