Director Pharmacy

Nestled in the heart of East Sacramento Dignity Health Mercy General Hospital is a 313 bed acute care facility that provides a wide range of services with special advocacy for the poor and underserved. Mercy General is home to the nationally ranked Alex G. Spanos Heart & Vascular Institute. Key achievements and recognitions include: from the Joint Commission; Advanced Joint Replacement Spine Center of Excellence Primary Stroke Center Ventricular Assist Device and Chest Pain Certification. Other accolades include CMS 5 stars Practice Green Health 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade A Level 4 Epilepsy Center and Opioid Stewardship Honor Roll. Mercy General Hospital is proud to foster inclusion and diversity as part of our mission vision and values.

This job is responsible for the oversight and coordination of daily department operations at the assigned facility in accordance with standards of practice, organizational policies/standards, procedures and applicable regulatory requirements. 

Work includes coordinating, scheduling, overseeing and assisting professional pharmacists and ancillary department staff in performing drug distribution, preparation and associated pharmaceutical care activities. Pharmacy service operations includes the compounding/dispensing of drugs according to prescriptions issued by a licensed provider, providing patient counseling and drug therapy monitoring to ensure patients receive safe, efficacious and cost-effective medication therapy.  

Work also includes:  1) responsibility for meeting financial objectives in labor, revenue and gross margins; 2) implementing performance improvement initiatives; 3) evaluating department effectiveness in meeting clinical/service expectations; and 4) troubleshooting pharmaceutical care issues.  If applicable to the assigned facility, directs and evaluates the Pharmacy Residency Program and supervises on-site program participants.  

Knowledge of the concepts, professional standards and methodologies applicable to the pharmaceutical care, and of applicable regulatory requirements sufficient to ensure quality and compliant patient care and to exercise judgment and critical thinking in resolving complex issues.  The director is expected to apply solid principles of leadership, human relations and continuous quality improvement in the overall management, coordination, and refinement of inpatient pharmaceutical care.

Required:

• B.S. in Pharmacy or Doctor of Pharmacy 

• Minimum of 4 years of recent pharmacy (or similar) work experience
• California Pharmacist License in good standing 

Preferred:

• Minimum of 2 years in a leadership position or pharmacy residency completed or supplemental Masters Degree (MBA, MS, MHA, etc) preferred
• Membership in the ASHP, ASCP, APHA and/or other professional associations is desirable

Required Skills:

• Demonstrated change management, standardization and leadership development skills required
• Demonstrated ability to create enthusiasm for new programs and different approaches to existing programs required
• Demonstrated quality improvement competencies required 
• Demonstrated understanding of utilization and productivity in a variety of clinical settings required
• Knowledge of current pharmaceutical technology, including distribution, protocol design, monitoring, intervention and provision of pharmaceutical care.
• Knowledge of the standards and regulatory requirements applicable to the pharmaceutical care profession.  
• Knowledge of the principles, practices and regulatory requirements pertaining to management of subordinate staff.
• Knowledge of the methods and techniques used to securely store narcotics and other controlled substances sufficient to ensure the security of the area
• Knowledge of major medication therapy, drug-drug interactions, and disease states
• Knowledge of the principles, practices, standards and techniques relating to the compounding and dispensing of medicinal drugs