Advocate Aurora Health

Director of Pharmacy- PICS


PayCompetitive
LocationArlington Heights/Illinois
Employment typeFull-Time

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  • Job Description

      Req#: R125857

      Department:

      38404 System Pharmacy - Pharmacy Integrated Clinical Services/PICS

      Status:

      Full time

      Benefits Eligible:

      Yes

      Hou rs Per Week:

      40

      Schedule Details/Additional Information:

      Remote position with occasional on site travel expected within MW Region.

      Dual licensure WI and IL required within 6 months of hire.

      Director will have responsibilities for leading team of 150+ pharmacists performing virtual clinical services, including order verification for acute care hospitals across MW Region of Advocate Health.

      Major Responsibilities:

      • Directs the overall operations of the department. Provides security and accountability for all resources including controlled substances. Ensures services provided are safe and high quality. Ascertains that appropriate stakeholder needs are addressed, and expectations are met.
      • Ensures pharmacy services align with local, state, and federal rules and regulations. Ensures that accepted standards of practice as outlined by accrediting bodies, ASHP, USP, and ISMP are followed. Complies with all requirements of OSHA and the Department of Public Health.
      • Partners with system and site teams to provide strategic direction. Analyzes problems and develops and implements solutions that enhance services provided. Monitors service levels and takes corrective action as appropriate.
      • Directs resources, including team members and supplies, in an optimal manner. Recommends and institutes measures that result in cost effectiveness and efficiency in operation while ensuring safe, high quality care.
      • Takes an active part in the quality management system. Promotes a culture of safety and continuous quality improvement by identifying safety and quality improvement opportunities and ensuring that opportunities identified are communicated, addressed, and improved.
      • Executes on system initiatives including direct patient care initiatives, standard operating procedures, formulary management, and transitions of care partnerships. Partners to develop, monitor, and meet site and system goals. Intervenes as appropriate to ensure that goals remain on track and team members are knowledgeable of and accountable for their respective goals.
      • Collaborates with teams across sites and disciplines to ensure best practice care is provided. Represents division in meetings and serves as a member on committees to actively promote department practice. Serves as a liaison with leadership, medical staff, nursing teams, patients, and other key stakeholders to develop and maintain strong working relationships.
      • Monitors new developments in the field and promotes service line development and growth. Reviews new technology and patient care opportunities and maintains relationships with external sources in order to enhance services provided.
      • Creates an environment that supports training, education, and research in the field.
      • Performs human resources responsibilities for staff which include interviewing and selection of new employees, promotions, staff development, performance evaluations, compensation changes, resolution of employee concerns, corrective actions, terminations, and overall employee morale.
      • Develops and recommends operating and capital budgets and controls expenditures within approved budget objectives.
      • Responsible for understanding and adhering to the organization's Code of Ethical Conduct and for ensuring that personal actions, and the actions of employees supervised, comply with the policies, regulations and laws applicable to the organization's business.


      Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification Required:

      • Pharmacist license issued by the state in which the team member practices.


      Education Required:

      • Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy.


      Experience Required:

      • Typically requires 7 years of experience in pharmacy management that includes experiences managing in a health system pharmacy practice. Includes 3 years of management experience in managing staff, budgets and pharmacy services at the management or above level.


      Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required:

      • Demonstrated leadership skills and abilities including exceptional prioritization, decision making, delegation, team building, customer service, and conflict resolution.
      • Proven project management skills including project design, implementation and training.
      • Excellent oral and written skills, and the ability to interact effectively with vendors, pharmacy and hospital leaders.
      • Advanced knowledge of the advances in pharmaceutical practices.
      • Proficiency in using the Microsoft Office Suite or similar products and previous experience with pharmacy automation hardware and software.
      • Experience with long range planning and process standardization across multiple sites.
      • Ability to problem solve and proactively address issues, resulting in a positive outcome.
      • Demonstrates the ability to lead and direct team members.
      • Life support training courses may be required dependent on department discretion.


      Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

      • Must have fine motor manipulation of hands and wrists to use computer keyboard and to prepare syringes.
      • Will be exposed to chemical hazards, so will be required to wear protective clothing as necessary.
      • Must have functional speech, vision, and hearing.
      • Operates all equipment necessary to perform the job.


      This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of the incumbent. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the incumbent. Incumbent may be required to perform other related duties.

      About Advocate Health

      Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.

  • About the company

      Advocate Aurora Health is a non-profit health care system with dual headquarters located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin