Job Description

The Pharmacist Supervisor oversees pharmacy operations and manages a team of direct reports, ensuring regulatory compliance, medication safety, and efficient workflow. This role is responsible for staff training, performance development, and cross-functional communication, while supporting specialty areas such as IV operations, medication safety, or operational services. The supervisor participates in quality improvement initiatives, mentors staff and collaborates with the pharmacy leadership team to achieve departmental goals and maintain high standards of patient care.

General Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate knowledge of standards and regulations and maintains proper documentation. Assure readiness with all regulatory agencies and compliance with department, hospital, and AH policies and procedures.
• Assist in the documentation, implementation, and monitoring of medication and patient safety initiatives.
• Maintain safe and efficient operations and workflow in the pharmacy and related areas.
• Support the departmental goals by directly assisting team members and being flexible in roles and responsibilities.
• Communicate effectively and appropriately with healthcare providers and caregivers and assures continuity of pharmaceutical care between shifts and among team members.
• Perform orientation of employees in all job functions and cross-trains when necessary
• Provide continual training and cross training to employees on new job functions, equipment, and technology.
• Actively participate in annual evaluations and works with team members throughout the year handling performance, discipline issues and career advancement opportunities.
• Participate in quality, safety and other project work related to medication management.
• Support the pharmacist-in-charge in the vision and department goals, assist team members and is being flexible in roles and responsibilities.
• Collaborative member of pharmacy leadership team assisting with departmental initiatives.

IV Supervisor

• Ensure compliance with all pharmacy and compounding laws and regulations, including USP 795, 797 and 800 standards.
• Conduct regular audits and inspections of sterile compounding practices.
• Ensure proper use and maintenance of laminar airflow workbenches, biological safety cabinets, and other compounding equipment.
• Implement and enforce aseptic techniques and procedures.
• Develop and implement quality assurance programs for the IV room.
• Monitor and analyze compounding error rates and implement corrective actions.
• Conduct risk assessments and enforce safety protocols to prevent contamination.
• Ensure the proper handling and disposal of hazardous drugs.
• Oversee the daily operations of the IV room, ensuring efficiency and adherence to sterile compounding protocols.
• Implement and maintain IV room policies and procedures.
• Ensure proper documentation and record-keeping for all compounded sterile and non-sterile preparations (CSPs).
• Coordinate with the main pharmacy to manage workflow and prioritize IV medication orders.
• Ensure proper storage conditions for all IV medications, including refrigeration and protection from light.

Qualifications

Education/Experience:

• Graduation from an accredited School of Pharmacy with PharmD required
• Current active registration and licensure with the State of New Jersey Board of Pharmacy required
• 2 years of hospital pharmacy experience with leadership assignments or 3 years retail pharmacy experience (retail pharmacy supervisor) preferred

About Us

Named one of America's 50 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades, a World's Best Hospital by Newsweek and recognized as a Best Regional Hospital in the NY Metro area by U.S. News & World Report.

Our Atlantic Neuroscience Institute is the region's leader in neuroscience care. A hub for the New Jersey Stroke Network, we offer a broad range of advanced neurological, neurosurgical and neurodiagnostic services. We are also certified as a Level IV Epilepsy Center and home to the Gerald J. Glasser Brain Tumor Center, where more brain tumor surgeries are performed than anywhere else in New Jersey. Our CyberKnife(r) program is the largest and most experienced in the state. We also have a satellite emergency department in Union, NJ, which treats about 40,000 emergency cases each year.

Committed to providing exceptional care, Overlook Medical Center has achieved the prestigious Magnet(r) recognition. This designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center is the highest national honor for nursing excellence. What's more, Overlook Medical Center has advanced certification from The Joint Commission for perinatal care and is designated an Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center. Additional Joint Commission-certified services include behavioral health care, spine surgery, wound care, and primary care medical home (PCMH).

Atlantic Health offers a competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards package that supports the health, financial security, and well-being of all team members. Offerings vary based on role level (Team Member, Director, Executive). Below is a general summary, with role-specific enhancements highlighted:
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About the Team

Atlantic Health System Pharmacy Departments service multiple outpatient areas, including several infusion centers, retail pharmacy services, and health clinics. At Morristown Medical Center and Newton Medical Center we have full-service retail pharmacies. They provide prescription medication services to patients and the local community in a convenient location on the first floor of the hospital, inside the Corner Store Gift Shop at Morristown and behind the coffee shop at Newton adjacent to the main entrance. A convenient service provided in our retail pharmacies is having your prescriptions you receive at discharge filled and ready for pick-up before you leave to go home. That means the discharge process will be a little easier for you and your family or friends since there is no need to stop at your retail pharmacy on the way home. The Pharmacy Department also works with physicians and nurses to ensure that medications used at Atlantic Health System are safe and effective. Pharmacists are integrated into your care teams to provide real time medication information and help you get the most benefit from your medications.

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