The Pharmacy Operations Managers responsibilities include but are not limited to the following: strategic planning; designing, managing, and improving the medication-use system; ensuring quality outcomes through performance-improvement activities; leading drug-utilization efforts; optimizing use of information systems and technology; managing the pharmaceutical supply chain, pharmacy department financial operations, and human resources; ensuring compliance with regulatory and accreditation requirements; fulfilling the organization’s research and educational missions; and providing institutional representation and leadership. The pharmacy manager fulfills these responsibilities through his or her own actions, proper delegation to competent individuals on...
Northern Arizona Healthcare inpatient pharmacies are 24 hour, fully computerized departments with integrated lab/pharmacy/charting systems, automated dispensing, box picker, and computerized physician order entry. Pharmacists rotate through central dispensing as well as decentralized clinical areas which may include medical-surgical, total joint, behavioral health, pediatrics, woman and infant, surgery, and critical care. Responsibilities include a pharmacokinetic dosing consult service, total parenteral nutrition management, antimicrobial stewardship, renal dosing, anticoagulation monitoring, pharmacotherapy recommendations, drug information, and direct patient education. Pharmacists are also involved in quality improvement and clinical projects. Pharmacists...