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Lead with purpose. Drive innovation. Shape the future of pharmacy care.

UPMC Presbyterian is seeking a Pharmacy Manager to join our inpatient pharmacy leadership team. In this role, you will lead pharmacy technician supervisors and pharmacist interns, driving operational excellence, fostering engagement, and building a strong talent pipeline during a transformative period. Step into a role where bold leadership meets groundbreaking opportunity-impacting patient care at one of the nation's leading academic hospitals.

What's Ahead:

+ Implementation of advanced technology and automation

+ Activation of our state-of-the-art hospital in Kamin Tower

+ Accreditation of our technician training program

Key Responsibilities

+ Operational Leadership: Design and improve pharmacy services for safe, efficient, and cost-effective medication use.

+ Talent Development: Lead internship programs and technician workforce strategy. Mentor interns and guide supervisors to foster growth, retention, and a strong talent pipeline.

+ Compliance & Quality: Ensure regulatory compliance and integrate quality improvement principles into daily operations.

+ Staff & Budget Management: Recruit and mentor the development of high-performing teams. Oversee scheduling and manage operational costs.

+ Collaboration & Innovation: Partner with clinical leaders, support education and research, and champion adoption of new technologies.

_Join a team that values integrity, innovation, and professional growth-and help us deliver world-class care to every patient, every time._

Responsibilities:

+ Design and implement operational services, including dispensing and compounded product preparation, which support the pharmacists' provision of pharmaceutical care.

+ Maintain productive, collaborative relationships with physicians, nurses, departmental managers and others in clinical leadership roles to achieve short and long-term goals for related programs and clinical services.

+ Develop, implement, direct and monitor the delivery of pharmaceutical care. Ensure patient/customer satisfaction and implements measures to correct perceived deficiencies in care and service.

+ Facilitate staff involvement in established departmental programs, e.g. quality improvement, patient/professional education and staff development. Develop staff advancement opportunities and fosters an environment conducive to innovation and progressive learning.

+ Promote, support and conduct research related to practice.

+ Integrate the distributive and cognitive aspects of pharmaceutical care.

+ Assist with the recruitment, hiring and mentors staff and colleagues through feedback, positive discipline and performance evaluations. Enforce progressive corrective action appropriately.

+ Ensure provision of cost-effective drug therapy through analysis of patient outcomes; validate that care is provided according to current standards of practice; support and monitor the quality improvement program.

+ Maintain a current body of knowledge in the areas of their service with regard to drug therapy and technology. Complete all staff pharmacist competencies.

+ Schedule pharmacists to effectively cover the hours of operations of the pharmacy as well as on call hours.

+ Assure pharmacy is in compliance with all federal and state regulations.

+ Assist with the preparation and monitor the budget for areas of responsibility, including drug, purchased services and personnel costs.

Required:

+ B.S. degree in Pharmacy or Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm D.) from an accredited school of pharmacy required.

+ Three years of experience in a broad range of pharmacy operational, clinical, or administrative pharmacy practice OR completion of an HSPAL postgraduate pharmacy residency required.

Preferences:

+ Master's degree in pharmacy administration or healthcare management (MS, MBA, MHA) preferred.

+ PGY-1 postgraduate pharmacy residency preferred.

+ Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) certification preferred.

+ Prior inpatient pharmacy leadership experience preferred.

Department Preferences:

+ Hospital pharmacy operations expertise

+ Proven leadership and team-building capabilities with experience managing diverse teams

+ Strong communicator and collaborator across teams

+ Skilled in workflow analysis and efficiency improvements

+ Regulatory compliance and medication safety proficiency

+ Data-driven decision-making and performance analysis

+ Adaptable in transitions and stabilization phases

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

+ Pharmacist

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran