Location: Detroit, MI
Department: Centralized Pharmacy Service Center (CPSC)
Reports To: Pharmacy Manager, Centralized Sterile Compounding Center (CSCC)

Position Overview

Come join the Henry Ford Health (HFH) corporate pharmacy team to create the future of pharmacy practice in Southeast Michigan.   We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented sterile compounding pharmacist to join our Centralized Sterile Compounding Center (CSCC) team.

This role supports sterile compounding operations that serves the HFH enterprise.   The pharmacist will ensure safe, compliant, and high-quality compounding practices. The preferred candidate will have demonstrated experience with sterile compounding, total parenteral nutrition and associated regulations.  

Job duties:

1. Oversight of sterile compounding activities and supervision of technical staff
2. Prepares patient specific (TPN, IV chemotherapy) and batch sterile compounds 
3. Performs final Compounded Sterile Products (CSP) visual inspection, verification, labeling, and storage
4. Maintains all required documentation for cleanroom facilities and environment
5. Maintains all required documentation for patient-specific and anticipatory batch sterile compounded products
6. Communicates with pharmacy sites regarding patient specific orders or batch compounds.
7. Responds to and triages product or delivery concerns
8. Assists in the evaluation and deployment of new CSPs
9. Collaborates with pharmacy staff to maintain accurate medication and supply inventory
10. Ensures compliance with USP, state, federal and regulatory sterile compounding standards, and HFH policies and procedures pertaining to sterile compounding
11. Partners with CSCC team members and leadership to identify and implement process improvements – enhancing service, quality, and operational excellence
12. Assists with preparation of the pharmacy for inspections including but not limited to, FDA, NABP, DEA, TJC, state boards of pharmacy
13. Respond and triage telephone and electronic message inquiries
14. Receive orders and prepare and package medications for delivery
15. Performs pharmacy cleaning as needed
16. Assist with training of staff and precepting as required
17. Other duties and projects as assigned
18. Acts as operational leader as required

Job Requirements:

• Minimum of 1 year of experience in sterile compounding in an acute care, health system, or 503a/b setting
• Total parenteral nutrition (TPN), automated IV compounding devices, and EPIC experience preferred
• Knowledge of USP <797>, USP <800>, FDA regulations, and other applicable sterile compounding standards
• Must be licensed or eligible for licensure in the State of Michigan. If eligible, licensure must be obtained within 30 days of hire; failure to obtain licensure will result in termination of employment

About Henry Ford Health

Henry Ford Hospital is an 877-bed academic facility and Level 1 trauma center in Detroit, Michigan. It is the largest hospital among the 13 acute-care hospitals that comprise Henry Ford Health. The hospital is recognized for clinical excellence in the fields of cardiology and cardiovascular surgery, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics and sports medicine, transplant, and cancer.

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