Job Description:

The Community Pharmacy Director is responsible for broad oversight of multiple business units or practice areas, as well as service line responsibilities with highly-complex workflows , and will lead the implementation of new technology, processes, champion change and engage the team around action planning. The Director will also develop and provide education, training, and performance management of new or enhanced services and software, and lead community outreach efforts to promote population health while leading a team of pharmacy technicians, specialists, and / or pharmacists.

Benefits are one of the ways we encourage health for you and your family. Our generous package includes medical, dental, and vision coverage. But health is more than a well-working body: it encompasses body, mind, and spiritual well-being. To that end, we’ve launched a Healthy Living program to address your holistic health. Healthy Living includes financial incentives, digital tools, tobacco cessation, classes, counseling, and paid time off. We also offer financial wellness tools and retirement planning.

This is an exempt, full-time remote position but the candidate must live near an Intermountain Health location in Colorado, Utah, or Montana. To show our commitment to you and assist with your transition into our organization, we may offer a sign-on and/or relocation bonus when applicable.

As the Community Pharmacy Director, you will:

• Utilize strong business acumen to provide oversight for pharmacy services initiatives and coordinates the operational activities of various lines of business.

• Lead implementations of new technology, processes, champion change and engage the team around action planning, along with developing and providing education, training, and performance management of new or enhanced services and software.

• Lead community outreach efforts to promote population health, coordinates off site immunization clinics, community events and ongoing maintenance of transitional care clinical services.

• Lead pharmacy revenue cycle analysis, financial performance data, accurate claim processing and initiating third party appeals, along with liaising with the Payer Contracting and Pharmacy System Director as needed.

• Support the Pharmacy Manager(s) to ensure pharmacies are operating in compliance with the board of pharmacy and DEA rules and regulations.

• Assist with diversion monitoring and reports any concerns that would compromise the security of the pharmacy to the System Pharmacy Operations Director.

• Support the professional development of direct reports to improve operational efficiency within the pharmacy team, along with providing communication to teams through rounding, huddles, staff meetings and other forms of communication to relay updates regarding department updates, organizational activities, financial performance, educational opportunities, interdepartmental activities and QI activities.

• Participate in the preparation of operational and capital budgets and in fiscal accountability of services, operational and capital planning, annual operating plans, business plans for new services and human resource structure.

• Prepare and present business plans, reports, and other statistical data.

• Participate in vendor discussions to evaluate programs and/or components of pharmacy service solutions.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy - or - Doctorate of Pharmacy. Education must be obtained from an accredited school of pharmacy. Degree will be verified.

• License to practice pharmacy and dispense controlled substances in the State of Colorado, Montana, or Utah and Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) for healthcare providers.

• Five years pharmacy management experience in a community pharmacy is required.

• Excellent communication, planning, prioritization, and execution skills with a strong service orientation, along with the proven ability to lead strategic planning and budgeting processes, as well as ongoing business reviews.

• Experience working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment, along with balancing clinical, regulatory and financial goals and outcomes and collaborating with all levels within an organization.

• Experience using word processing, spreadsheet, database, internet and e-mail and scheduling applications.

• Immunization certification endorsed by the American Pharmacist Association (AphA).

• Current knowledge of state and federal regulations and statutes regarding the practice of pharmacy and the distribution of approved drugs, controlled substances, and investigational agents.

• Demonstrated effective communication and interpersonal relations skills with health-care providers.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master of Business Administration, Master of Healthcare Administration, or a Master of Science in Health Policy and Pharmacotherapy Outcomes Research.

• Membership and continued participation in local, state, and national pharmacy organizations.

• Multi-site leadership and managerial experience.

• Completion of a specialized ASHP-accredited pharmacy residency program

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Physical Requirements:

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.

• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.

• May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time.

• Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.

Location:

Peaks Regional Office

Work City:

Broomfield

Work State:

Colorado

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$76.97 - $110.90

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits packages for our Idaho, Nevada, and Utah based caregivers (https://intermountainhealthcare.org/careers/working-for-intermountain/employee-benefits/) , and for our Colorado, Montana, and Kansas based caregivers (http://www.sclhealthbenefits.org) ; and our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (https://intermountainhealthcare.org/careers/working-for-intermountain/diversity/) .

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

All positions subject to close without notice.