Friday, October 7, 2011

Pharmacy managers


This is the picture from your powerpoint...
Pharmacy manages are essential to the optimal operation of a pharmacy, whether it be a hospital or community pharmacy. Someone must be the ‘go-to person’ in the pharmacy. This pharmacist is usually responsible for directing subordinates’ day-to-day tasks. The pharmacy manager is usually the one responsible for implementing human resource polices, so their understanding of these policies is essential to the proper functioning of the pharmacy so that it can maintain its competitive edge. Another means by which the pharmacy manager is responsible for maintain the competitive edge is by maintaining the proper inventory and by making sure that all parties involved in pharmaceutical care are up to do on licenses and abide by all laws and regulations affecting pharmacies. The pharmacy manager has a great deal of responsibility resting on his or her shoulders in addition to performing a traditional pharmacist role.
but maybe you should use this picture instead. HaHa

The pharmacy manager is wedged between subordinates (i.e. staff pharmacists and pharmacy technicians) and those that rank higher in the hierarchical pyramid of management (i.e. human resource managers and hospital, store, or district managers). The pharmacy manager plays the bottle neck role between each level of management. They are responsible for making sure that company polices placed forth by those of higher rank are followed by the subordinates. The pharmacy managers also play the role of the bottle neck when it comes to complaints and concerns of the subordinates so that higher ranking managers are not flooded with tasks that other could deal with. In the end, a hierarchical pyramid is utilized so that tasks are distributed to those most apt to deal with them and so that those with more education or experience are not bombarded with tasks that others could do for less cost. It all comes down to maintaining a competitive edge so that the pharmacy is a successful financially as possible. 

Resources:
http://www.thejobexplorer.com/Job_Description/Health_Services/Pharmacy_Manager.html

1 comment:

  1. Pretty funny with the picture. Maybe I will use it in future.

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