Pharmacy Supervisor (Inpatient Pharmacy)

Quick Facts

• Role: Inpatient Pharmacy Supervisor
• Scope: Daily professional and administrative management of inpatient pharmacy, including personnel supervision
• Focus: Advanced drug information support, continuous quality improvement, compliance, and pharmacy systems/equipment

Description

Lead the inpatient pharmacy service by managing daily operations, pharmacy personnel, and program execution. Provide expert drug information support, coordinate inpatient pharmacy services with overall patient care, and ensure continuous quality improvement. Maintain compliance with USP 795, 797, and 800 standards and controlled substance regulations while planning resources, training, and workload management.

Responsibilities

• Serve as an advanced drug information expert to pharmacists and healthcare professionals
• Plan program resource needs and support department growth with the Associate Chief, Pharmacy
• Anticipate problems, develop solutions, and meet workload and patient needs
• Use systems approaches to continuous quality improvement and value-added processes
• Assess, plan, and evaluate inpatient pharmacy coordination with overall healthcare delivery
• Manage pharmacy equipment (e.g., ScripPro, Pyxis, unit dose packager)
• Apply and manage USP 795, 797, and 800 standards
• Organize workload, direct clinical activities, and achieve objectives within budget/staffing constraints
• Track and trend workload using clinic setup and encounter coding
• Provide leadership and vision to advance pharmaceutical care and services
• Plan, develop, implement, coordinate, and evaluate training and education for clinical staff and trainees
• Supervise pharmacy staff; conduct appraisals and issue performance standards
• Participate in planning, forecasting, and administering budgetary/fiscal requirements
• Ensure security and accountability of controlled substances per applicable policies, VHA/DoD/DEA, and federal/state regulations

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship
• ACPE-accredited pharmacy degree (BS Pharmacy or Pharm.D.) or foreign equivalent with required proof/exams
• Full, current, unrestricted pharmacy licensure
• Proficiency in written and spoken English
• Subject to background/security investigation and required onboarding/pre-employment steps (onboarding process, pre-employment physical exam, seasonal influenza vaccination)

Benefits

• Competitive salary and regular salary increases
• Paid time off: 37–50 days of annual paid time off per year (annual leave, sick leave, and federal holidays)
• Up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave after 12 months of employment
• Potential child care subsidy eligibility for qualifying employees
• Traditional federal pension (with vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% contributions
• Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care insurance options
• Telework on an ad hoc basis with supervisory approval