Director – Acute Care Pharmacy

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Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Director | Acute Care Pharmacy

• Location: Green Bay or La Crosse, WI

The Director, Acute Care Pharmacy provides strategic leadership and operational oversight for acute care pharmacy services, inpatient pharmacy operations, medication use oversight, transitions of care, and compounding activities across multiple sites. This role ensures the delivery of safe, effective, and timely pharmaceutical care in the acute care setting.

The Director partners with clinical and operational leaders to optimize medication therapy, maximize clinical quality and outcomes, maintain cost-effective medication utilization, and advance care delivery models across all assigned locations. This position supports patient safety, regulatory compliance, operational excellence, and the ongoing evolution of pharmacy services to meet organizational and patient care needs.

Essential Job Duties and Major Responsibilities

• Lead and manage pharmacy services that support acute patient care, collaborating with clinical teams to optimize medication therapy, improve patient outcomes, and support evidence-based practice.
• Provide oversight and standardization across all assigned pharmacy locations to ensure consistent workflows, service quality, staffing models, and operational performance.
• Oversee daily operations of the inpatient pharmacy, ensuring efficient workflow, compliance with policies, and availability of medications.
• Monitor and evaluate medication use processes, implement medication safety initiatives, and ensure adherence to regulatory and accreditation standards.
• Promote cost-effective medication utilization and evidence-based formulary practices.
• Support transitions of care processes, including medication reconciliation, discharge medication planning, and coordination with inpatient and outpatient teams to promote continuity of care and reduce medication-related issues.
• Maintain accountability for implementation of requirements from regulatory agencies and support readiness for inspections, audits, and surveys.
• Promote continuous quality improvement initiatives to enhance medication safety, operational efficiency, patient outcomes, and care model advancement.
• Support the recruitment, development, coaching, and performance management of pharmacy staff to ensure a highly skilled and engaged workforce.
• Support effective use of resources, including staffing, supplies, and operational budgets, to ensure efficient and sustainable pharmacy operations.

Core Leadership Responsibilities

• Organizational Strategy and Implementation - Recognizes market trends, assesses impact on the area of responsibility, contributes to responsive strategic plans, develops operational plans, communicates priorities, and gains alignment and commitment from staff.
• Fiscal Management - Uses established processes to ensure accountability for effective operations and resource management.
• Human Resource Management - Uses established processes to select, align, develop, motivate, manage, and retain a team of highly skilled employees.
• Excellence in Service and Quality - Achieves seamless delivery of quality patient care, patient safety, excellence in patient experience, and customer service. Uses continuous quality improvement principles in decisions, improvements, and system design.
• Organizational Leadership - Provides leadership and accomplishes objectives by ensuring integration of processes and initiatives while modeling collaboration. Participates in and supports brand and service delivery teams as requested.
• Maintains accountability for implementation of requirements of regulatory agencies.
• Serves as liaison to the community.
• Performs duties and responsibilities as defined by the department, if applicable.

Minimum Qualifications

Education

• Required: Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy or Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree from an accredited school of pharmacy
• Desired: Master’s degree in pharmacy administration, healthcare administration, business administration, or a related field

Certification, Registration, and Licensure

• Required: Pharmacist license to practice in the state of employment; some positions may require multiple state licenses
• Must be eligible for licensure to practice pharmacy in Wisconsin
• Desired: Pharmacist license to practice in Minnesota, Iowa, Michigan, and Illinois
• Desired: Specialty Pharmacist certification

Experience

• Required: 5 to 10 years of progressive health system pharmacy leadership experience in acute care pharmacy
• Required: Experience overseeing multiple pharmacy sites or service locations
• Required: Strong knowledge of medication safety, regulatory requirements, and compounding standards
• Required: Experience with emergency pharmacy services and clinical pharmacy practice
• Required: Experience overseeing sterile and non-sterile compounding operations in compliance with USP <797> and USP <800>
• Required: Experience managing environmental monitoring, competency validation, and documentation requirements associated with USP compliance
• Desired: Experience supporting surgical services, operating room medication management, and perioperative pharmacy services
• Desired: Experience supporting transitions of care, medication reconciliation, and discharge medication processes
• Desired: PGY1/PGY2 Health System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership Residency, or equivalent experience

Why Emplify Health?

• Benefits Package: We offer a comprehensive benefits package that varies based on your location. To learn more about the specific benefits available in your area, please inquire with the recruiter during the application process.

If you need assistance with any portion of the application or have questions about the position, please contact [email protected] or call 608-775-0267.

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