Pharmacist Supervisor, Acute Care

Job Description - Pharmacist Supervisor, Acute Care (260000JI)

Job Description

Description

With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees. Ranked as the number 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth according to U.S. News & World Report , we invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development to align with your future goals.

Our highly competitive benefits package offers healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on-site childcare, wage, merit increases and so much more. We invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you'll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and a rewarding career!

Manages daily operational and clinical pharmacy activities, priorities, and problems; oversees pharmacist staffing and workloads; provides status reports to pharmacy management communicating issues, concerns, and suggestions. Monitors pharmacy information systems and coordinates with IR regarding problems, resolutions, and improvements; processes formulary additions to pharmacy information systems and CDM; assists with charge audits, monitors timeliness of charges and credits, and verifies accuracy.

Manages and develops clinical initiatives; determines therapeutic alternatives when drug shortages are identified and communicates with medical staff leadership and key stakeholders. Assists with budget preparation and daily financial activity, including high-cost drugs; supports organizational and patient care initiatives; and assists pharmacy leadership in meeting administrative goals and objectives.

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer
• Education
  Bachelor's Degree of Science or PharmD from an ACPE-accredited school of pharmacy
• Experience
  2 years of experience or equivalent pharmacy residency experience.
• Licenses and Certifications
  (BLS) BASIC LIFE SUPPORT certification (AHA or ARC) required by start date;
  Licensed by the Texas State Board of Pharmacy (TSBP) or eligible for licensure (Texas license within 30 days of hire).

• Experience
  Experience in a hospital practice setting preferred.

• Maintain and enforce organizational and departmental policies and procedures, performance improvement objectives, and environmental/infection control standards; develop and implement processes to meet TJC, TSBP, and other regulatory requirements.
• Coordinate staff development, training, competencies, certification, and continued education; orient new employees, establish expectations, and document progress; develop, implement, and manage the clinical practice of the staff and department.
• Assist clinical staff pharmacists with therapeutic monitoring, patient assessments, interpretation of lab values, TPN assessment, and pharmacokinetic calculations.
• Promote pharmacy services; coordinate and participate in multidisciplinary in-services/meetings, performance improvement activities, rounds, consults, and individualized drug information; participate in education and experiential training of pharmacy students.
• Actively manage and enforce Pharmacy & Therapeutics initiatives through monitoring of documented interventions; verify data, develop measures, and report outcomes.
• Support cost savings initiatives; participate in assessment and selection of cost-effective pharmaceuticals; enforce formulary systems and protocols for acquisition of non-formulary products; review formulary addition requests and develop monographs for presentation.
• Monitor pharmacy information systems and communicate with IR regarding problems, resolutions, and improvements; process formulary additions to information systems and CDM; assist with charge audits; monitor timeliness of charges and credits and verify accuracy.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements to deliver prompt and safe patient care; contribute ideas and lead changes.
• Mentor clinical and operations staff; promote sound decision-making and problem identification/resolution; encourage staff ownership and continuous process improvement.
• Interview, select, and…