Regional Vice President of Pharmacy Services, R2

Prime Healthcare; Providence (RI); On-site; USD 280,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Prime Healthcare seeks a Regional Vice President of Pharmacy Services to lead design and implementation of pharmacy operations, regulatory compliance, and strategic initiatives across the system. You will coordinate with national and regional leaders to achieve clinical and financial goals.

The role requires extensive hospital-pharmacy management experience, licensure, and strong communication skills to drive change on a national scale.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science or advanced degree in Pharmacy required.
• Current state Pharmacy license required.
• Multi-state acute care health system experience preferred.
• 5+ years of hospital management experience required.
• 3+ years of acute care Pharmacy experience required.
• Excellent communication and leadership for national-scale change.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with National VP and Regional VP to design and implement pharmacy services.
• Ensure compliance with State Boards of Pharmacy rules and regulations.
• Develop and maintain policies and best practices for pharmacy operations.
• Lead interdisciplinary teams to advance initiatives and projects.
• Onboard acquisitions into pharmacy services operations.
• Interact with executives and technology teams to deliver system design.

Skills

Pharmacy operations leadership

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder management

Strategic planning

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy

Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)

Tools

Epic Willow

Pyxis

Job description

Overview

Prime Healthcare is an award-winning health system headquartered in Ontario, California. Prime Healthcare operates 54 hospitals and has more than 360 outpatient locations in 15 states providing more than 3.0million patient visits annually. It is one of the nation’s leading health systems with over 60,000 employees and physicians. Twenty-one of the Prime Healthcare hospitals are members of the Prime Healthcare Foundation, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit public charity. Prime Healthcare is actively seeking new members to join our corporate team!

Overview

Prime Healthcare is an award-winning health system headquartered in Ontario, California. Prime Healthcare operates 54 hospitals and has more than 360 outpatient locations in 15 states providing more than 3.0million patient visits annually. It is one of the nation’s leading health systems with over 60,000 employees and physicians. Twenty-one of the Prime Healthcare hospitals are members of the Prime Healthcare Foundation, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit public charity. Prime Healthcare is actively seeking new members to join our corporate team!

Responsibilities

In coordination with the National Vice President of Pharmacy Services, the Regional Vice President of Pharmacy Services is responsible for facilitating the design and implementation of the delivery of pharmacy services, developing and recommending strategies to improve services and clinical outcomes, reaching established goals, maintaining satisfactory outcomes and contributing to the business plans and financial goals of the organization. The individual will be responsible and accountable for ensuring company compliance with State Boards of Pharmacy rules and regulations, maintenance of all company required certifications and accreditations.

In This Role, You'll Be Responsible For

• Complies with Federal, State and other regulatory agencies dealing with the management of medication.
• Demonstrated knowledge related to the management, dispensing, storage, selection and procurement of medications as well as safety practices.
• Knowledge of design, build, testing, installation and support of software applications required for the deployment of the Epic Willow application and other Pharmacy IT Systems (e.g. Pyxis).
• Utilizes experience in strategic planning and execution.
• Understands and incorporates Prime Healthcare Management philosophies into operational plan and goals.
• Actively pursues personal continuing education through in-service, programs, workshops, conferences, independent study.
• Creation and oversight of policies, procedures and best practices related to pharmacy operations.
• Develops and maintains programs for auditing and inspecting pharmacies on performance and compliance of policy, to ensure quality patient care, and to meet regulatory and accreditation standard requirements.
• Works closely with the Pharmacy Directors to support business needs and maintain compliant operational with a focus on patient care.
• Leads regularly scheduled Clinical and Operational meetings to ensure current regulations, training and new drug therapy information is disseminated effectively to the staff, including monitoring of all manufacturer requirements of participation in FDA programs, drug recall reporting, and other industry related information.
• Will meet with and evaluate vendors to secure and maintain contracts, equipment and supplies which are required to carry out effective patient care
• Serves as a consultant to all pharmacy directors within the system to maintain safe and optimal pharmacy operations.
• Manages and develops relationships with healthcare partners including their executive teams as well as the operations and technology teams.
• Designing and implementing future-state business workflows by interacting with business department representatives to analyze needs and translate these into system design
• Works with various interdisciplinary teams to ensure the successful execution of various initiatives, goals, strategic projects, and objectives.
• Ensures new acquisitions are successfully onboarded into pharmacy services operations.
• Performs other duties as assigned or required.

This role is required onsite at either of our hospitals in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, or Rhode Island when not traveling for site visits. This role is not offered remotely.

Qualifications

Required qualifications

• Bachelor of Science or Advanced Degree in Pharmacy required.
• Current state Registered Pharmacy license.
• Multi-state acute care health system experience required.
• 5+ years of management experience within a hospital environment required.
• 3+ years of acute care Pharmacy experience required.
• Exceptional communication skills / professional presence with ability to lead and drive change on a national scale.

Preferred Qualifications

• Doctor of Pharmacy Degree preferred.
• MBA or advanced business degree preferred.
• Residency preferred.

Pay Transparency

Prime Healthcare offers competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package that provides employees the flexibility to tailor benefits according to their individual needs. Our Total Rewards package includes, but is not limited to, paid time off, a 401K retirement plan, medical, dental, and vision coverage, tuition reimbursement, and many more voluntary benefit options. Benefits may vary based on employment status, i.e. full-time, part-time, per diem or temporary. A reasonable compensation estimate for this role, which includes estimated wages, benefits, and other forms of compensation, is $280,000.00 to $320,000.00 on an annualized basis. The exact starting compensation to be offered will be determined at the time of selecting an applicant for hire and will be dependent on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to geographic location, skill set, experience, education, credentials, and licensure. Additionally, employees in this position may be eligible to participate in the Company’s annual discretionary bonus program. Discretionary bonuses, if any, are based on a number of factors, which include but are not limited to individual and Company performance.

Employment Status

Full Time

Shift

Days

Equal Employment Opportunity

Company is an equal employment opportunity employer. Company prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (subject to applicable law), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. Know Your Rights: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/EEOC_KnowYourRights_screen_reader_10_20.pdf

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