Description

Job Schedule: Full Time
Standard Hours: 40
Job Shift: Shift 1
Shift Details: 40 hours per week

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Every day, almost 30,000 Hartford HealthCare employees come to work with one thing in common: Pride in what we do, knowing every moment matters here. We invite you to become part of Connecticut’s most comprehensive healthcare network.

St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport has more than 3,200 employees. It includes a 473-bed community teaching hospital, a 76-bed inpatient psychiatric facility in Westport, a large multispecialty provider group, and special needs services for adults and children. St. Vincent’s is the first hospital in Fairfield County to be integrated into the Hartford HealthCare network, and is the system’s second-largest hospital.

The Sterile Products Coordinator Pharmacist establishes policies, procedures, standards and objectives to ensure the safety and quality of prepared items; oversees the daily operations of the Compounded Sterile Products (CSP) area; assists in meeting regulatory compliance; and monitors training and competency assessment and quality assurance/control.  Responsibilities include but, are not limited to the following:

• Assures delivery of quality pharmacy CSP services for inpatients and outpatients.
• Establishes and implements policies and procedures applicable to the CSP area.
• Develops and maintains quality control and performance improvement records and techniques for the CSP Area.
• Monitors training and competency assessment to ensure quality control and regulatory compliance.
• Oversees and maintains information systems used in the preparation of sterile products.
• Develops and maintains CSP area reports and statistics for administration and regulatory purposes.
• Maintains department facilities and equipment.
• Provides input on use of space and purchase of new equipment/technology for CSP area.
• Establishes and maintains safety, infection and environmental control policies and procedures.
• Monitors the use of expensive medications to assure their use is consistent with approved criteria.
• Facilitates investigational drug studies involving sterile products and oversees required record keeping.
• Precepts and mentors pharmacy staff and pharmacy students in the Sterile Products Area.
• Performs duties of Staff Pharmacist as needed.

Qualifications

Education 

• Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy, Doctorate in Pharmacy ( Pharm.D.) strongly preferred

Experience

• Two to five years of experience in clinical pharmacy practice in an acute care setting.
• Supervisory or leadership experience preferred

Critical Success Factors

• Working knowledge of current regulatory guidelines related to sterile product preparation and dispensing. 
• Ability to oversee pharmacists and technicians to ensure required regulatory safe practices are adhered to. 
• Ability to work with other healthcare professionals in creating a safe environment for CSP preparation, distribution and administration.

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With locations around the state, Hartford HealthCare offers exciting opportunities for career development and growth. Here, you are part of an organization on the cutting edge – helping to bring new technologies, breakthrough treatments and community education to countless men, women and children. We know that a thriving organization starts with thriving employees-- we provide a competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance. Every moment matters. And this is your moment.

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