Pharmacy Manager

We are looking for Pharmacy Manager for a pharmacy located inside of a clinic in New Bern, NC.

The Primary responsibility is the provision of integrated clinical and distributive pharmacy services, decentralized inter-professional pharmacy practice, direct patient care programs, expert experiential pharmacy student and pharmacy resident training, and leadership of quality improvement and practice advancement initiatives. Performs all duties necessary for the effective daily operation of the pharmacy and decentralized pharmacy areas. Proficiently leads general and specialty direct patient care programs, advanced drug management services, and all medication use systems throughout the pharmacy. Actively functions as a member of clinical pharmacy services, decentralized pharmacy practice programs, and multidisciplinary teams to proficiently complete critical medication order scrutiny, drug profile review, and monitoring of patients with a broad range of disease states to identify, prevent, or mitigate medication-related problems. Actively participates in medication safety systems, regulatory compliance initiatives, patient quality services, and disease outcomes programs. Delivers general and specialty medication therapy management consult services and disease state management services as needed and proactively intervenes in all areas of medication use as appropriate to optimize patient outcomes. Actively participates in outstanding customer service and accepts responsibility in maintaining relationships that are equally respectful to all.

Knowledge, Skills, Education, & Experience Required:

• Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, Doctor of Pharmacy, or other advanced pharmacy degree required.
• Post Graduate Year One (PGY1) & Clinical pharmacy experience in Mental Health/Psychiatry or specialty practice (1+ years) consistent with practice needs of institution.
• Compounding Experience required.
• Strong verbal and written communication, organizational, problem-solving, and customer service skills.
• Flexibility and willingness to adapt to changes as necessary.
• Ability to work well without supervision and to supervise personnel.
• Ability to interact constructively with supervisors, peers, and support personnel.
• Ability to analyze data and follow up and resolve discrepancies.
• Ability to keep accurate and complete records.
• Ability to teach, precept, and facilitate experiential training.
• Initiative to keep abreast of developments in the provision of pharmacy services.
• Initiative to keep abreast of new information/products/developments in the field of pharmacy.
• Proficiency in general retail pharmacy operations and regulatory compliance.
• Proficiency with computer systems, pharmacy technology, and pharmacy automation.
• Proficiency in retail independent pharmacy practice, patient-centered care, advanced pharmacy practice, medication therapy management, and evidence-based medicine.
• Working knowledge of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Accreditation Standards for Pharmacy Residency Programs.
• Ability to coordinate and lead small groups of people in determining policy, implementing procedures and demonstrating progress.
• Leadership qualities essential to operate effectively within the institution and advance the practice of pharmacy.
• Ability to define operational or program problems/needs and solutions (Preferred).
• Ability to integrate clinical and distributive pharmacy services with quality improvement, teaching, research, and professional development activities (Preferred).
• Working analytical and data management skills (Preferred).
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint (Preferred).

Licensure, Certification, or Registration Required:

• Current, valid State of North Carolina Pharmacist license.

Job Responsibilities:
Pharmacy Operations:

• Actively performs all pharmacist functions, actively participates in established standard work parameters, and maintains functional proficiency in and actively provides coverage of central pharmacy and satellite areas as requested.
• Oversees and ensures appropriate utilization of medication automation, technology, and computer systems.
• Accurately oversees the management of medication inventories and the preparation and dispensing of patient-specific medication doses. Supervises technician and intern practice, prioritizes work load, organizes work flow, and checks accuracy of pharmacy technician activities.

Pharmacy Practice:

• Completes critical medication order scrutiny, drug profile review, and patient monitoring to identify, prevent, or mitigate medication-related problems. Proficiently verifies/enters medication orders and proactively communicates with medical staff to resolve problem medication orders.
• Provides patient-centered care services, including accurate, safe and timely medication therapy, and promotes cost-effective drug therapy, including actively participating in stewardship activities and restricted medication/surveillance programs. Initiates and facilitates appropriate drug dosing and manages medication-related pharmacist consults.
• Facilitates medication safety practices, including identifying, mitigating, and reporting potential and actual adverse drug events, adverse drug reactions, and medication errors.
• Participates in the management of medical emergencies.
• Maintains continuous learning and pharmacy practice development. Leads and facilitates pharmacy practice programs, directs patient care services, and medication systems, including developing and monitoring patient care and pharmacy practice metrics.
• Effectively collaborates with outside physicians office, ACO's and strategic business unit leaders to advance patient care services and pharmacy programs.

Clinical Pharmacy Services:

• Provides primary coverage of direct patient care programs and provides accurate, safe, timely, and appropriate medication therapy based on patient needs.
• Works as an active member of pharmacy clinical programs and multidisciplinary teams, collaborates with healthcare providers and decentralized pharmacy staff, and places practice priority on the delivery of patient-centered care.
• Provides comprehensive coverage of decentralized pharmacy areas and maintains expertise and continuity-of-practice in assigned patient care areas, clinical roles, and practice assignments. Leads and facilitates assigned patient service lines and therapeutic areas and assumes responsibility for the outcomes of the pharmacy care programs in assigned practice areas.
• Maintains evidenced-based expertise in specialty pharmacy practice (consistent with national pharmacy training standards) that is aligned with the needs of assigned clinical pharmacy service roles and patient care areas.

Teamwork and Inter-professional Collaboration:

• Presents to assigned areas on time and ready to work and does not exhibit excessive unscheduled absenteeism.
• Ensures continuity of care between shifts, among pharmacy staff assignments, and across pharmacy practice areas.
• Supports other pharmacy operations and areas outside of current assignment.
• Works effectively with all members of the healthcare team to ensure the best outcome for the patient and demonstrates sensitivity to the perspective of the patient, caregiver, or health care colleague in all communications.
• Assists pharmacy managers with the integration of clinical pharmacy services, drug utilization programs, and pharmacy operations throughout the institution.

Teaching, Training, Precepting, and Mentoring:

• Mentors new staff and assists with training of all staff as requested.
• Develops and maintains quality training opportunities and relationships for teaching and precepting pharmacy students and residents.
• Actively precepts and mentors pharmacy students (IPPE and APPE) and pharmacy residents (PGY1 and PGY2 residents).
• Demonstrates desire and aptitude for teaching and mentoring experiential education, maintains mastery of quality preceptor attributes including the four preceptor roles.
• Completes preceptor skills assessment and development programs and actively demonstrates preceptors skills credentials from approved sources. Delivers or mentors trainees to deliver effective evidence-based education to other healthcare providers.

Quality Improvement, Regulatory Compliance, and Accreditation:

• Provides quality improvement initiatives to improve medication-related processes, pharmacy systems, or patient care programs.
• Provides regulatory compliance initiatives and supports institutional accreditation processes.
• Leads initiatives and actively participates in procedures to maintain full ASHP Accreditation of all pharmacy residency programs. Identifies practice-related issues which require evaluation and facilitates clinical research projects, quality improvement initiatives. Identifies, resolves, and reports short- and long-term obstacles to patient care and medication safety, regulatory compliance, or stewardship of resources.
• Proactively uses data analysis techniques to track, monitor, and communicate the clinical quality, operational, and financial outcomes of assigned areas and to benchmark performance against internal targets and against local and national best practices.
• Designs, facilitates, and coordinates or mentors trainees to conduct medication use evaluations.
• Designs, facilitates, and coordinates or mentors pharmacy residents to conduct evidence-based practice-related or quality improvement initiatives.

Bonus Details: Performance base

Job Type: Full-time

In-Clinic Rx is a privately owned pharmacist collective that offers both independent pharmacy, consulting and clinical services located inside established medical facilities.Through clinical, dispensing and consulting services, In-Clinic Rx works to improve compliance and betterpatient outcomes while increasing a clinic and pharmacy’s bottom line.