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Exemption Status:

Exempt

Schedule Details:

Monday through Friday

Scheduled Hours:

0800-1630

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.

Everyone Is a Caregiver

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 16,000 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.

Major Responsibilities:

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.

Standard Management Level Responsibilities:

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.

Position Qualifications:

License/Certification/Education:
Required:

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.

Preferred:

Advanced degree preferred.

Experience/Skills:
Required:

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

UMass Memorial is a comprehensive care provider for the region that has all of the high complexity disease states; Critical Care, Neonates, Med/Surg, Cardiology, Surgery, Pediatrics, Solid Organ Transplant, Heme/ONC, BMT and more. The Acute Care Operations Pharmacy Director will lead a talented team of 2 Direct Reports together overseeing a team of over 90 caregiver FTE's that deliver optimal pharmaceutical care to Worcester County. In addition to overseeing the Pharmacy Operation, this Pharmacy Director would partner with internal departments on strategic direction, operational optimization efforts and a primary role with nursing and other operational departments.

This role will be joining the organization during a growth phase including an off-site consolidated service center coming on line and technological investments like IV Cameras and centers of excellence relationships with market leading vendors.

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.

We’re striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health – for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at talentacquisition@umassmemorial.org. We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.