SYSTEM DIRECTOR OF PHARMACY SERVICES - COOK COUNTY HEALTH AND HOSPITALS SYSTEM
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Description: Cook County Health & Hospitals System is looking of SYSTEM DIRECTOR OF PHARMACY SERVICES - COOK COUNTY HEALTH AND HOSPITALS SYSTEM right now, this career will be presented in Illinois. For complete informations about this career opportunity please give attention to these descriptions. The System Director of Pharmacies provides leadership an! d direction to a network of system-wide pharmacies and pharmaceutical services serving all Cook County Health & Hospitals System (CCHHS) inpatient and outpatient populations.
The Director of Pharmacies is responsible for the overall management of the CCHHS Pharmacies and over 300 unionized and non-unionized pharmacy personnel. This includes 11 pharmacies (8 outpatient, 2 inpatient, and 1 correctional health facility) located on Stroger, Provident, Cermak, and Oak Forest Health Center campuses. This includes a mail order pharmacy on the Oak Forest campus and a jail pharmacy on the Cermak campus. The outpatient pharmacies generate over 200,000 prescriptions monthly. The inpatient pharmacies process approximately 300,000 doses monthly. The health system spends approximately $60 million annually on drug products. CCHHS Pharmacy also has a very active clinical pharmacy and residency program with clinical pharmacists serving in such areas as: Emergency Services, Trauma, ! Pediatrics, Intensive Care, Oncology, Diabetes, Surgery, Gener! al Medicine, and Anticoagulation. The CCHHS Pharmacy Director will be responsible for enhancing the communication and cooperation amongst CCHHS pharmacies; improving and standardizing policies, procedures, quality assurance and performance improvement initiatives, inventories, revenue generation and pharmacy information systems. The Director will be actively engaged in system initiatives enhancing medication safety and patient satisfaction with pharmacy services, and assuring that CCHHS pharmacies conform to all relevant accrediting body standards. In addition, the Director will be instrumental in developing cost-saving pharmaceutical purchasing initiatives; developing strategic pharmacy initiatives and maintaining staffing and service levels across the CCHHS Pharmacies.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Must be licensed as a pharmacist in the State of Illinois in good standing or eligible for license
is required.
A Bachelor’s of Science degree in! Pharmacy from a college of pharmacy accredited by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) supplemented by a Master’s degree in Business or Pharmacy Administration -
OR -
a Doctorate in Pharmacy from a college of pharmacy accredited by the AACP,
required
At least five (5) years of experience managing a multisite pharmacy operations
, required
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
At least ten (10) years of combined experience as a pharmacy manager with experience in both inpatient and outpatient pharmacy settings, preferred
Additional certification and/or training in pharmacy automation or pharmacy technology services, preferred
A Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD), preferred
Experience with formulary development: managed care pharmacy options and pharmacy benefits management expertise, especially with government payers.
MUST MEET ALL REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AT TIME OF AP! PLICATION FILING
COOK COUNTY HEALTH AND HOSPITALS SYSTEM IS AN! EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
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If you were eligible to this career, please deliver us your resume, with salary requirements and a resume to Cook County Health & Hospitals System.
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This career will be opened on: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 03:38:05 GMT
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