PHARMACY MANAGER

at Department of Human Services in Hines, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Position Overview

The Office of Clinical, Administrative, and Program Support is seeking to hire a Pharmacy Manager to plan, direct, and coordinate the overall pharmacy program of the John J. Madden Mental Health Center Pharmacy in Hines, Illinois. The Pharmacy Manager will be responsible for abiding by the Illinois Pharmacy Practice Act, and the Illinois and Federal controlled substance acts.  The Pharmacy Manager will evaluate the quality assurance and enhancement activities associated with the provision of pharmacy services; monitor the control of pharmacy inventory by accurate record and commodity control; serve on the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, the Infection Control Committee, the Medical Staff Committee, the Facility Management Team, and other facility/DHS committees. 

• Serves as the Pharmacy Manager and pharmacist in charge of John J. Madden Mental Health Center Pharmacy.


• Serves as working supervisor.


• Evaluates the quality assurance and enhancement activities associated with the provision of pharmacy services.


• Monitors the control of pharmacy inventory by accurate record and commodity control.


• Serves on the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, the Infection Control Committee, the Medical Staff Committee, the Facility Management Team, and other facility/DHS committees.


• Arranges for emergency pharmacy services on a 24-hour basis.


• Lifts, pushes and carries medication carts and boxes weighing 25 lbs.


• Dispenses pharmaceutical preparations and supplies for individuals.


• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

• Requires sufficient combination of classroom instruction and supervised clinical practicum to graduate from a first professional degree program in pharmacy at a college or university accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE).


• Requires current license as a registered pharmacist in the State of Illinois.


• Requires two (2) years of supervisory experience as a registered practicing pharmacist of a pharmacy operation or a closely related practice.

• Two (2) years of professional experience working as a pharmacist for a private or public organization.


• Two (2) years of professional experience dispensing pharmaceutical preparations and supplies for individuals.


• Three (3) years of professional experience directing a pharmacy program for a public or private organization.


• Three (3) years of professional experience supervising staff in the pharmaceutical field.


• Three (3) years of professional experience evaluating the quality assurance and enhancement activities associated with the provision of pharmacy services for a public or private organization, including reviewing individuals’ charts/records for adverse drug reaction, drug side effects and drug interaction.


• Three (3) years of professional experience implementing and recommending policies and procedures for a pharmacy program.

• Requires the ability to lift, push and carry 25 lbs.


• Requires the ability to prepare complex prescriptions.


• Requires ability to direct and supervise the preparation of and complex prescriptions.