Pharmacy Manager

We believe a career is more than just a career — it's a calling. Our teammates' "True North" is what calls them to health care; it’s their passion. At North Mississippi Health Services, we believe in helping you leverage and connect that passion with a much greater purpose that impacts people you know and love.

Department:

14707247 340B Program

Work Shift:

May work remote primarily overseeing the NMHS 340B Program and 340B Coordinators

Job Description:

The Pharmacy Manager at North Mississippi Health Services oversees pharmaceutical operations, including operational, clinical, and regulatory facets. They are responsible for overseeing staff, ensuring compliance, managing inventory, and fostering financial viability. The position requires strong leadership skills, adept problem-solving abilities, and effective communication across pharmacy team members, healthcare professionals, and stakeholders. As a manager of people, this role is responsible for supervising a team and optimizing operations within a designated department or area, ensuring productivity and effective team management.

JOB FUNCTIONS
Supervisory:
• Oversee all day-to-day operations, staff, including customer interactions and problem resolution in respective area.
• Assure department compliance with 340B program integrity, federal audits, accreditation, legal, regulatory and safety requirements, formulate and review policies and procedures related to evaluation, selection and therapeutic use of medication and devices.

Manages the 340b coordinators for NMHS
• Ensure appropriate downtime procedures are followed.
Pharmaceutical Operations:
• Ensure that drug items are appropriately billed to various areas or patients to promote financial viability of the hospital.
• Ensure that pharmacy inventory is maintained at appropriate levels in a cost-conscious manner to promote availability of items on the formulary.
• Keep accurate records of inventory, patient information, and insurance claims.
• Operate and maintain Pharmacy software systems and automation robot functionality.
• Responsible for ensuring dept compliance with accreditation, legal, regulatory & safety requirements.
• Adhere to state and DEA requirements for narcotic record transmissions.
• Maintain prescription files and records according to state regulations.
• Maximize work efficiency with computerized/automated programs.
Clinical:
• Prepare drugs and execute prescription orders for collection or delivery.
• Enforce best practice protocols when storing prescription drugs and controlled substances.
• Maintaining an approved drug and controlled substances list and verifying expiry dates.
• Adhere to state and DEA requirements for narcotic record transmissions.
• Maintain prescription files and records according to state regulations.
• Monitors and manages drug therapy in designated patient population.
• Develops care plans/guidelines to include drug, devices and delivery modalities.
• Assists in prevention, detection, and resolution of medicine abuse.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Ability to appropriately provide pharmaceutical care services to population ranging from infant to geriatric.
• Excellent organizational and communication (written and verbal) skills required.
• Initiate and participate in performance improvement initiatives
• Serve as a resource person to support pharmacy personnel and other healthcare professionals
• participate in short term and long term strategic planning for essential functions
• Have good judgement and be able to work independently to manage programs or services
• Improve patient quality outcome measures and reduce overall health care costs
• Promote practice and bring recognition to pharmacy services and health system
• Must reflect a positive, caring attitude toward clients, patients, staff and the public we serve.
• Extensive contact with all levels of NMHS leadership, Physicians, vendors, patients and patient families.
• Must be self-motivated and able to work independently as well as with a team

Physical Demands


A thorough completion of this section is needed for compliance with legal standards such as the Americans with Disabilities Act. The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.


• Standing. Frequently

• Walking. Frequently

• Sitting. Occasionally

• Lifting/Carrying. Occasionally 60 lbs

• Pushing/Pulling. Occasionally

• Climbing. Occasionally

• Balancing. Occasionally

• Stooping/Kneeling/Bending. Occasionally

• Reaching/Over Head Work. Occasionally

• Grasping. Frequently

• Speaking. Constantly

• Hearing. Constantly

• Repetitive Motions. Constantly

• Eye/Hand/Foot Coordinations. Frequently

Salary Range:

$135,491.20-$169,364.00

Education:

Bachelor’s Degree | Pharmacy | Required

Certifications:

North Mississippi Health Services is a large rural health care system with state-of-the-art facilities in Mississippi and Alabama. We have career opportunities ranging from inpatient hospital care to 70+ rural health and specialty clinics, a variety of outpatient, women’s and behavioral health services and many additional support services.

Our team of over 7,000 works together every day toward our shared mission – to continuously improve the health of the people of our region.