ProMedica Toledo Hospital is one of the largest acute-care facilities in the region. Our 794-bed hospital is staffed by more than 4,800 professional healthcare employees who serve a 27-county area throughout northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan. We also have the area's largest board-certified medical staff, which is made up of more than 1,000 primary care and specialty physicians. Excellent customer service skills and the ability to work in a fast paced environment are a must. In addition, for 15 consecutive years, residents of Greater Toledo have named us the Consumer Choice Award winner in our market. In fact, we're the only hospital in northwest Ohio to receive this honor.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Lead pharmacist will work with the staff to ensure appropriate training, compliance to regulatory standards (e.g. Joint Commission, CMS, Board of Pharmacy, USP, DEA, OSHA, etc.) and ProMedica standards and policies. Coordinates staff schedules and daily assignments ensuring 24/7 coverage for vacations, holidays and weekends. Coordinates pharmacy operational changes with staff pharmacists and technicians and assists director with quality assurance functions and process improvement. Assists with completion of employee evaluations.
ACCOUNTABILITIES
Evaluates and maintains electronic pharmacy systems with addition of new drugs and system updates. Maintains knowledge of other associated medication libraries by working collaboratively with other clinicians and IT personnel. Participates in functional testing before and after system upgrades and improvements. Communicates/coordinates updates/changes with the Pharmacy IT team.
Maintains staff pharmacist competencies. Must be able to perform all staff pharmacist functions and duties. Assists department with operational changes by training and educating the staff. Makes recommendations for work flow changes that increase the effectiveness and efficiency of pharmacy services. Works as staff pharmacist as needed.
Participates in quality projects and assigned committees to provide expertise on using the clinical information system to achieve department and hospital goals. Involved in investigating risk management reports and identifying process improvement opportunities around Medication Safety.
Troubleshoots pharmacy applications. Responds and corrects day to day issues and problems affecting workflow of clinicians interacting with electronic pharmacy applications.
Ensures department compliance to billing functions and regulatory standards. Maintains and monitors systems to ensure accuracy of billed charges to satisfy requirements of internal audit's compliance plan as well as external insurance agencies. Also ensures compliance to regulatory agency standards related to Pharmacy practice.
Contributes to Customer and employee satisfaction. Ensures operational areas are meeting metrics around medication turnaround time for order processing and dispensing medications. Also, has positively engaged Pharmacy staff as measured by Employee Engagement scores.
As an essential job function, due to continuously changing patient census/activity and staffing needs, must have the flexibility to work a varying schedule should the need arise, which may require working a varying shift, overtime (greater than 40 worked hours per week) and/or shift durations that exceed the assigned status for shift length and/or hours per week.
Education: Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy or Doctor of Pharmacy degree.
Skills: Proven communication skills and ability to communicate effectively with all levels of personnel. Demonstrated knowledge of electronic pharmacy applications.
Years of Experience: Three years hospital pharmacy experience, 2 years' experience as staff pharmacist with knowledge of computer functions utilized by the pharmacy with a strong desire to learn and maintain the systems.
License: Pharmacist License with the Board of Pharmacy in state of practice or license eligible.
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
Proven ability to work collaboratively within the department and with outside disciplines.
The interpersonal skills necessary to lead technicians and interns; to instruct patients, the public, and hospital employees; and to consult with physicians.
WORKING CONDITIONS
LEAD PHARMACIST - OPERATIONS ADDENDUM
Monitor daily pharmacy operations and identify, resolve, or escalate any high-risk issues.
Assure prompt filling of all medication orders.
Optimize pharmacy workflow to maximize efficiency and productivity. Design highly reliable processes to assure safe care.
Assure regulatory requirements are being maintained.
Identify opportunities to improve workflow related to IT, inventory, billing, and compliance.
Optimize inventory processes and meet budgetary expense benchmarks.
Assure regulatory requirements are being maintained.
Provide expertise in pharmacy operations including drug procurement and regulatory requirements.
Exposure Statement: OSHA requires an exposure determination concerning which employees may incur occupational exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials. The exposure determination is made without regard to the use of personal protective equipment (i.e. employees are considered to be exposed even if they wear personal protective equipment.) This exposure determination is required to list all job classifications in which all employees may be expected to incur such occupational exposure, regardless of frequency. It is the department's responsibility to perform exposure determination for all employees and to list job classifications in one of three categories.
Category 1: Employees in this category are routinely exposed to blood borne pathogen or other potentially infectious materials.
Category 2: Employees in this category are not usually exposed to blood borne pathogens or other potentially infectious materials but contact with infectious materials can be reasonably anticipated during the course of their duties.
Category 3: Employees in this category are not exposed to infectious materials during the normal operations of their job duties.
ProMedica is a mission-based, not-for-profit integrated healthcare organization headquartered in Toledo, Ohio. For more information, please visit www.promedica.org/about-promedica
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex/gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, age, physical or mental disability, military or protected veteran status, citizenship, familial or marital status, genetics, or any other legally protected category. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendment Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a job with ProMedica, please contact employment@promedica.org
Equal Opportunity Employer/Drug-Free Workplace
Equal Opportunity Employer
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex/gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, age, physical or mental disability, military or protected veteran status, citizenship, familial or marital status, genetics, or any other legally protected category. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendment Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a job with ProMedica Senior Care, please contact jobline@hcr-manorcare.com.
