Pharmacy Director, Cancer, Infusion and Investigation Drug Service

Exemption Status:
Exempt

Hiring Range: $ - $ Please note that the final offer may vary within this range based on a candidate's experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations .

Schedule Details:
Monday through Friday

Scheduled

Hours:

Shift: 1 - Day Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America)

Hours:

40

Cost Center: 10020 - 3801 Pharmacy Administration

This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver - regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading‑edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other.

And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

The Director of Pharmacy has overall responsibility for all operations related to the Harrington Pharmacy. Oversight includes issues around management of personnel, resources and supplies as well as budgetary management.

• Organizes and directs a comprehensive program of pharmaceutical services.
• Supervises and leads pharmacy department personnel in meeting service, quality, and financial targets and needs.
• Plans, implements, reviews, and revises relevant policies, procedures, programs and practices to meet professional and institutional goals.
• Actively participates and provides leadership on all assigned committees and projects.
• Establishes and maintains productive and respectful working relationships with all departments and personnel.

• Directs and supervises assigned personnel including performance evaluations, scheduling, orientation, and training.
• Makes recommendations on employee hires, transfers, promotions, salary changes, discipline, terminations, and similar actions.
• Resolves grievances and other personnel problems within position responsibilities.
• Develops and recommends the budgets for the areas managed. Manages activities to assure financial goals are met.
• Coordinates the assignment of tasks and helps resolve technical and operational problems. Evaluates the impact of solutions to ensure goals are achieved.
• Provides effective direction, guidance, and leadership over the staff for effective teamwork and motivation, and fosters the effective integration of efforts with system-wide initiatives.
• Encourages and supports diverse views and approaches, demonstrates Standards of Respect, and contributes to creating and maintaining an environment of professionalism, respect, tolerance, civility and acceptance toward all employees, patients and visitors.
• Integrates diversity into departmental objectives, such as hiring, promotions, training, vendor selections, etc.
• Participates in performance improvement initiatives and demonstrates the use of quality improvement in daily operations.
• Ensures compliance with regulatory agencies such as Joint Commission, DPH, etc. Develops and maintains procedures necessary to meet regulatory requirements.
• Ensures that department complies with hospital established policies, quality assurance programs, safety, and infection control policies and procedures.
• Ensures adequate equipment and supplies for department.
• Develops and maintains established departmental policies, procedures, and objectives.
• Ensures compliance to all health and safety regulations and requirements.
• Maintains, regular, reliable, and predictable attendance.
• Performs similar or related duties as required or directed.

• Graduate of an Accredited School of Pharmacy (min. of 5-year B.S. degree).
• Registered Pharmacist in the State of Massachusetts (current license).
• Maintain all continuing education requirements.

• Advanced degree preferred

• Minimum of 5-7 years of supervisory experience in a hospital pharmacy department or equivalent.
• Ability to communicate effectively with Medical and Hospital staff.

Unless certification, licensure or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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