Assistant Director Hematology Oncology Pharmacy Services - Geisinger : Job Details

• Assumes the responsibility for comprehensive oversight and accountability for pharmacy practice, comprehensive medication management, medication use process, and transitions of care for the patients served by Geisinger.
• Empowers, motivates, and provides mentorship for other pharmacy leaders and staff across the system.
• Provides oversight to ensure staff are guided and mentored appropriately to provide optimum and effective care to patients.
• Acts as a role model to staff for engagement and team dynamics.
• Evaluates current pharmacy practice and makes recommendations, oversees, and plans for the development of new programs based on need and opportunity.
• Provides continuous leadership support to develop and embed the pharmacist provider and pharmacy technician as an integral part of the health care team.
• Provides oversight, guidance, and participates when needed with respective leadership teams in performance management activities for department staff.
• Oversees staff recruitment and hiring processes.
• Accountable for ensuring the maintenance of standards, clinical activities, operational activities, and performance measurement tools in the areas of clinical efficiency, operational efficiency, quality and patient satisfaction.
• Identifies and analyzes changes in medication utilization and costs including factors driving change trends.
• Works in conjunction with pharmacists, physicians, and administrative partners to develop processes or programs to address identified issues with medication utilization and overall patient care.
• Provides oversight and contributes to the development of evidence-based, cost containment and cost saving protocols and medication therapies.
• Assumes overall responsibility for the financial performance of all assigned areas.
• Develops, implements, and achieves budgets and provides input into business plans and financial proformas.
• Utilizes reports providing metrics and quality data to monitor all revenue/expense and clinical outcomes which are reported out upon request to Medicine and Enterprise Pharmacy leadership.
• Provides oversight and accountability with the leadership team for establishing, monitoring, communicating to staff, and continuously improving system performance parameters for pharmacy services.
• Ensures compliance of assigned areas and services with accreditation, regulatory and corporate compliance.
• Ensures updated and appropriate collaborative practice agreements are in place at all assigned practice areas.

Work is typically performed in a clinical environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job. Additional competencies and skills outlined in any department-specific orientation will be considered essential to the performance of the job related to that position.