Department: Pediatrico Hospital

# of openings: 1

Description:

Associate Director of Pharmacy
Pediatric University Hospital-Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico

Description: As an Associate Director of Pharmacy, you will assist in planning, organizing, controlling, and supervising activities in the hospital pharmacy according to hospital policies, standards of practice of the profession, and State and Federal laws. You will recommend innovations in the practice and function of the hospital pharmacy to the Regional Vice President and carry out mutually agreed upon programs. There may be a component of patient care and pharmacy staffing. This includes evaluate, interpret, compound, and dispense medications according to written orders/prescriptions issued by an authorized prescriber. You will also identify, prevent, and resolve medication-related problems to ensure a safe and optimal patient outcome and promote, through criteria based protocols, clinically rational drug therapy and sound pharmaceutical care. This is position is Monday-Friday.

Qualifications:
• Pharmacy Degree (BS or PharmD)
• Puerto Rico pharmacist licensure in good standing
• 3+ years experience as a pharmacy leader, preferably in a hospital setting
• Must currently reside in Puerto Rico
• Must speak fluent Spanish
• Ability to lead & manage pharmacy staff and work cooperatively with other members of CPS and hospital staff

Facility:University Pediatric Hospital, part of the Department of Health Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is the leading institution in the country dedicated exclusively to providing medical services to children in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. Located in the Rio Piedras Medical Center, University Children's Hospital consists of three connected buildings. Tower A, the oldest, contains the Emergency Room, dental clinics, the Hereditary Disease Program and administrative offices. Building C houses the outpatient clinics, services to patients with mental and developmental disabilities and clinical oncology services. The six floor Tower B consists of 54 Pediatrics beds, 15 Oncology beds, 30 Surgery beds, 10 Pediatric Intensive beds, 49 Neonatal Intensive beds and 3 bone marrow transplant beds, in addition to the Renal Unit. Comprehensive Pharmacy Services manages this pharmacy

Rewards: CPS full-time employees enjoy a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package, including Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance, 1165(e) with a Match, Paid Holidays, Vacation and Sick Time Program, Christmas Bonus, Medical Flex and Dependent Care Accounts.

About us: We’re Comprehensive Pharmacy Services, a pharmacy-management services provider for 300 acute-care hospitals, behavioral health systems, Long Term Acute Care, and specialty hospitals in 47 states. Since 1972 we have delivered pharmacy service value through financial, operational, clinical, therapeutic, and regulatory expertise. And we’re growing at a breathtaking rate. You will discover, along with 1800 other employees, that CPS is a company you’ll be proud to grow with.

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