Director of Pharmacy

Insight Global is looking for an Executive Director for Inpatient Pharmacy for a major health system in the Charleston, SC area. This person oversees and provides leadership for all inpatient pharmacy activities at all system sites. This role interacts pro-actively with leaders, physicians, nurses, and other members of the health care delivery team to achieve desired outcomes across the system. The System Executive Director of Inpatient Pharmacy not only represents areas under their direct responsibility but also provides leadership around system-wide initiatives to improve patient care, clinical effectiveness, and patient access and to optimize patient experience and quality. This includes major projects, operational improvement initiatives, and collaborating with other executive and leaders to enhance the financial and quality goals of the organization. This position works collaboratively with the CPO to ensure processes and standards are implemented and successful at the individual sites and divisional levels and serves as the primary liaison in their area between the CPO and the facility/operational/clinical leaders and performs other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities:

• Provide hands-on leadership and operational improvement subject matter expertise to division-wide projects and operational improvement teams.
• Ensure alignment to divisional and system operational plans and strategic priorities.
• Responsible for selecting, developing, and deploying staff in the most effective manner to meet assigned objectives.
• Demonstrate high influence, motivates, and pushes others to succeed in the organizations vision, mission, and goals.
• Provide oversight of budget and variances for areas of responsibilities.
• Coach leaders on fiscal responsibility.
• Establish processes to improve efficiencies and drive financial improvement.
• Identify resource needs and obtain appropriate funding/approvals.
• Prepare departmental budget and reviews monthly for areas for improvement.
• Assess staffing across areas of responsibility to ensure alignment with national benchmarks and needs.
• Ensure optimal care team member, provider, and patient experience.
• Develop strategies to ensure standardization of patient and provider experiences across all areas of responsibility.
• Optimize operations across areas of responsibility.
• Develop and implement strategies to ensure adequate space utilization.
• Ensure standardization of operations across all locations.
• Establish and maintain operational excellence across all locations.
• Partner with leadership across various departments to ensure smooth patient flow by implementing best practices and operational improvements.
• Create a culture where process improvement is encouraged and supported.
• Identify top talent and provide opportunities for growth and development.
• Mentor/coach/support leaders and care team members and support their professional growth and development.

This position requires the following:

• Doctor of Pharmacy degree and Master’s degree in healthcare related field such as Healthcare Administration, MS or MBA is required or equivalent experience.

• Minimum 5 years of operational/clinical pharmacy management work experience. This experience must be in a large inpatient or academic pharmacy environment

• Licensed as a Registered Pharmacist by the South Carolina Board of Pharmacy.

• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) required, either a certification from an American Heart Association (AHA) BLS for Healthcare Providers (or AHA recognized equivalent) or an American Red Cross CPR/AED for Professional Rescuer and Healthcare Provider.