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Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

Day Shift

Description:

At Trinity Health, we are looking for people who are living out their calling. We want you to be passionate about coming to work and challenged to achieve your potential. Living by these virtues, we pride ourselves on exceptional service and the highest quality of care.

POSITION PURPOSE

The Pharmacy Leader (PL) is a licensed registered pharmacist accountable for leading, managing and advancing people, processes and / or programs that support direct or indirect patient care. The PL promotes and advocates for patients, pharmacists / colleagues and the practice of pharmacy as defined by clinical area(s) of expertise and assignment.

This position will have leadership responsibilities for the Saint Alphonsus Health System located in Idaho and Oregon and the Saint Agnes Medical Center in Fresno, California. The position will be located in the Boise, Idaho area.

Responsible for providing leadership, oversight, direction, alignment, and standardization for acute care and ambulatory Pharmacy operations. Implements strategic and operational initiatives including new services/programs, revenue enhancement, expense reduction, managed care utilization systems, and strategies. Responsible for ensuring performance excellence in terms of quality, safety, service, affordability, and technology. Oversees drug utilization management efforts; manages the pharmaceutical supply chain; and is responsible for the financial operations.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Leadership - Provides leadership & retains accountability for delegation, choices, decisions, and outcomes. Directs alignment and standardization for Pharmacy operations across the continuum of care to provide high-quality, cost-effective patient care in accordance with professional standards, regulatory and licensing agency policies, and federal and state laws related to the practice of Pharmacy.

Acts independently and appropriately within license, scope of knowledge and experience in practice area. Exhibits agility and willingness to take on new and additional responsibilities. Embraces new ideas and cultural differences while managing competing priorities.

Goals – Provides guidance with executive leaders, medical staff, and healthcare team to develop strategy, goals, objectives, and operational standards to ensure services and priority alignment. Responsible for the successful achievement of strategic objectives and goals and optimizing resources to achieve the

Quality and Compliance - Creates and promotes a culture based on the principles of continuous quality improvement. Establishes standards and provides oversight for monitoring quality assurance activities and issues. Identifies opportunities and creates corrective action plans to improve operational effectiveness.

Finance - Ensures appropriate operational and capital budgets are prepared for Pharmacy related services. Influences effective, judicious, and financially responsible use of resources. Responsible for identifying analytics and metrics to demonstrate baseline and performance improvement targets. Creates scorecards for key performance indicators (KPIs) and drives tactics and implements action plans.

Pharmacy Operations – Innovator for Pharmacy business development and revenue integrity activities. Responsible for medication safety measures and efficient operational processes. Initiates and supports business development and revenue integrity activities. Ensures compliance with the 340B program regulations, recommends opportunities, promotes community benefit, and optimizes contracting. Optimally utilizes and integrates technology and centralized support services.

Clinical – Orchestrates a growth strategy and for Clinical Pharmacy services integrated into ambulatory care services Clinically Integrated Network (CIN) activities to demonstrate value-based care. Accountable for the discovery of and development of new partnerships with external business partners and continuum of care partners. Acts as a strategic partner with the executive leaders to position Trinity Health for the immediate and long-term future. Communicates appropriate medication use recommendations to appropriate committees and aligns with System guidance.

Professional Development – Responsible for training, education, coaching, and assessment of pharmacist competencies. Participates in own professional development by maintaining required competencies, licenses, and certifications, identifying learning needs and seeking appropriate assistance or educational offerings. Creates a work climate that empowers colleagues and values colleagues’ contributions.

Procurement – Streamlines Pharmacy procurement activities across the RHM continuum of care to minimize impact from drug shortages and decrease costs. Optimizes technology resources to facilitate monitor inventory and contract compliance.

Maintains a working knowledge of applicable Federal, State, and local laws and regulations, Trinity Health’s Organizational Integrity Program, Standards of Conduct, as well as other policies and procedures to ensure adherence in a manner that reflects honest, ethical, and professional behavior.

FUNCTIONAL ROLE

Provides operations and/or optimization leadership focus. Multiple departments/specialties or division. Provides leadership and direction through managers or senior managers. Responsible for directing and coordinating complex processes with strong dependencies. Accountable for the performance, regulatory readiness, and results of large, strategic/diverse disciplines cross-functional teams or departments over a large functional domain or multiple domains. Accountable for ensuring organizational mission, values & goals are being carried out within a matrixed organization or complex scope.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Advanced Pharmacy degree (Pharm.D.) required; Master’s degree strongly preferred (MBA, MHA) .

Experience: Minimum of ten (10) years’ experience as a pharmacist. Minimum five (5) years of pharmacy management experience. Previous director level experience. Management within a multi-site health system required.

Licensure: Current pharmacist state licensure where employed. Obtain Idaho state licensure within 120 days of hire.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Proven leadership skills in relationship to motivating and empowering staff. Preferred experience working in an organization of comparable size and complexity, preferably in healthcare.

Written and verbal communication skills to interpret and/or discuss technical or sensitive information with internal and external customers. Oral presentation skills to maximize the impact of thoughts transmitted.

Personal presence characterized by a sense of honesty, integrity, and caring with the ability to inspire and motivate others to promote the philosophy, mission, vision, goals, and values of Trinity Health.

Organize own work priorities and adapt to them as they change frequently. Must be able to work concurrently on a variety of tasks/projects in an environment that may be stressful due to time constraints.

Knowledge of current trends and developments in the Pharmacy practice and changing hospital and health care environment.

Strong analytical and cognitive skills necessary to prepare operating budgets and interpret financial trends, define system problems, develop alternatives, and implement new procedures that are cost effective and continuously improve quality.

Critical thinking skills ad ability to develop innovative programs and strategies to effectively respond to a rapidly changing health care environment.

Ability to apply continuous quality improvement principles to define system problems, develop alternatives, implement solutions, and measure the outcome.

Working knowledge of Microsoft office products, including word, Excel, PowerPoint and other graphics or presentation software.

Must possess a personal presence that is characterized by a sense of honesty, integrity, and caring with the ability to inspire and motivate others to promote the philosophy, mission, vision, goals, and values of Trinity Health.

Visit www.saintalphonsus.org/careers (https://www.saintalphonsus.org/careers/search-openings/details?j=00137722_Speech%20Therapist%20PRN) to learn more about the benefits, culture and career development opportunities available to you at Saint Alphonsus Health System.

Saint Alphonsus and Trinity Health are committed to promoting diversity in its workforce and to providing an inclusive work environment where everyone is treated with fairness, dignity and respect. We are committed to recruit and retain a diverse staff reflective of the communities we serve. Saint Alphonsus and Trinity Health are equal opportunity employers and prohibit discrimination against any individual with regard to race, color, religion, gender, marital status, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, Catholic healthcare systems in the nation. Built on the foundation of our Mission and Core Values, we integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion in all that we do. Our colleagues have different lived experiences, customs, abilities, and talents. Together, we become our best selves. A diverse and inclusive workforce provides the most accessible and equitable care for those we serve. Trinity Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by law.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

EOE including disability/veteran