Pharmacy Supervisor, Brown Cancer Center, Oncology

# Primary Location:
UofL Health - Brown Cancer Center - UMC

# Address:
529 S. Jackson St.
Louisville, KY 40202


# Shift:
First Shift (United States of America)

# Job Description Summary:
UofL Health is a fully integrated regional academic health system with five hospitals, four medical centers, nearly 200 physician practice locations, more than 700 providers, the Frazier Rehab Institute and Brown Cancer Center.
With more than 12,000 team members—physicians, surgeons, nurses, pharmacists and other highly skilled health care professionals—UofL Health is focused on one mission: delivering patient-centered care to each and every patient each and every day.

Job Description:

The Supervisor, Pharmacy Services will take on responsibilities in the areas of pharmacy operations, technology and automation, medication safety, quality improvement, regulatory compliance, staff oversight and training, and medication compounding and preparation related to all aspects of pharmacy operations at UofL Health suburban campuses. The Supervisor, Pharmacy Services will indirectly report to the Director, Pharmacy Operations – Suburban Campuses (Mary & Elizabeth, Shelbyville, and Peace Hospitals) to provide safe, timely, efficient, equitable, effective, and patient-centered medication use.

The position requires the ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with patients, physicians, nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals from all clinical disciplines regarding activities related to the improvement of medication use.  Ensures that all activities are consistent with overall hospital objectives. The position demonstrates competence to provide pharmaceutical care for pediatric (birth to 11 years), adolescent (12-18), adult (19-65), and geriatric (66-over) patients.

Essential Functions:

Medication systems and operations coordination

- Manage and lead the provision of safe, timely, efficient, equitable, effective, and patient-centered pharmacy patient care services and operations for areas of responsibility
- Responsible for operational systems to assure appropriate prescribing, distribution, administration, and monitoring outcomes of drug therapy process
- Assure that existing automation is being utilized at the highest level of efficiency
- Assure compliance within sterile compounding (USP 797), non-sterile compounding practices (USP 795), and handling of hazardous drugs (USP 800)
- Assist and coordinate efforts to ensure operations meet compliance and quality improvement standards and initiatives
- Maintain quality assurance programs for pharmacy services designed to objectively and systematically monitor care, pursue opportunities for improvement, resolve identified problems as may exist, and detect and prevent drug diversion
- Oversight of records retention per hospital policy, including but not limited to: employee records, controlled substance invoices, compounding records, etc.
- Identify opportunities to redesign operational systems to maximize labor and operational efficiency
- Provide oversight of day-to-day operations while identifying and resolving problems which occur
- In collaboration with Medication Safety Manager, review reports for medication errors, adverse drug events, ineffective service, or other problem identification. Analyze and implement quality improvement measures for improving organizational performance
- Assure proper training for end users
- Assures all pharmacy permits, registrations, staff licenses and certifications are current
- File reports required by state or federal laws and regulations

Continuously Improve Pharmacy Core Processes

- Contribute to, implement and maintain pharmacy policies and procedures related to operations including, but not limited to: procurement, storage, security, and disposition of drugs and provision of pharmacy services
- Stabilize and continually monitor core processes of drug distribution and medication safety. Identify opportunities to improve processes based on feedback from staff and coordinate implementation of improvements in a timely manner
- Remove barriers for staff to ensure optimal performance
- Collaborate with other departments or disciplines to improve medication use safety and efficiency
- Works diligently to eliminate waste through creative solutions and staff engagement

Deliver comprehensive pharmaceutical care to patients

- Work collaboratively with other clinicians and health-care providers during routine communications
- Review medication orders for accuracy, appropriateness and efficacy
- Discuss medication order clarifications with prescriber, update orders to reflect communicated changes, and notify involved personnel
- Document all pharmacy interventions in patient electronic medical record and integrated clinical decision support system
- Monitor drug therapy to evaluate appropriateness of use, dose, dosage form, regimen, route, therapeutic duplication, and drug interactions

Other Functions:

Promote and demonstrate rational, cost-effective drug therapy

- Works to promote compliance with established policies within the department of Pharmacy and the Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee.
- Participate in formulary management by implementing therapeutic interchanges and enforcing the non-formulary ordering process
- Facilitate the implementation of clinical and operational initiatives
- Participates or provides oversight of participation in hospital standing and ad-hoc groups concerned with medication utilization and safety to define present and future needs and to assist in problem resolution
- Provides monthly and/or periodic reports to administration containing qualitative and/or quantitative data

Facilitate and participate in scholarly and professional development activities

- Provide guidance and supervision to pharmacists and certified pharmacy technicians
- Precept pharmacy students during IPPE and APPE rotations as necessary
- Supports drug research conducted by the institution. In collaboration with the pharmacy institutional review board (IRB) representative, helps to ensure optimal handling of investigational agents and appropriate documentation
- Active participation in local, regional, or national organizations in area of expertise encouraged
- Collaborate with pharmacy leadership in developing education, training, and competency programs

Execute hospital and pharmacy policies and procedures

- Collaborate with pharmacy leadership in development and review of departmental policies and procedures
- Provides leadership to ensure successful compliance with all federal, state and local regulatory standards.
- Function as a role model and as an educational resource for pharmacy staff
- Oversees the recruitment, orientation, and evaluation of quality staff
- Serves as a mentor to pharmacy staff, aiding in the development of their clinical skills.

Effective Communication Skills

- Utilize advanced communication skills to convey and demonstrate clinical pharmacist expertise
- Form collaborative relationships with pharmacy team members and other members of the healthcare team
- Demonstrate effective professional and patient communications including articulation of recommendations
- Demonstrate the ability to work in team environment, reaffirming the contribution of each person to the delivery of care/services
- Involvement in pharmacy department or hospital committees
- Achieve and maintain satisfactory working relationships with pharmacy leadership, pharmacy staff and other departments throughout the system, including committees and administration
- Attend and lead departmental staff huddles

- Maintains compliance with all company policies, procedures and standards of conduct
- Complies with HIPAA privacy and security requirements to maintain confidentiality at all times
- Performs other duties as assigned

Additional Job Description:

Education:

- Graduated from an ACPE accredited College of Pharmacy (required)

Experience:

- Post-Graduate Year 1 (PGY-1) Pharmacy Residency required or three (3) years of relevant work experience (required)
- Two (2) years of leadership experience (preferred)

Licensure:

- Licensed or license eligible as a pharmacist in the Commonwealth of Kentucky (required)

Certification:

- Current board certification by Board of Pharmacy Specialties® or must obtain within two (2) years from date of hire (preferred)
- Current certification in Basic Life Support or must obtain within 90 days from date of hire (required)