Pharmacy Manager Continuing Care

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We are passionate about taking care of the health and well-being of individuals and families in our communities.

You’ll be part of our pharmacy team that’s committed to providing exceptional patient-centered care and exceeding patients’ expectations. We are looking for friendly, knowledgeable, and professional individuals to join our team who will make meeting the health needs of our patients their top priority.

Here’s where you’ll have an impact: 

• Exceed customer expectations by building strong relationships with continuing care partners and delivering customer centric solutions; role model, coach, and reinforce customer service expectations on a daily basis for all staff
• Ensure contractual requirements, including service obligations, of continuing care facilities are executed based on the corporate agreements
• Act in the patient’s best interest to implement and support patient-centred care through professional scope of practice and collaboration with patient’s care team
• Inspire a positive, patient-focused culture and experience while developing and monitoring business plans to deliver on KPIs
• Be an ambassador to uphold and instill company values, including championing all diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, ensuring the pharmacy is an inclusive environment
• Manage the selection, onboarding, training and development, performance management, and succession planning processes
• Ensure all regulatory requirements and company policies, processes, and procedures (e.g OHS, Loss Prevention) are implemented in the pharmacy; responsible to train staff and ensure adherence

• Communicate regularly with continuing care partners to maintain relationships and update our partners on relevant pharmacy process changes or pharmacy practice changes
• Ensure Consultant Pharmacists complete contractually required activities for continuing care partner facilities; provide support and training for Consultant Pharmacists to fulfill their roles
• Learning and being familiar with the necessary process needed for accurate automation

• Learning and being familiar with additional pharmacy software (Custom Health, Point Click Care, Pacmed)
• Support onboarding new nursing home facilities to our pharmacy and eMAR go lives
• Manage daily workflow in the dispensary (utilizing Kroll and Sharepoint)
• Complete medication reconciliations for all new admissions/readmissions to partner facilities
• Support off site vaccination clinics and perform immunizations for LTC residents and nursing home staff
• Maintain current knowledge of pharmacy practice, regulatory requirements, and industry trends/developments; attend training as required
• Responsible to oversee QRE management, communication with continuing care partners, regular staff meetings to review and implement action plans
• Travel to each continuing care partner facility annually with Consultant Pharmacists for meetings with administrators and nursing staff
• Oversee automation optimization and maintenance
• Execute pharmacy services to drive sales, control labor, monitor margins, and manage shrinkage

What you bring to the table:  

• Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from a recognized institution
• Must be a Licensed Pharmacist, in good standing, in the province of responsibility
• Injection and First Aid Certification
• Previous management experience in a pharmacy setting
• Continuing care consulting experience is an asset
• Additional certifications are considered assets (i.e. Certified Geriatric Pharmacist, Advance Prescribing)
• Kroll software experience is preferred

Learn more about our story and culture:

Who We Are | Why Work With Us

Total Rewards

We offer a Total Rewards package designed to support teammates at work and in life. Depending on role and eligibility, teammates may receive health and dental benefits, retirement and savings programs including an Employee Share Ownership Plan, a 10% in-store discount at participating banners, virtual healthcare and an Employee and Family Assistance Program, learning and development opportunities, parental leave top-up, and paid vacation.

Sobeys is committed to providing a compensation structure that is flexible, equitable and competitive in the market to enable performance and growth. To learn more about this opportunity including the expected range of compensation in accordance with Pay Transparency Legislation where required please click the “I’m interested” or "Apply" button above. Individual compensation is determined based on qualifications, experience, and internal equity within the range provided.

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Sobeys is committed to creating accessible and inclusive hiring processes. We will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process.

Please note: Successful candidates will be required to provide documentation to prove their legal ability to work in the position during the onboarding process. Documentation will be assessed by the employer prior to commencement of work.