Director of Pharmacy

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Complete Rx is seeking a Director of Pharmacy to provide exceptional patient care at South Shore Hospital; approximately 135-staffed bed acute care hospital in South Chicago, IL
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The Director of Pharmacy provides leadership and strategic direction at our partnered hospital while having the support and expertise of Complete Rx's operations team as a resource. Your positive leadership and innovation will enable the hospital to provide the best services to the local communities.

• Salary: $165,000 - $185,000 (Commensurate with experience.)
• Eligible Annual Company Bonus: $3,000

• Monday - Friday, 7am - 10pm
• Sat/Sun, 7am - 8pm

Since 1912, South Shore Hospital is a not-for-profit acute care hospital serving Chicago's South Shore community. The hospital offers a broad range of inpatient, outpatient, emergency, diagnostic, surgical, and community-based health services.

At Complete Rx, we believe healthcare should be about serving others. That's why our mission is to deliver better care and better service, through innovation. The goal of our exceptional teams is to perform like champions. This means we are committed to being the best at delivering quality care to the patients we serve. Each team member's dedication is essential to meeting and exceeding the needs of our patients and families.

Evaluates operations on an ongoing base to ensure safe, appropriate, cost-effective care delivery

• Develops, enforces, and maintains policies and procedures that promote cost-effective, appropriate, and safe drug use.
• Evaluates operations on an ongoing basis using principles of continuous process improvement.
• Develops, implements, checks, and retools action plans to address variances and improve efficiency.
• Supervises drug storage and preparation areas throughout the hospital.
• Ensures maintenance of an adequate drug supply. Ensures the integrity of the drug supply. Establishes specifications for the procurement of drugs, chemicals, and biologicals.
• Assures adequate control and documentation of controlled substances.

Supervises, trains, mentors, and evaluates staff.

• Develops job descriptions, performance standards, and performance goals.
• Prepares work schedules and monitors workload statistics. Maintains an appropriate staffing level.
• Provides for the educational needs of the pharmacy staff.
• Acts as a positive role model, mentor, and preceptor.

Prepares annual budget, controls and reduces costs, forecasts operational needs, and reviews expenditures to ensure budget limits are not exceeded.

• Manages and oversees pharmacy purchasing.
• Prepares a pharmacy budget annually with the support of the Complete Rx operations team.
• Reviews monthly financial statistics and plans expenditures within budget guidelines.
• Monitors and justifies all expenses exceeding budgeted targets.
• Administers reports, documents, payroll records, employee surveys, and other required data.
• Ensures compliance with hospital policies and procedures that apply to pharmacy services.

Establishes the scope of services and develops annual implementation plans which contribute to the organizational strategic objectives.

• Develop, implement, and maintain a program that improves the quality of pharmacy services and supports the quality improvement plan of the organization.
• Establish productive collaborative relationships with physicians, nursing, administration, and other hospital staff.

• Bachelor of Science or PharmD degree required.
• Current license, in good standing, to practice pharmacy in the State of Illinois.
• Minimum 3 years of management experience.
• Minimum 3 years of hospital pharmacy experience is required.

As an employee of Complete Rx, your commitment to learning will be encouraged and supported through ongoing training and professional development. We nurture a collaborative, high-performance culture and offer a challenging career along with a comprehensive benefits package.

• Medical, dental, and vision
• Flexible Spending Account or Health Savings Account
• Vacation and sick time, and 1 personal day
• Continuing education:
  Eligible employees have access to a full complement of continuing-education courses as well as a wide variety of career development opportunities.
• 401(k) plans:
  Complete Rx offers a 401(k) plan with a company match.
• License Reimbursement
• Short and Long-Term Disability

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