Pharmacist in Charge

Description

Job Summary: Oversee all day-to-day pharmacy operations and manage all staff in the pharmacy. This position requires full-time hours during all shifts, including nights, weekends and holidays.

Duties:

• Manage pharmacy staff by assigning work tasks, providing day-to-day direction, evaluating performance, hiring, firing, training and scheduling work shifts for all employees;
• Fill prescriptions and oversee prescriptions filled by technicians to ensure proper procedures have been followed;
• Consult with the facility, the physician, and/or patient to provide advice regarding drug interactions, generic alternatives, proper medication dosages, etc.;
• Follow controlled substance protocols in accordance with state and federal laws;
• Follow all opening and closing procedures for the pharmacy;
• Ensure that all employees maintain all pharmacy and store protocols and procedures;
• Maintain and manage inventory, ordering new supplies as needed;
• Ensure the pharmacy and adjoining areas are clean at all times; and
• Follow all company compliance guidelines
• Will comply with all Corporate Initiatives and utilize provided tools/resources as appropriate

Requirements

Qualifications:

• Minimum BS degree in Pharmacy, with Doctorate Degree in pharmacy preferred;
• Active pharmacist license in the state where pharmacy is located; may require multiple state licenses;
• Judgment and Decision Making in considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one;
• Strong leadership skills to lead by example, supervise staff, and oversee all daily operations to keep the pharmacy running efficiently and legally;
• Excellent customer service skills to develop good relationships with the facility, the physician and all internal company personnel;
• Excellent communication skills to employees at all levels in the organization, as well as externally;
• Strong computer skills to enter prescriptions into company systems;
• Strong math skills used to manage inventory and track pharmacy costs
• Critical thinking to use logic and reasoning in identifying the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Must be able to remain in a stationary position, either standing or sitting 100% of the time
• Must be able to frequently move about inside the pharmacy up to 50% of the time to access file cabinets, office machinery, check on direct reports, etc.;
• Must be able to constantly operate a computer and other office equipment such as calculators, copy machines and printers up to 100% of the time;
• Must be able to talk and hear in order to communicate effectively over the phone and in person up to 50% of the time;
• Must be able to see 100% of the time to recognize medications, detect inaccuracies, and observe the work of others; and
• Must be able to lift and/or transport materials weighing up to 50 pounds up to 10% of the time;
• Must be able to tolerate normal office environment and exposure to various medications

PharmcareUSA is a national, closed- door, long term care pharmacy business with locations in multiple states. We are privately owned and continue to grow each year, providing daily deliveries to nursing and assisted living facilities as well as hospice residents. We are passionate about what we do and are looking for staff with the same attribute. Here at PharmcareUSA we strive to take care of our own staff as well as the customers we serve.