Pharmacy Manager - Retail - Specialty

MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston (TX)

On-site

USD 173,000 - 260,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

A leading cancer treatment facility in Houston is seeking a Pharmacy Manager to oversee retail and specialty pharmacy services. The ideal candidate will manage operations, quality assurance, and strategic planning within pharmacy services, ensuring compliance with laws and regulations. Candidates must have a relevant pharmacy degree and significant experience in a supervisory role. Competitive salary offered with a focus on leadership and patient care.

Qualifications

B.S.Pharm or Pharm.D. required.
Five years of pharmacist experience including three years in a supervisory/managerial role.
Experience with Epic Electronic Health Record is preferred.

Responsibilities

Leads operational, development, quality, and regulatory compliance components.
Implements and maintains best practices for pharmacy operations.
Directs workflow and monitors productivity in pharmacy services.

Job description

Overview

Pharmacy Manager - Retail - Specialty - Dayshift

Summary: Reporting to the Associate Director, Pharmacy Operations, this role leads operational, development, quality, and regulatory compliance components for the retail and specialty pharmacy services. To ensure safe and rational drug therapy through efficient distribution systems and integrated direct patient care activities. Directs the distributive and patient care activities performed by pharmacists and technicians for pharmacy dispensing areas servicing Outpatient areas.

Responsibilities

Operations: 45%

Implementing and maintaining best practices as defined through legal and national standards. Establish cohesive and consistent pharmacy operations and standards across outpatient retail and specialty pharmacy service locations. Provides clear direction and communication to department leaders.
Participates in development and administration of policies and operating procedures.
Monitors area workflow according to defined metrics to assure all duties are performed efficiently; manages physical resources including inventory control, automation/technology, and property maintenance.
Directing work flow and monitoring productivity, and meeting patient care needs.
Leads human resource functions including staffing, performance management, professional development, succession planning, and position requests.

Quality and Regulatory

Administers and oversees a quality assurance and improvement program, with emphasis in pharmacy compliance to Board of Pharmacy, accreditation requirements and all applicable regulatory agency guidelines and requirements for each state of licensure.
Establishes an ongoing focus on implementing best practices for quality and performance improvement, continuous monitoring, oversight, and performance improvement.
Ensures that internal processes comply with institutional guidelines and regulatory agencies to maintain the integrity of the department and institution.

Strategy

Assists the Associate Director with development, alignment, and execution of short- and long-range strategic plans and initiatives across retail and specialty pharmacy services.
Participates with executive leaders and managers in programs and initiatives, ensuring pharmacy service support of institutional directives, strategy, and goals.
Establishes and maintains relationships, through collaboratively working with inter- and intra-departmental team members, timely resolution of conflicts and service level complaints, timely address conflicts between staff within the department; works toward win-win solutions, promoting and maintaining a professional work environment.
Assists director and managers in leadership collaboration of new projects.

Core Values

Caring Behaviors

Courtesy: Always respectful and courteous to each other
Friendliness/Teamwork: Promotes and rewards teamwork and collaboration across the team; is sensitive to the concerns of our patients and our co-workers.

Integrity Behaviors

Reliability: Communicates frequently, honestly, and openly
Accountability: Holds self and others accountable for practicing our values
Safety: Notices a safety concern and brings it to someone’s attention; models safe behaviors (wears badge, washes hands, keeps work area clean and orderly)

Discovery Behaviors

Responsiveness: By his/her actions, creates an environment of trust; Encourages learning, creativity, and innovative ideas
Personal Leadership/Self-Initiative: Helps others to identify and solve problems; Seeks personal growth and enables others to do so

Safety

We provide a safe environment - physically and psychologically - for our patients, for our colleagues and for our community. We create a sense of security and empowerment and are committed to keeping one another free from harm. We embrace a framework and best practices for the highest quality of care and service. We inspire trust by modeling excellence in our work and acceptance of each person's contributions.

Stewardship

We protect and preserve our institutional reputation and the precious resources - people, time, financial and environmental - entrusted to us. We prioritize the health and well-being of each other. We act responsibly to safeguard the institution's finances. We ensure the proper care and use of time, data, materials, equipment and property afforded to us.

Mission

The mission of The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center is to eliminate cancer in Texas, the nation, and the world through outstanding programs that integrate patient care, research and prevention, and through education for undergraduate and graduate students, trainees, professionals, employees and the public.

Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Required: B.S.Pharm or Pharm.D.

Preferred: ASHP accredited residency or fellowship, and MS degree in pharmacy or MBA healthcare management or administration.

Experience

Required: Five years of pharmacist experience to include three years in a supervisory/managerial role. With preferred degree (which must be obtained within 180 days), completion of a PGY1 or PGY2 pharmacy administrative residency program can substitute for required experience. Successful completion of the LEADing Self Accelerate and/or LEADing Self Discover programs may substitute for one year of required supervisory or management experience. Completion of both programs can be substituted for a maximum of two years of supervisory or management experience.

Preferred: Five years of management experience in a large community or teaching hospital with outpatient retail and specialty pharmacy services.

Experience with Epic Electronic Health Record.

Onsite Presence

Is Required: This position may be responsible for maintaining the security and integrity of critical infrastructure, as defined in Section 113.001(2) of the Texas Business and Commerce Code and therefore may require routine reviews and screening. The ability to satisfy and maintain all requirements necessary to ensure the continued security and integrity of such infrastructure is a condition of hire and continued employment.

EEO: It is the policy of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to provide equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. EEO-affirmative-action: http://www.mdanderson.org/about-us/legal-and-policy/legal-statements/eeo-affirmative-action.html

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