Pharmacy Supervisor - Pharmacy - Salary (74113)

In an environment of continuous quality improvement, the Pharmacy Supervisor is responsible for directing and coordinating daily inpatient pharmacy operations and pharmacy personnel, including oversight of medication preparation, verification, distribution, and delivery. Serves as the designated Responsible Person for the inpatient hospital pharmacy in accordance with Ohio State Board of Pharmacy regulations, including oversight of controlled substance management and regulatory compliance. Exhibits the Standards of Excellence and exercises strict confidentiality at all times.

Job Functions:

1. Is responsible for integration of department with hospital objectives.
2. Rounds on employees and writes thank you notes.
3. Creates stop light reports and removes barriers to providing pharmacy services.
4. Completes internal customer rounds and coordinates with other departments.
5. Ensures orientation and education of expected behaviors and clearly defined expectations of duties.
6. Validates that staff are performing an appropriate quantity and quality of work.
7. Develops staff performance improvement plans, coaches, and counsels staff on performance and/or behaviors.
8. Develops policies and procedures.
9. Approving payroll when required.
10. Is responsible for departmental staffing and scheduling.
11. Is responsible for developing/revising performance standards.
12. Is responsible for quality improvement and control.
13. Is responsible for maintaining space requirements and equipment.
14. Validates staff on competencies and job requirements.
15. Performs special project work as directed.
16. Facilitates process improvement initiatives within the pharmacy and across departments, utilizing continuous improvement tools (e.g., Lean, Kaizen, process mapping, FMEA, root cause analysis). Provides leadership, coaching, and support to remove barriers, engage employees, and sustain improvements.
17. Develops and monitors process performance measures, establishes benchmarks, and implements controls to ensure compliance with standard work and support ongoing operational improvement.
18. Has the authority and responsibility to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, discipline, direct, or recommend such actions in coordination with the Director of Pharmacy.
19. Completes and conducts employee performance evaluations based on direct observation of their employee’s job performance.
20. Oversees the safe and effective operation of pharmacy automation, including automated dispensing cabinets (Pyxis), pharmacy information systems, and related medication distribution technologies.
21. Oversees pharmacy inventory management, including medication purchasing, storage, inventory controls, and drug shortage management to ensure medication availability and appropriate utilization of resources.
22. Assumes all other duties and responsibilities as necessary.