Week3 Flashcards
(20 cards)
Experience
Experience Pharmacy Technician in Nursing School
Big change
Left Walgreens in 2016 for full time rph at hospital
2019
Promoted to Pharmacy Operations manager in
2021
Pharmacy Director
2015
GRaduated WNE COP
2019/2
MBA FItchburg State
Reasons for being there
Boomers Retiring/Took Charge during covid/got involved in various departments in hospital/made relationships/proved worth/learned every pharmacy position
Hospital
100 beds
2 campuses,Webster and soutbridge
2 ERs
2 Psych Wards
ICU
Cancer Center
Pharmacy
9 Rphs 6 interns
Typical Day(morning)
CHeck emails, plan day, meetings, check on backorders,read our daily rph communication
Rest of the day
Meetings, Write protocols polices and procedures, approve invoices and budget, review errors, put out fires
In charge of
Medication Safety Committee
340b maintenance and oversight
Scheduling and payroll
Ensuring JC COmpliance
Audit controlled substances
reviewing all pharmacy related charges
More stuff in charge
Hiring and Training new employees
Coordinate with other depts
Backorders-ordering
P&T comittee member
Sterile
Job Likes
Lots of self-directed time
Fill in as needed
Write policies and procedures
Part of a great team
Work with other departments
Doing something important
Challenging
Every day is something different
Job Dislikes
Employee disputes
Internal “drama”
Meetings (so many meetings)
Not being able to fix everything
Termination/disciplinary action
340b
Salary and Benefits
Average $150,000-220,000 (many factors go into this)
Great health and dental benefits
Lots of PTO
Non-Profit loan forgiveness
Her Advice
Build relationships and treat every IPPE/APPE as a job interview even if you don’t plan to work in that. field
Pharmacy is a small world.
Don’t be set in your ways for your path in pharmacy until you explored all your options
Advice if you want her job
Get a job in a hospital pharmacy
Look into getting your MBA
Build relationships
