The Director of Acute and Post-Acute Care Pharmacy Services provides strategic, operational, clinical, financial, and regulatory leadership for acute-care and post acute pharmacy services. This role ensures safe, effective, compliant, and fiscally responsible medication-use systems across assigned areas, including pharmacy operations, clinical pharmacy programs, medication safety, regulatory readiness, staffing, technology, quality improvement, and performance management. The Director collaborates with pharmacy, hospital, medical staff, nursing, finance, compliance, supply chain, quality, and Post-Acute leaders to advance patient outcomes, operational consistency, care transitions, workforce development, and system pharmacy priorities.

Minimum Requirements

Education

RPH or PharmD

Experience

Ten (10) years of acute care pharmacy practice experience, including a minimum of five (5) years of pharmacy leadership experience

License/Registration/Certifications

Licensed or eligible for licensure as a registered pharmacist by the South Carolina Board of Pharmacy

Preferred Requirements

Preferred Education

PharmD preferred.

MHA, MBA, MS, or related graduate degree preferred.

Completion of ASHP-accredited PGY1 and/or PGY2 residency training preferred.

Preferred Experience

Five or more years of progressive hospital or health-system pharmacy leadership experience, preferably in acute care pharmacy operations.

Experience leading inpatient pharmacy operations, clinical pharmacy services, medication safety, regulatory readiness, sterile and non-sterile compounding oversight, controlled substance accountability, pharmacy automation, staffing models, budget management, and interdisciplinary performance improvement.

Experience supporting pharmacy services across related care settings, including post-acute, rehabilitation transitional care, or long-term acute care, preferred.

Experience developing pharmacy leaders, advancing clinical pharmacy programs, supporting accreditation survey readiness, and using pharmacy performance metrics to improve safety, quality, efficiency, and financial performance.

Preferred License/Registration/Certifications

Board certification, advanced pharmacy leadership certification, or related professional certification preferred.

Core Job Responsibilities

Provides system-level leadership and oversight for acute and post-acute pharmacy services across SRHS.

Directs pharmacy operations, clinical services, medication distribution, compounding, controlled substance management, automation, procurement, inventory, and medication-use systems.

Develops and maintains policies, procedures, protocols, and standard work to ensure safe, compliant, and patient-centered medication management.

Provides leadership for post-acute pharmacy services, ensuring medication safety, regulatory readiness, consultant-pharmacy coordination, and continuity of care.

Develops staffing models, workforce strategies, succession plans, competency programs, and operational support plans to ensure reliable service delivery.

Partners with organizational leaders to align pharmacy services with strategic, operational, regulatory, quality, and patient care priorities.

Leads initiatives to improve medication safety, clinical outcomes, regulatory readiness, operational performance, cost stewardship, patient experience, and workforce engagement.

Ensures compliance with applicable laws, regulations, accreditation standards, USP requirements, and organizational policies.

Establishes, monitors, and acts on key performance indicators related to quality, safety, productivity, financial performance, inventory management, and service excellence.

Recruits, develops, coaches, and manages pharmacy leaders and staff while fostering a high-performance culture.

Advances pharmacy practice, interdisciplinary collaboration, technology, informatics, analytics, automation, and workflow optimization; represents pharmacy in organizational and external forums.

Manages operating and capital budgets, productivity expectations, and pharmacy expenses.

Performs other duties as assigned.