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VP-Pharmacy - Pharmacy Services General 001 - Full-Time,Day - AMITA Health ABMC - Elk Grove Village,IL

Why Join Ascension?

AMITA Health (www.AMITAhealth.org) is a joint operating company formed by the Adventist Health System in Altamonte Springs, FL and St. Louis, MO based Ascension.

AMITA Health is the largest health system in Illinois, comprising 19 hospitals and more than 230 sites of care. The health system has 900 providers in its medical groups, more than 26,000 associates and 7,000 physician partners and serves over 4.3 million residents in the greater Chicagoland area.

What You Will Do

As an Associate with AMITA Health, you will have the opportunity to
Leads and directs the provision of pharmaceutical care services and provides administrative leadership enterprise wide for pharmacy and medication management services across the continuum of care. Responsible for maintaining compliance with regulations of state, federal and other licensing and regulatory agencies at all hospital, outpatient pharmacy and other locations of medication management.
You will:

• Leads enterprise-wide implementation of all pharmacy programs.
• Oversees the purchase and operation of technologies used to dispense medications, in addition to optimization of clinical information systems to effectively manage medication use across the continuum of care.
• Provides administrative direction, overall management, and coordination for all pharmacy services across the system to assure consistency and continuity between programs.
• Manages costs associated with implementation of new programs or services. Monitors and tracks cost containment/cost avoidance programs and takes action to achieve goals.

What You Will Need

Education:

• Master's Level Degree
  • Masters degree in general and/or specialty area of healthcare administration required
  • PharmD is preferred.

Work Experience:

• Five years of progressive experience in Healthcare Administration or related healthcare organization required. Demonstrated success in partnering with key stake holders to drive change required.
• Fifteen years management experience within an acute care pharmacy preferred.

Equal Employment Opportunity

AMITA Health will provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identification or expression, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, genetic information, carrier status or any other legally protected status or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.