About the position
If you are a compassionate professional who provides exceptional quality care, Jordan Valley is for you! We are Missouri's largest Federally Qualified Health Center founded in 2003, and we serve 75,000 patients each year. The mission of Jordan Valley is to improve the health of our community by providing high-quality and accessible medical, dental, and behavioral health services to Southwest MO. As our Pharmacy Manager, you will play a crucial role in overseeing the pharmacy operations within our health center. Your responsibilities will include planning, directing, revising, and modifying pharmacy procedures to ensure compliance with health regulations and standards. You will assign, assist with, and supervise the work of a staff of professional and technical personnel in compounding, mixing, and dispensing a wide variety of drugs used for or sold to patients of the hospital. In this position, you will be responsible for requisitioning all supplies required for the pharmacy and reviewing, analyzing, and becoming familiar with new pharmaceutical preparations recommended for patient use. You will establish and maintain an approved system of record keeping and bookkeeping, as well as prepare the annual budget for the pharmacy. Supervising the taking of inventories and acting as the agent with total responsibility for all controlled medications in the pharmacy will also be part of your duties. Promoting effective working relations and working effectively as part of a team will be essential to facilitate the Clinic's ability to meet its goals and objectives. You will be expected to attain all agreed-upon goals and objectives within specified time frames, as part of the Clinic's overall mission. Additionally, you will responsibly follow the Clinic Exposure Control Plans/Bloodborne and Airborne Pathogens, demonstrating respect and regard for the dignity of all patients, families, visitors, and fellow employees to ensure a professional, responsible, and courteous environment. Collaboration is key in this role, as you will work closely with pharmacy, nursing, administration, and medical staff to ensure the optimization of the medication use process. You will actively participate in the accomplishment and ensure the implementation of the pharmacy service's scope of practice, and you will be responsible for all counseling of patients with their prescriptions. Finally, you will guide, oversee, assess, and review the work of assigned clinical staff pharmacists and other personnel for productivity, efficiency, and quality, while also performing all other duties as assigned.
Responsibilities
- Plans, directs, revises, and modifies pharmacy procedures.
- Assigns, assists with, and supervises the work of a staff of professional and technical personnel in compounding, mixing, and dispensing a wide variety of drugs used for or sold to patients of the hospital.
- Requisitions all supplies required and reviews, analyzes, and becomes familiar with new pharmaceutical preparations recommended for patient use.
- Establishes and maintains an approved system of record keeping and bookkeeping; prepares annual budget.
- Supervises the taking of inventories.
- Acts as agent with total responsibility for all controlled medications in the pharmacy.
- Promotes effective working relations and works effectively as part of a team to facilitate the Clinic's ability to meet its goals and objectives.
- Attains all agreed to goals and objectives within specified time frames, as part of the Clinic's overall mission.
- Responsibly follows the Clinic Exposure Control Plans/Bloodborne and Airborne Pathogens.
- Demonstrates respect and regard for the dignity of all patients, families, visitors and fellow employees to ensure a professional, responsible and courteous environment.
- Works collaboratively and cooperatively with pharmacy, nursing, administration, and medical staff to ensure optimization of medication use process.
- Actively participates in the accomplishment and ensures the implementation of the pharmacy service's scope of practice.
- Responsible for all counseling of patients with their prescriptions.
- Guides, oversees, assesses, and reviews the work of assigned clinical staff pharmacists and other personnel for productivity, efficiency, and quality.
- All other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy, or Doctoral Degree in Pharmacy
- One year as a licensed pharmacist with enhanced clinical responsibilities preferred
- Current Missouri State license to practice professional pharmacy
Nice-to-haves
- Immunization Certification
- Ambulatory Care Board Certification
- Medication Therapy Management
