UK HealthCare is seeking a Pharmacist Program Coordinator to lead drug shortage preparedness and response for the Enterprise. This role involves monitoring national shortages, developing mitigation strategies, and coordinating implementation plans to ensure a reliable medication supply across various settings.
Responsibilities
- Lead drug shortage preparedness and response for the Enterprise, ensuring a safe and reliable medication supply across acute and ambulatory settings
- Monitor national shortages, develop mitigation strategies, and coordinate implementation of shortage mitigation plans
- Serve as the primary resource for shortage communication and collaborate with all stakeholders to optimize inventory utilization, procurement, and shortage response
- Lead shortage governance efforts, including chairing the Drug Shortage Task Force, facilitating routine shortage meetings, and developing and presenting related reports to leadership and stakeholders
Skills
- PharmD
- No experience required
- Licensed Pharmacist
- The physical requirements of this position include: occasionally lifting, pushing, and/or pulling objects up to and over 25lbs; occasionally standing or walking with objects up to 15lbs; sitting at a computer workstation for extended periods of time while performing repetitive motions (such as typing); standing for extended periods of time, sometimes greater than 5 hours per day; and traversing several miles across and on campus for meetings and work on a regular basis
- Primarily Monday through Friday, 8am – 4:30pm. Weekends and holidays may periodically be required based on department demand
- The ideal candidate will have strong written and verbal communication skills; strong data analytic skills; knowledge of inpatient drug distribution; knowledge of pharmacy supply chain and medication safety; knowledge of pharmacy and healthcare related regulations and standards; Microsoft Office experience
- Pharm D preferred; PGY1 and/or PGY2 Residency in Med Safety, Administration, or equivalent professional experience
Company Overview
UK HealthCare is the hospital that offers academic health care, research, education and clinical care at the University of Kentucky. It was founded in 1957, and is headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://ukhealthcare.uky.edu/.