Primary Function

Responsible for supervising and overseeing the pharmacy sterile compounding suites in order to maintain compliance with regulatory standards and provide optimal and safe patient care. Also is responsible for overseeing any investigational / research studies involving medications.

Responsibilities

• Create, review, implement and maintain pharmacy, hospital, and health system policies and procedures regarding sterile preparations to ensure compliance with state, federal and other regulatory and governing bodies, for both hazardous and non-hazardous pharmaceuticals.
• Establish, implement and oversee personnel training and evaluation in aseptic manipulation skills for new and existing staff for both hazardous and non-hazardous compounding. Develop an action plan for pharmacy staff members demonstrating sub-optimal performance.
• Oversee environmental testing and monitoring for USP <797> and USP <800> compliance. Evaluate compliance, analyze and act upon excursions and actionable test results.
• Maintain IV compounding related software.
• Create, review, implement and maintain pharmacy, hospital, and health system policies and procedures regarding non-sterile compounding to ensure compliance with state, federal and other regulatory and governing bodies, for both hazardous and non-hazardous pharmaceuticals.
• Institute performance improvement activities involving compounded sterile products to ensure quality, increase efficiency, and increase productivity.
• Work in conjunction with the outpatient Oncology Pharmacist to ensure that the medication needs of those patients are met.
• Collaborate with inter-disciplinary departments for facility issues within the compounding areas (Facilities, Infection Prevention, Environmental Services).
• Collaborate with pharmacy administration and other pharmacy staff members to meet the department’s goals.
• Maintain parenteral nutrition policies, procedures, and forms in conjunction with ASPEN guidelines.
• Maintain responsibility for clinical investigational drug studies, including:
  • reviewing protocols for clinical investigational drug studies
  • liaising with principal investigators and/or trial coordinators/research assistants to establish pharmacy’s role, determine fee schedules and implement dispensing, compounding and billing procedures.
  • communicating with and training staff anticipated to participate in any aspect of the clinical investigational drug study.
  • maintaining a pharmacy binder which contains a study summary, protocol, dispensing procedures, completed samples of required paperwork, dispensing checklist, fee schedule, billing procedures and any other relevant materials for each investigational study.
  • maintaining responsibility for the management of the inventory for clinical investigational drug studies; orders, replaces and returns study materials, as required.
• Perform education responsibilities related to clinical investigational drug studies.
• Participate in the orientation and training of new employees and pharmacy residents, as required.
• Provide direct and/or functional supervision; maintain overall responsibility for pharmacy operations in assigned area.
• Supervise and provide technical and procedural guidance.
• Cooperatively assist with special projects as requested.

Job Qualifications and Specifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy Required; RI Pharmacist License.

Minimum 5 to 7 Years of experience in hospital IV room experience required.

Graduate of an ACPE accredited College of Pharmacy, PharmD degree preferred.

Experience in using compounding automation systems is preferred.

ASHP Certification in Sterile Compounding and Board Certification in Sterile Compounding preferred but not required

Care New England Health System (CNE) and its member institutions—Butler Hospital, Women & Infants Hospital, Kent Hospital, VNA of Care New England, Integra, The Providence Center, and Care New England Medical Group, and our Wellness Center—are trusted organizations fueling the latest advances in medical research, attracting the nation’s top specialty-trained doctors, and honing renowned services and innovative programs to engage in the important discussions people need to have about their health.

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Ethics Statement: Employee conducts himself/herself consistent with the ethical standards of the organization including, but not limited to hospital policy, mission, vision, and values.