Director of Acute Pharmacy Services

Job Description:

The Director of Acute Care Pharmacy Services is responsible for the direction, leadership, operations, financial, regulatory, and quality components of all acute care hospital pharmacy departments. This role works to optimize pharmacy services delivery by aligning pharmacy service infrastructure with system goals while enhancing efficiency and patient care quality. The senior director will collaborate at a system level to standardize medication use processes across all hospital-based clinical services areas.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a PharmD degree
• Completion of an ASHP accredited PGY2 pharmacy residency in health-system pharmacy administration or equivalent work experience.
• Three (3) years of health-system pharmacy leadership and management experience
• Preferred:
• Master’s degree in pharmacy administration, healthcare administration, or business preferred
• Has held administrative positions in a large academic or complex health system for at least five (5) years

CERTIFICATION/LICENSURE

• Licensed or eligible for licensure as a pharmacist for both Illinois and Wisconsin
• Board certified through the Board of Pharmacy Specialists – preferred.

Monday to Friday Day Shift Hours with 24/7 Accountability