Hospital pharmacy supervisor

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Darkminun

Darkminun

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Hey everyone, been looking for advice on the role of pharmacy supervisor in the hospital setting. Landed a meeting in a couple weeks to interview and see what they have to say. Any management around that can shed light on what they would possibly be asking or can comment on how the role plays out? To the people I reached out to, thank you for your replies, but hopefully others can chime in on the position/expections/questions that can arise. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
 
Darkminun said:
Hey everyone, been looking for advice on the role of pharmacy supervisor in the hospital setting. Landed a meeting in a couple weeks to interview and see what they have to say. Any management around that can shed light on what they would possibly be asking or can comment on how the role plays out? To the people I reached out to, thank you for your replies, but hopefully others can chime in on the position/expections/questions that can arise. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
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I didn't realize that position even existed.

Is it basically someone who does all of the director's work without the fat pay?
 
Darkminun said:
Hey everyone, been looking for advice on the role of pharmacy supervisor in the hospital setting. Landed a meeting in a couple weeks to interview and see what they have to say. Any management around that can shed light on what they would possibly be asking or can comment on how the role plays out? To the people I reached out to, thank you for your replies, but hopefully others can chime in on the position/expections/questions that can arise. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
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It all depends on the hospital setting. Each places will vary. In reality, supervisor can be either a sweet job or a really ****ty one. I've known some place where a pharmacy supervisor is a person getting dumped from upper admin for work and responsibilities. Expect a lot of high turnovers due to stress. However, if you have good staff and team, then it's the easiest job ever. I recommend you talk to the staff there and see how the working conditions are.
 
CetiAlphaFive said:
I didn't realize that position even existed.

Is it basically someone who does all of the director's work without the fat pay?
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Sigh, possibly. I’m taking it as it’ll be “lead” pharmacist of a team of 3-4 that when **** hits the fan will be the responsible party/fall person. OR not. Opportunity for advancement, I’ll see what they have to say
 
You have to find out exactly what the role means. If it just means you are the "lead pharmacist", that's easy.

If it means you're running day to day operation of the pharmacy while the director bounces around from hospital meeting to hospital meeting, then you're pretty much doing the director's job for much less pay.
 
UGAZ said:
It all depends on the hospital setting. Each places will vary. In reality, supervisor can be either a sweet job or a really ****ty one. I've known some place where a pharmacy supervisor is a person getting dumped from upper admin for work and responsibilities. Expect a lot of high turnovers due to stress. However, if you have good staff and team, then it's the easiest job ever. I recommend you talk to the staff there and see how the working conditions are.
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Yeah it can definitely go both ways and I’m trying to be a realist in what I’ll be walking into. It’ll be a panel of higher ups followed by some regulars so I’ll try to get a feel for the conditions then
 
Sparda29 said:
You have to find out exactly what the role means. If it just means you are the "lead pharmacist", that's easy.

If it means you're running day to day operation of the pharmacy while the director bounces around from hospital meeting to hospital meeting, then you're pretty much doing the director's job for much less pay.
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Here’s to hoping. Defining the role will definitely be a priority
 
We had a pharmacy manager when I worked at a smaller hospital, only a director, manager, everyone else. The director was a huge micro-manager, and the manager only lasted like 8 months I think? She didn't do normal pharmacy work, but mainly just management work and pharmacy upkeep work. All situations will vary and you don't know what you're getting in to until you're knee deep in it though. Hope it works out for you
 
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