Dir Inpatient Pharmacy

Summary:

Reports to Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer. Plans, organizes, and manages inpatient Pharmacy operations for Rhode Island Hospital, The Miriam Hospital, Newport Hospital, Bradley Hospital and Gateway Healthcare.

Responsibilities:

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Is responsible for knowing and acting in accordance with the principles of the Brown University Health Corporate Compliance Program and Code of Conduct.

Develops and recommends short and long-term goals for inpatient pharmacy services in consideration of Brown University Health's mission, values and key business objectives. Provides sponsorship to the function by identifying resources required to achieve the operating results and advocates for them during resource allocation.

Participates in the development, recommendation, implementation, and monitoring of inpatient operating budget for each affiliate.

Directs the effective utilization of resources including people, financial, and material by developing goals and objectives for inpatient areas of responsibility in collaboration with affiliate Managers. Responsible for the implementation of business plans, in accordance with action planning to attain key operating objectives. Monitors productivity reporting data and ensures corrective actions are taken to address variances from standard. Establishes operating priorities to ensure activities support the system's strategies while maintaining fiscal responsibility. Monitors personnel and purchase requisition expenditures. Ensures overall maintenance and physical inventory of equipment. Through affiliate Managers implements management standards for inpatient operations, ensuring the effective recruitment, selection, development, and evaluation of managerial, professional, and support staff to optimize the achievement of goals and objectives.

Directs the planning, design, development and implementation of customer-focused, coordinated delivery of inpatient services consistent with progressive contemporary practice models and inclusive of new and developing information technology. Responsible for the optimization of the inpatient electronic health record.

Directs, and is responsible for, the implementation and integration of inpatient clinical services in collaboration with the Director, Ambulatory Care Pharmacy, affiliate Managers, and key constituents. Responsible for the optimization of established formulary management initiatives that maximize therapeutic outcomes, reduce the risk of drug-related problems, and ensure the use of cost-effective pharmacotherapy throughout the health-system.

Directs sterile and non-sterile compounding services for inpatients and outpatients in collaboration with affiliate Managers. Directs sterile and non-sterile compounding services for hospital based and off-site oncology clinics and infusion centers. Responsible for compliance with Rhode Island Department of Health, Board of Pharmacy Rules and Regulations as related to compounding of pharmaceuticals, United States Pharmacopoeia (USP) Chapter 797 Pharmaceutical Compounding - Sterile Preparations, United States Pharmacopoeia (USP) Chapter 800 Hazardous Drugs - Handling in Healthcare Settings, United States Pharmacopoeia (USP) Chapter 795 Pharmaceutical Compounding - Nonsterile Preparations, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recommendations for hazardous drug handling and Joint Commission (JC) Medication Management chapter as it relates to Oncology and Sterile Compounding.

Collaborates and consults with peers and colleagues by defining functional standards and translating them into usable applications and/or patterns. Collaborates in development of mutually workable solutions in order to ensure consistency and continuity of functional applications across affiliate hospitals, evidenced by participation in councils, meetings, quality improvement teams and other such committees as needed. Participates in professional activities

and maintains professional affiliations to keep abreast of trends in the industry as well as changes in regulations and legislation related to the field.

Serves as a role model to staff by continuously demonstrating the corporate values, creating and maintaining effective, positive customer service relationships by identifying customers and their needs, ensuring that needs are met or exceeded, responding appropriately to difficult interactions and providing high quality customer service. Effectively and continually communicates with staff, management and customers to facilitate the flow of information necessary to the success of the employees, departments, programs and the organization. Creates employee ownership for their careers and success by providing staff with positive and actionable feedback to maximize the utilization and potential of the organization's human resources.

Promotes effective planning and coordination of services with physicians, nurses, other departments, and outside agencies. Ensures all inpatient care activities operate to support established clinical standards of care, meet or exceed patient care quality standards and customers' needs, comply with standards of applicable accreditation and regulatory agencies and consider the age-specific needs of the patient populations served. Ensures effective customer relations between inpatient services, ambulatory services, physicians and community-based, post-discharge services.

Interprets inpatient pharmacy services philosophy, policy, and practice for affiliate hospitals and directs their implementation. Interprets and provides consultation for affiliate-specific pharmacy policies, procedures and standards of practice. Develops, and evaluates inpatient programs and services that provide for continuous quality improvement. Provides for systems to assess patient, family and community needs for services and programs. Directs the development and implementation of related inpatient manual, automated order-management, and record-keeping systems.

Responsible for the development, implementation and marketing of all inpatient programs. Monitors productivity-reporting data and ensures corrective actions are taken to address variances from standard.

Develops, recommends, implements and administers necessary policies and procedures and provides the overall direction necessary to ensure high standards of care in all areas of inpatient pharmacy ensuring smooth interfaces and delivery of services to patients and staff.

Ensures all TJC, CMS, DOH, and HCFA standards, codes and regulations are adhered to and that all appropriate licenses, permits and certificates are obtained and maintained.

Develops university-affiliated programs for provision of inpatient clinical experience to undergraduate pharmacy students. Collaborates with residency program coordinators for the recruitment, selection and curriculum development for graduate pharmacist residents

contingent upon the availability of budgeted positions. Serve as preceptor to residents and may serve as residency director for PGY2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership residency. Precepts pharmacy students and residents, lectures to COP students and teaches at local universities. Directs the operations and content of pharmacy technician training.

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS:

Effective utilization of resources

Management of continuous quality improvement

High quality, high value patient-focused services

Resource productivity

Fiscal responsibility

Development and implementation of effective quality programs

Customer satisfaction

Performance improvements year-to-year

Positive feedback from peers, directs reports and staff

Other information:

QUALIFICATIONS--EDUCATION:

Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college of pharmacy required. Advanced study in pharmacy or health care related field, preferably a Masters or Doctor of Pharmacy degree and pharmacy residency, or comparable work experience.

Related graduate course of study in business administration or finance is highly desirable.

Current unrestricted state licensure as Registered Pharmacist.

QUALIFICATIONS--EXPERIENCE:

Minimum of ten years progressively more responsible management experience in inpatient hospital pharmacy, preferably in a multi-hospital, academic medical center environment.

SUPERVISION:

Supervises up to 6 direct reports.

Supervises up to 150-200 indirect reports.

Brown University Health is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, ancestry, genetics, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran, or marital status. Brown University Health is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

Location: The Miriam Hospital, USA:RI:Providence

Work Type: Full Time

Shift: Shift 1

Union: Non-Union