Director Pharmacy

CommonSpirit Health; Folsom (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual performance bonus

Employer-funded retirement plan

No-cost medical coverage

Flexible Time Away

Job summary

CommonSpirit Health's Mercy Hospital Folsom seeks a Director of Pharmacy to oversee daily Pharmacy Services operations in accordance with professional standards, organizational policies, and regulatory requirements.

The role focuses on achieving financial objectives, leading performance improvements, and ensuring quality patient care through leadership, staff development, and compliant pharmaceutical services.

Qualifications

• Pharmacy degree (B.S. in Pharmacy) or Doctor of Pharmacy required.
• Active California Pharmacist license required.
• Minimum of four years of recent pharmacy work experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily Pharmacy Services operations in accordance with standards of practice and regulatory requirements.
• Meet financial objectives in labor, revenue, and gross margins; implement performance improvements.
• Evaluate department effectiveness in meeting clinical and service expectations; troubleshoot pharmaceutical care issues.
• Apply leadership principles, human relations, and continuous quality improvement across management and coordination of pharmaceutical care services.

Skills

Leadership

Human relations

Continuous quality improvement

Education

Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy or Doctor of Pharmacy

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Director of Pharmacy for Mercy Hospital Folsom, you will be responsible for the oversight and coordination of daily Pharmacy Services operations in accordance with standards of practice, organizational policies/standards, procedures and applicable regulatory requirements.

In this position, you will be tasked with meeting financial objectives in labor, revenue and gross margins, implementing performance improvement initiatives, evaluating department effectiveness in meeting clinical/service expectations, and troubleshooting pharmaceutical care issues. The work you will do will require 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.

To be successful in this role, you will need to exercise judgment and critical thinking in resolving complex issues, and apply solid principles of leadership, human relations and continuous quality improvement in the overall management, coordination, and refinement of our pharmaceutical care services.

Additional incentives for this position include an annual performance-based bonus program, annual employer-funded retirement contribution (no employee contribution required), no-cost medical coverage for the employee, and a Flexible Time Away program.

Job Requirements

Required

• Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, or Doctor of Pharmacy
• Minimum of four (4) years of recent pharmacy (or similar) work experience.
• Active Registered Pharmacist license in the State of California.

Preferred

• Minimum of two (2) years in a leadership position.
• Pharmacy residency completed.
• Masters Degree (MBA, MS, MHA, etc).
• Membership in the ASHP, ASCP, APHA and/or other professional associations.

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Where You'll Work

Founded in 1989, Dignity Health - Mercy Hospital is a 106-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Folsom, California. Serving over 60,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including heart care, cancer care, women's health, and neurology. Additionally, Mercy Hospital of Folsom has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center, and has been awarded the AMA/ASA's Get the Guidelines - Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement, recognizing the hospital's commitment to providing the best stroke care. It was recently named a Leapfrog 2025 Top General Hospital.

One Community. One Mission. One California.