Director of Pharmacy, Indiana Region
Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center
Jasper, IN, USA
Posted on Jul 22, 2025
Location: Deaconess Indiana Region (Deaconess Memorial Medical Center - Jasper and Deaconess Gibson Hospital - Princeton)
Unit: Pharmacy
Benefits:
We pride ourselves in retaining our top talent by offering work environments that support professional development and personal success. In addition to our robust healthcare and retirement plans, we offer:
- Flexible work schedules – Full time/part time/supplemental – Day/Eve/Night
- Tuition reimbursement
- Student Loan Repayment Program
- Payactiv-earned wage benefit-work today, get paid tomorrow
- Career advancement opportunities
Job description:
- Collaborates with System Pharmacy leadership on planning, organizing and directing the Pharmacy operations and ensuring compliance
- Provides leadership and direction for all Pharmacy services in the region
- Oversees the overall administration of all Pharmacy services in the region
- Participates in hospital committees and quality improvement teams
- Communicates appropriately with hospital staff and physicians
- Delegates authority and responsibility to personnel
- Initiates, interprets, and enforces policy and procedures to ensure patient safety
- Responsible for the implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of performance improvement and CQI activities
- Oversees staff education with an emphasis on patient safety and organizational performance improvement
- Interacts professionally with patients and families. Serves as resource for Patient Relations and responds timely to issues to mitigate complaints quickly.
- Provides financial management of Pharmacy services: Prepares annual capital equipment, personnel, and expense budget for department. Reports budget variances monthly. Maintains department productivity system. Monitors productivity system for variances. Provides direction to clinical staff regarding cost effective use of drugs and protocol development. Evaluates current and new programs for cost effectiveness and quality value.
- Provides leadership and direction to all pharmacy services. Has responsibility for overall supervision of hospital pharmacy services. Plans, evaluates, and implements programs and devices which are in accordance with the overall patient care program of the hospital. Writes and revises policies and procedures as needed. Responsible for recruiting, interviewing, hiring, promoting and terminating pharmacy personnel. Assures compliance with regulatory agencies such as State Boards of Pharmacy, NRC, DEA, ACHC, and Joint Commission.