Manager of Pharmacy; Exempt

Benefis is one of Montana's largest and premier health systems, and we are committed to providing excellent care for all, healing body, mind, and spirit. At Benefis, we work hard to support our employees in every aspect of their careers by offering outstanding benefits and compensation, state‑of‑the‑art facilities, and multiple growth opportunities. The only thing missing is you!

Responsible for all aspects of staff management, departmental management, and for creating a professional practice environment that focuses on safe, effective patient care as well as customer service. Supervises and directs the operational activities of the department. Organizes and coordinates pharmacy staff activities to meet the responsibilities of the department, including pharmacy related automation and software used in daily operations. This role provides health system level operational and clinical oversight across inpatient pharmacy services, ambulatory infusion centers, cancer infusion services and collaboration with ambulatory care areas supporting evidence‑based pharmacy practice model and collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to advance quality, safety, regulatory compliance.

Assists the Director of Pharmacy in enforcing the organization's policies and procedures for the receipt, storage, preparation, dispensing and disposal of pharmaceuticals. Additionally, responsible for carrying out the duties of the Director in their absence.

Provides systemwide coordination of clinical pharmacy services, supporting inpatient operations, ambulatory infusion centers, and cancer infusion services.

Leads and supports compliance with applicable USP standards (including USP , , and ), state and federal regulations, and accreditation requirements. Serves as a subject matter expert for sterile compounding, hazardous drug handling, and infusion therapy practices.

Supports oversight of pharmaceutical waste streams, including hazardous drug disposal and environmental compliance, ensuring standardized processes across all practice sites.

Supervises and coordinates pharmacy staff and workflows and software systems that support safe and efficient medication‑use processes. Assists the Director of Pharmacy in policy implementation and operational oversight and serves as the Director's designee, as assigned.

Administrative responsibilities include planning, coordinating, organizing, monitoring and implementing all activities in area of responsibility and employee performance management. Maintains efficient and effective department operation, which includes compliance with and requiring employee compliance with all state, federal and local regulatory laws, standards, protocols and licensing or certification standards.

Demonstrates the ability to deal with pressure to meet deadlines, to be accurate, and to handle constantly changing situations. Demonstrates the ability to deal with a variety of people, deal with stressful situations, and handle conflict.

Will perform all job duties or job tasks as assigned. Will follow and adhere to all requirements, regulations and procedures of any licensing board or agency. Must comply with all Benefis Health System's organization policies and procedures.

• Graduate of a School of Pharmacy with BS Pharmacy or Pharm
  
  D degree
• Current Pharmacist licensure in the State of Montana
• Five (5) years' experience in a healthcare system preferred.