The salary range for this position is CAD $72.11 - $103.65 / hour
Job Summary
Director, Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services
We are seeking a strategic and driven Director, Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services to support in the planning, implementation and delivery of efficient and effective pharmacy services we provide to our communities throughout the lower mainland. The Director will play a key strategic role in the systems design and technology that are the backbone in supporting the sustainability of integrated pharmacy services.
The Fraser region is home to 32 First Nations communities and 6 Métis Chartered communities. Our team of nearly 48,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers is dedicated to serving our patients, families and communities to deliver on our vision: better health, best in health care.
Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services (LMPS) is a collaboration of four premier health employers (e.g., Fraser Health, Provincial Health Services Authority, Providence Health Care and Vancouver Coastal Health) that provides an integrated approach to pharmaceutical care and service excellence for patients, residents and clients. LMPS provides service to the patient population in the following 10 functional portfolio groupings covering the Metro Vancouver area:
- Long-term Care
- Community-based Pharmacy Programs
- Professional Practice and Education Programs
- Medication Safety
- Information Systems and Technology
- Medication Use Management
- Business Support
- Pharmaceutical Purchasing
- Pharmaceutical Production
- Drug Distribution Systems
Central to this role will be the Director's collaborative, proactive and knowledgeable approach to working within complex systems and balancing the needs of individual programs with the needs of the overall system to transform into a completely integrated service model across the organization.
Fraser Health values diversity in the work force and strives to maintain an environment of Respect, Caring & Trust. Fraser Health's hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable, and culturally safe manner.
Detailed Overview
The Director, LMPS is responsible for providing leadership and strategic direction in the planning, design, implementation and delivery of efficient and effective pharmacy services, initiatives and strategies for Fraser Health Authority, Vancouver Coastal Health, Provincial Health Services Authority and Providence Health Care (collectively, the �Organization�); plays a key strategic role in the system design, implementation and sustainability of an integrated pharmacy service for the Organization; develops strategic and operational plans and works with other Pharmacy Directors and a network of sites and/or service areas on program delivery in order to implement changes within the context of directional plans and strategic imperatives.
As a member of the Pharmacy Leadership Team, responsible and accountable for the leadership and management of the human, financial and material resources supporting the priorities, strategic plans, organizational initiatives, goals, policies and vision of the LMPS.
The Director balances the needs of individual programs with the needs of the overall system to transform to a fully integrated service model across the Organization; holds accountability for leadership of designated pharmacy services programs across the Organization and operational responsibility to provide leadership to Pharmacy Managers and staff within the designated portfolio.
Responsibilities
- Directs and oversees the operations of pharmacy services and designated programs by developing and recommending long and short term fiscal plans, including resource allocation/reallocation for existing and new program and/or services.
- Develops, plans and oversees designated pharmacy service programs across the Organization to ensure the coordination and integration of services to achieve the operational and strategic objectives of the LMPS, in accordance with the goals, policy and vision of the Organization.
- Develops and implements annual capital and operating budgets for the designated portfolio including budget preparation, authorization control and reporting of expenditures, ensuring the efficient utilization of financial resources.
- Participates in the development and implementation of the departmental goals and objectives, policies and procedures and strategies for LMPS, in collaboration with members of the Pharmacy Leadership Team; ensures the delivery of effective and efficient services including utilization of resources to support the goals and objectives of the LMPS and promote integrated regional and lower mainland services and quality care delivery.
- Develops and maintains an effective organizational structure for the LMPS, in collaboration with members of the Pharmacy Leadership Team by supporting the LMPS goals and objectives and ensuring the development and maintenance of organizational climates conducive to attracting, developing and retaining employees.
- In collaboration with the Executive Director, LMPS, determines staff complement and selects, directs, supervises and evaluates staff to ensure effective performance of duties; participates in employee discipline and initiates employee terminations, as required.
- Ensures the implementation of current human resource standards and procedures by conducting performance evaluations, staff education and orientation in compliance with applicable acts, regulations and collective agreements.
- Plans and manages effective administrative and information systems and resources to ensure that daily business and operational support activities are conducted in a timely, effective and cost efficient manner; ensures that systems for maintenance of confidentiality are established in compliance with applicable legislative requirements and organizational policy.
- Interprets and administers applicable collective agreements covering applicable bargaining unit employees; investigates and responds to grievances including routine and confidential employee issues; attends third party hearings as a representative of the Employer.
- Prepares or provides statistics and information on workload management, department activity, quality assurance and clinical use on a scheduled or requested basis; establishes and maintains collaborative partnerships with internal and external services/programs.
- Participates on and/or leads internal and external committees, as assigned.
Qualifications
Education and Experience
Master's degree in a field related to Pharmacy and/or Health Care Administration, supplemented with ten (10) to fifteen (15) years' recent, related progressively responsible management and leadership experience in a unionized acute health care setting including experience in managing clinical and/or drug distribution pharmacy services in a large complex, multi-site organization.
Current registration as a Licensed Pharmacist with the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia and active membership in the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists.
Competencies
Demonstrates the leadership practices of the Fraser Health Leadership Framework of Clear, Caring and Courageous and creates the conditions for people to succeed.
Professional/Technical Capabilities
- Demonstrated leadership in roles to lead and move forward complex organizational change issues across health service programs which support broad transformational objectives
- Demonstrated leadership abilities to incorporate program/site needs within the broader context of the health delivery system and multiple program requirements
- Demonstrated ability to work and lead within a matrix reporting structure
- Sound working knowledge of planning concepts related to service delivery budgetary, staffing, quality and strategic initiatives
- Proven proficiency of leading practice in the field of health program leadership
- Ability to operate related equipment including applicable software applications
- Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position
About Fraser Health
Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka'pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.
People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 48,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.
We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health's hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.
Together, we are the heart of health care.
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