Coord Pharmacy

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Job Type:

Regular

Scheduled Hours:

40

Why You'll Love Working with St. Elizabeth Healthcare

At St. Elizabeth Healthcare, every role supports our mission to provide comprehensive and compassionate care to the communities we serve. For more than 160 years, St. Elizabeth Healthcare has been a trusted provider of quality care across Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. We're guided by our mission to improve the health of the communities we serve and by our values of excellence, integrity, compassion, and teamwork. Our associates are the heart of everything we do.

Benefits That Support You

We invest in you - personally and professionally.

Enjoy:

• Competitive pay and comprehensive health coverage within the first 30 days.
• Generous paid time off and flexible work schedules
• Retirement savings with employer match
• Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities
• Wellness, mental health, and recognition programs
• Career advancement through mentorship and internal mobility

Job Summary:

Position provides oversight for system-wide drug diversion prevention.

The Pharmacy Coordinator assists with oversight of the day to day operations of the department and performs the duties of a registered pharmacist .The primary responsibility of the pharmacy coordinator is to develop and maintain pharmaceutical care based programs and technologies for the purpose of achieving optimal outcomes with a special emphasis placed on leadership in their assigned functional area of responsibility (Operations, Clinical, Compounding, Education & Training, Technology, or Diversion). They will assist in the achievement of the department commitment to be innovative, proactive, and accountable for quality patient outcomes by optimizing medication use across the continuum of care.

Demonstrate respect, dignity, kindness and empathy in each encounter with all patients, families, visitors and other employees regardless of cultural background.

Job Description:

• Provides operations and clinical staffing as time permits (up to 20 hours per week). Maintains familiarity with all departmental programs and technologies, and works as an integral part of the pharmacy team.
• Has the primary responsibility for assigned areas of oversight. Works with the pharmacy leadership team to implement medication management decisions.
• Develops communications, in-services and education on relevant topics.
• Provides leadership and serves as a role model and resource person for pharmacy staff.
• Leads, analyzes, and appraises pharmacy services provided to patients, physicians and ancillary departments within the Network.
• Actively participates in the ongoing monitoring of standard workflow procedures for the department.
• Oversees and evaluates ongoing reporting and analysis of existing projects and new initiatives of the pharmacy department .
• Develops and implements policies and procedures.
• Serves as a liaison to Nursing and the Medical Staff and works directly with these groups to meet the needs of the department and the hospital.
• Serves as a resource for pharmacy services support at all sites.
• Participates on multidisciplinary committees at the discretion of manager.
• Customer Service/Patient Experience: Obtain and prioritize the voice of the customer in the design and implementation of pharmacy services.
• Assist in achievement of the department commitment to be innovative, proactive, and accountable for quality patient outcomes by optimizing medication use across the continuum of care.
• Provide excellent customer service to patients and other healthcare team members with attention to the needs of all staff.
• Coordinates professional growth and development of pharmacists through educational programs, in-services, mentoring, and testing.
• Assures competency through education, coaching, auditing and testing
• Coordinates efforts with other St. Elizabeth Healthcare facilities.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education, Credentials, Licenses:

• Graduate from ACPE accredited pharmacy college
• Licensed (or eligible) as a Pharmacist in state of practice as applicable.

Specialized Knowledge:

Superior problem solving and critical thinking skills Superior customer service and communication skills Familiar with Current Practice Standards Competencies required of a Pharmacist

Kind and Length of Experience:

Two years inpatient hospital experience

FLSA Status:

Exempt

Right Career. Right Here. If you're looking for the right careers in healthcare, the right place to be is at St. Elizabeth. Join us, and you'll take pride in the level of care we offer our community.