Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Clinics

Pharmacy Supervisor - Inpatient/Operations and Distributive Services

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Clinics  •  Lebanon, NH (Onsite)  •  5 months ago
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Job Description

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Pharmacy in Lebanon, NH seeks a Pharmacist Supervisor for Inpatient Operations and Distributive Services. This position supports the Medication Systems and Operations (MSO) Manager in providing leadership and oversight within distribution services. This Pharmacist Supervisor will have direct oversight of the inventory technician team, pharmacy interns and pharmacists with a primary staffing area within central pharmacy. The Pharmacist Supervisor works closely with system inventory and operations leaders to manage drug shortages, implement formulary changes, identify opportunities to improve efficiency and collaborate on system inventory process improvement initiatives.

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

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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 Central-based Pharmacists, Inventory Team Technicians and Pharmacy Interns
  • Serve as a liason between the Inpatient Pharmacy and Central Supply Pharmacy for inventory and shortage management
  • 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
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    About Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Clinics

    How can the lifestyle in New Hampshire and Vermont compliment your career? You can have amazing 4-season living with a career at one of the top health systems in the country. The Dartmouth-Hitchcock health system stretches over New Hampshire and Vermont and offers the quintessential New England experience. With no income or sales tax, this beautiful area combines history, industry and business and has been ranked consistently as one of the best places in the US to live and work. Anchored by the academic Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH, the system includes the NCI-designated Norris Cotton Cancer Center, the Children's Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock; 4 affiliated hospitals and 30 Dartmouth-Hitchcock ambulatory clinics across the region. We are close to the urban centers of Boston, New York and Montreal, but also offer proximity to the seacoast and multiple top-tier ski mountains within a short driving distance. Throughout New Hampshire, the opportunities – both career and personal – truly make our area the ideal place to work and play.

    Dartmouth-Hitchcock is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

    Industry
    Healthcare & Social Services
    Company Size
    5,001-10,000 employees
    Headquarters
    Lebanon, New Hampshire
    Year Founded
    Unknown
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