Pharmacy Manager (Operations)

Job Description

Nemours Children's Health is seeking a Pharmacy Manager (Operations) to join our pharmacy team in Orlando, Florida. Located in Orlando, Fla., Nemours Children’s Hospital is the newest addition to the Nemours integrated healthcare system. Our 130‑bed pediatric hospital features the area’s only 24‑hour Emergency Department designed just for kids and outpatient pediatric clinics that include several specialties previously unavailable in the region. The hospital blends the healing power of nature with the latest in healthcare innovation to deliver world‑class care to the children of Central Florida and beyond.

Responsibilities

• Plans, organizes, manages, and communicates effectively department activities. Develops goals and objectives, establishes and implements policies and procedures and protocols for Pharmacy Departmental operation.
• Participates in departmental strategic planning. Develops, plans, organizes, and determines operations and services to obtain objectives within budget in accordance with overall health system needs. Assists with department budget preparation; reviews compliance at established intervals.
• Assists the AVP of Pharmacy Operations in maintaining compliance with JCAHO and other regulatory standards. Assists in the development and maintenance of departmental performance measures, reports and statistics, reviews departmental performance, effects change as needed to improve services provided and assures compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Develops standards of performance, monitors and supervises technical staff. Responsible for the coordination of staff development. Evaluates performance, monitors and supervises staff to ensure that services are provided with sufficient scope and coverage to meet the requirements/needs of the patient population and community serviced.
• Understands and participates in the development of the distribution of medications at NCH and its associated clinics.
• Functions as order entry pharmacist; receives and interprets physician medication orders and/or prescriptions written by physicians and other practitioners licensed by law to prescribe; reviews them for completeness and accuracy; guards against sensitivities, contraindications, duplications, and major drug interactions; verifies orders in pharmacy computer system when necessary.
• Builds relationships both inside the Pharmacy Department and with customers outside the Pharmacy Department.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Pharmacy required; PharmD preferred.
• Pediatric residency preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years hospital pharmacy experience is required.
• Supervisory experience preferred.
• Active Florida Pharmacist License – in good standing required.

About Us

Nemours Children's Health is an internationally recognized pediatric health system serving more than 1.7 million patient encounters each year. We deliver care across six states through two freestanding children’s hospitals – Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida – along with a network of more than 80 primary, urgent, and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospital partnerships. Backed by the Nemours Foundation and Alfred I. duPont Trust, our $1.7 B nonprofit system is dedicated to improving children's health through clinical care, research, education, advocacy, and prevention. Our Whole Child Health approach focuses equally on prevention and treatment, partnering with communities to help every child thrive. Inclusion and belonging guide our strategy and growth. We are committed to culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and fostering an environment where every associate, patient, and family feels supported and valued.