Coordinator | Central Functions | Pharmacy

Interior Health Authority; Canada; Hybrid; CAD 69,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remuneration package

Career prospects

Employer paid training/education

Employer paid vacation

Employer paid insurance premiums

Extended Health & Dental coverage

Work-life balance

Municipal Pension Plan eligibility

Job summary

Interior Health is recruiting a term-specific full-time Coordinator | Central Functions | Pharmacy to support Pharmacy Services. This role may involve occasional travel within the Interior Health region and requires a valid BC driver’s license.

It is a term position until November 15, 2027 or return of the incumbent. The Coordinator develops, implements, and evaluates initiatives to improve site operations and staff safety, coordinating with managers and reporting on performance and cost

Responsibilities

• Develops, implements, and evaluates provincial, regional, and site-wide initiatives to improve operations and staff safety.
• Coordinates with department managers to standardize Workplace Health and Safety initiatives.
• Retrieves, analyzes, and presents data to support operational decisions.
• Guides and coordinates activities of assigned areas with professional standards and IH goals.
• Supports local quality improvement and risk management initiatives.
• Prepares formal reports including cost estimates and status reports.

Job description

Interior Health is hiring a term specific full-time Coordinator | Central Functions | Pharmacy who is passionate about making a difference in healthcare.

This is a program specific Coordinator, Central Functions position for Pharmacy Services.

This position is flexible within the Interior Health region. The role may include occasional quarterly travel throughout the Kootenay, East Kootenay, and South Okanagan areas.

This is a term-specific position until November 15, 2027 or until the return of incumbent.

Please note that a valid class 5 B.C. driver’s license is required for this position.

What We Offer

• An attractive remuneration package
• Excellent career prospects
• Employer paid training/education
• Employer paid vacation
• Employer paid insurance premiums
• Extended Health & Dental coverage
• Work-life balance
• May be eligible to contribute to Municipal Pension Plan

The salary range for this position is $69,218 (min) to $86,522 (midpoint) to $99,501 (max) per annum, based on 1.0 FTE. Interior Health typically establishes salaries within the minimum and midpoint of the salary range based on qualifications, experience of the applicant, and an internal equity review of the salaries of other employees.

How Will You Create An Impact

The Coordinator | Central Functions develops, implements, and evaluates provincial, regional, and site wide initiatives to improve/maintain site/program operations and staff safety. The Coordinator liaises with department managers to provide a standard approach to Workplace Health and Safety Initiatives, such as Violence Risk Assessments and Safe Patient Handling, among other site/program wide initiatives. The Coordinator is responsible for retrieval, analysis, and presentation of strategic utilization information that is required to support operational and administrative decision making. The Coordinator is responsible for guiding and coordinating activities of the assigned areas in accordance with professional standards; and supporting the goals and strategic direction of IH.

What Will You Work On

• In collaboration with the interdisciplinary team, facilitates change within the facility or program by supporting IH initiatives, monitoring on-going compliance, identifying needs, and providing timely feedback as directed.
• Develops follow-up processes with staff and others. Resolves day-to-day problems as required, evaluates operating procedures, and advises management as necessary. Drafts correspondence/ reports as requested. Prepares spreadsheets, graphs, flow charts, and statistics as required.
• Coordinates site-wide health and safety initiatives as well as quality control initiatives. Participates in the Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee. Accountable to quality reporting programs by following up with staff incident reports; resolves complaints in coordination with leadership.
• Supports the development, implementation, and evaluation of unit or department specific goals and objectives, standards and policies, ensuring consistency with the established standards and objectives of the services within Interior Health.
• Participates in the development and implementation of the local quality improvement and risk management initiatives in accordance with Interior Health standards and processes.
• Analyzes current trends and data in assigned area of responsibility related to the provision of accessible, comprehensive, efficient, and effective service/care.
• Participates, as part of the local management teams, in coordinating the utilization of shared resources including services, equipment, and space with other departments and/or sites.
• Prepares formal reports including project executive summary, project charters, assessment of need, summary of program and services, cost estimates, status reports, cost control reports, and other reports as appropriate related to site wide operational initiatives.
• May recruit, hire, discipline, and terminate non-clinical staff as required. Provides mentoring and coaching to staff, completes performance evaluations and prepares staff development, training, and succession plans. Administers collective agreements and represents the employer in the grievance process, on various union/management committees, and during essential service situations.
• Supports the analyses of current trends and data in assigned areas of responsibility relating to the provision of accessible, comprehensive, efficient, and effective service/care. This includes sick time, overtime, casual utilization, WCB, turnover, staff mix, vacation utilization, and vacancies.
• Supports project implementation and work plan for program-wide initiatives including identification of key partners, critical timeframes, and processes required to ensure effective identification of capital and program requirements.
• Collects and monitors fiscal and utilization data and analyzes data to ensure the effective use of resources in the service area. Monitors expenditures and identifies and reports on variances.
• Represents Clinical Operations and Clinical Services at the assigned service area(s) and IH level by participating in committees/teams as required.
• In alignment with IH’s Occupational Health & Safety Program, employees shall adhere to all Occupational Health and Safety policies and procedures at all times and attend all required training. Employees are responsible to report any identified hazards, unsafe conditions or incidents to the manager or supervisor immediately.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Interior Health strives to create an environment where you enjoy the work you do, the place where you work, and the people around you. Together, we create great workplaces.

Honouring Interior Health’s commitment to Truth and Reconciliation and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), and Pursuant to Section 42 of the BC Human Rights Code, preferential consideration and/or hiring will be given to qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, or Inuit).