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When the work you do every single day has a crucial impact on the lives of others, every effort, every detail, and every second matters. This shared culture of passion and dedication pulses through Cedars-Sinai, and it?s just one of the many reasons we?ve achieved our six-consecutive Magnet designation for nursing excellence. From working with a team of premier healthcare professionals to using state-of-the-art facilities, you?ll have everything you need to do something incredible-for yourself, and for others. Join us, and discover why we are #1 in California and nine years in a row on the "Best Hospitals" Honor Roll.

As a Pharmacy Manager in Medication Safety & Regulatory Compliance at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles California, you will lead the pharmacy department?s regulatory compliance program and assist the Chief Pharmacy Officer and Pharmacist-In-Charge with quality, regulatory, and performance improvement initiatives. They will ensure compliance with regulatory agencies including but not limited to: The Joint Commission, Department of Public Health, DEA, and California State Board of Pharmacy. You are responsible for supervising the Regulatory and Surveillance Teams.

Problems encountered are of a high level of scope and complexity. This position requires significant organizational, problem-solving and regulatory language interpretation skills as well as emotional intelligence in dealing with both internal and external stakeholders. Employee must take initiative to continually learn and maintain clinical, operational and regulatory knowledge.

• Ensures department compliance with state and federal laws, accreditation, professional and regulatory agency standards and licensure requirements (e.g. Joint Commission, California Department of Health Services, California State Board of Pharmacy, Drug Enforcement Agency as well as any other regulatory agencies). Maintain staff compliance with medical center policies, procedures and protocols. May conduct tracers to ensure staff compliance as regulatory issues or risks are identified.
• Proactively reviews external and internal safety and regulatory literature to identify risk points/best practices and conducts gap analyses of medical center. Collaborate and coordinates with departments across the medical center and all levels of staff and management to ensure medication errors and near misses are investigated and medication safety strategies and processes are implemented.
• Assists with development of business and operations plans for specific programs and services, including achieving department goals that are consistent with organizational goals. Facilitate collaboration and coordination for support of new concepts to enhance the operational area. Provide feedback on short and long-range unit plans and programs consistent with departmental and organizational goals. Identifies opportunities for expanded clinical services and implements new programs, processes and services.
• Maintain knowledge of performance-improvement methodology and tools, including plan-do-study-act (PDSA), root cause analysis and action (RCA squared), failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA), cause-and-effect diagramming, process-flow mapping and methods for monitoring projects and measuring the progress of performance-improvement initiatives.
• Promotes the culture of medication safety and a systems level (and not an individual level issue) to report and resolve medication errors to improve patient outcomes by enhancing transparency, open participation to all health care professionals, and fostering a safe environment to discuss medication near misses and errors.
• Provides leadership in daily operations. Assists leadership in assessing and resolving inpatient safety and regulatory issues and problems. Functions as a positive, creative and effective leader, actively participating in departmental performance improvement activities to ensure self-directed staff, applying all policies fairly and consistently. Conduct performance improvement studies to evaluate opportunities to improve clinical and distributive services.
• Ensures area of responsibility maintains customer focus by serving as a role model for customer relations, providing feedback and maintaining a positive work climate. Works collaboratively with nursing and physician leadership to implement department initiatives to improve the patient?s experience.
• Ensures staff schedules and efficient work flow provide for appropriate coverage of ongoing operations. Support leadership in assessing pharmacist staffing needs for units of responsibility. Review staff schedules prior to publishing. Assists Administrator on Duty (AOD) in schedule coverages.
• Manages assigned staff with responsibility, work with assigned staff to identify their goals and opportunities for development of knowledge and skills. Also provide coaching and training to staff.
• Serves as preceptor and teacher for pharmacy students, interns, residents and technicians when they are on rotation or staffing in the Hospital or Administration rotations.
• May also perform all functions of a staff pharmacist and will work as a staff pharmacist in their assigned area as needed.
• May work from home 1 day a week or up to 3 days per pay period after training is completed.

Education:

• Graduate of an accredited School of Pharmacy or related equivalent. Prefer PharmD
• Completion of PGY1 and/or PGY2 residency or equivalent practice experience preferred

License/Certifications:

• California Pharmacist License upon hire
• Basic Life Support (BLS) upon hire

What else are we looking for?

• 3 years or equivalent experience in inpatient pharmacy or pharmacy regulatory compliance management required.
• Possesses excellent clinical data base.
• Possesses excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Possesses software skills e.g., Microsoft Office Suite

Physical Demands: (e.g., lifting, standing, walking)

• Frequent standing, walking, bending, reaching, occasional sitting, pushing & pulling, lifting of materials up to 40 pounds for distances up to 10 feet.

Why work here?

Beyond outstanding employee benefits (including health, vision, dental and life and insurance) we take pride in hiring the best employees. Our accomplished and compassionate staff reflects the culturally and ethnically diverse community we serve. They are proof of our dedication to creating a dynamic, inclusive environment that fuels innovation.