Pharmacy Supervisor - Inpatient, Evenings

Overview

Evening Operations Supervisor: Supervises staff and work load in assigned, specialized shop/section of the department to ensure a safe and efficient operation.

This is a Full Time, 40hr per week, benefitted position. Evening shift.

Dartmouth has a healthy disregard for the impossible!

DH Offers You:

Employees hired to work at least 0.50 FTE (20 hours per week) and their eligible dependents may participate in Dartmouth Health benefit plans on the employee’s first day of employment.

Medical Insurance: Two medical plans available through Anthem BC/BS: Employees also receive a base employer contribution of 4% of biweekly pay plus a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) that is matched with a Health Savings Account and a PPO Plan that features higher premiums balanced by copays and lower deductibles.

Retirement: Employee contributions are vested immediately. Biweekly matching contribution of 50% on up to 4% of pay saved—for a maximum match of 2% of pay.

Paid Time Off: Paid time off is accrued per pay period based on hours worked. This includes six paid holidays.

Shift Differential:10% evening, 20% night, and 15% weekend shift differentials when applicable.

Tuition Reimbursement: Up to $3,000 per year.

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Responsibilities

Supervises day-to-day activities of Evening and Overnight Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians

Serve as a liason between the inpatient pharmacy and perioperative teams

Participate in Manager On-Call rotation

Act as pharmacist-in-charge in the absence of pharmacy managers

Pharmacist in Charge: The pharmacist responsible for the day-to-day oversight of the operation of the pharmacy. This includes but is not limited to: managing staff, ensuring compliance to all applicable state and federal guidelines, and maintaining the inventory of all medications.

Helps to hire, train and evaluate Pharmacy Department staff.

Schedules staff and ensures appropriate staff coverage

Assists in the development and administration of departmental policies and procedures

May prepare and dispense medication orders per physician request by interpreting and evaluating medication orders and transcribe to computerized patient medication profiles. Maintain medication profiles.

Ensures safe, appropriate, cost effective medication therapies for Monitors medication therapy by assessment of:

Therapeutic appropriateness of the regimen (e.g. indication for use, drug selection, dosage).

Therapeutic duplication

Appropriateness of the route and method of the regimen

Patient compliance with the regimen.

Medication/medication, medication/food, medication/laboratory test, and medication/disease interactions

Clinical and laboratory data to evaluate the efficacy of therapy and to anticipate toxicity and adverse effects.

Physical signs and clinical symptoms relevant to therapy.

Detects and reports suspected adverse drug reactions.

Sustains the formulary by minimizing non-formulary procurements, utilizing therapeutic substitution protocols, P&T committee approved drug use criteria; and promoting rational drug therapy selection.

Provides clinical consultation and clarification to Suggests appropriate, cost-effective therapeutic alternatives to medical staff.

Provides accurate, adequate, and timely drug information to the professional staff.

Documents all clinical activities and interventions.

Participates in quality improvement and medication use review activities of the department.

Resolves patient complaints and works with staff to ensure excellent customer service.

Performs other duties as required or assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy 3 years’ experience as a Pharmacist.
• Graduate of an ACPE accredited school of Pharmacy with 3 years of health care system experience (of which 1 must be pharmacy supervisory experience), or the equivalent required.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and possess the ability to set priorities and make critical decision.
• Effective problem solving, and change management abilities desired.
• Effective oral and written communication skills, as well as demonstrated interpersonal and team skills essential.

Required Licensure/Certifications

• Current unrestricted NH Pharmacist licensure.
• Board Certification in Specialty Pharmacy (CSP) within 3 years of hire in the Specialty Pharmacy.
• BLS within 30 days of hire in the Retail or Specialty Pharmacy if required to administer immunizations