Pharmacy Senior Supervisor
retail_hospitality › Pharmacy · M2 — M2 — Manager II · Management
Senior supervisor overseeing daily pharmacy operations and staff performance while filling in on advanced clinical and dispensing tasks.
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What this role is
Senior supervisor overseeing daily pharmacy operations and staff performance while filling in on advanced clinical and dispensing tasks. At the Manager II (M2) level, the role owns an established team or sub-function, cross-project coordination and priorities, and drives group delivery and development. Manages a team; sometimes manages leads.
What this level does
- Lead a skilled team of technicians and junior staff pharmacists, owning tactical outcomes for a pharmacy's throughput, accuracy, and customer service across the day
- Train and onboard new pharmacy staff — teaching how to process insurance claims, label medications, assemble and store medications, order supplies and prescriptions, and interact with customers
- Purchase drugs, identify and manage drug shortages, and modify drug inventory within automated dispensing systems to keep a diverse selection available
- Coordinate cross-functionally with front-of-store operations, prescribers' offices, and vendors to resolve stock, billing, and prescription-transfer issues
- Supervise interns and provide guidance on complex technical tasks, ensuring staff attend appropriate training programs and meet competency standards
- Knowledge applied
- Leads a skilled technician/junior-pharmacist team; applies deeper operational knowledge to training, purchasing, and shortage management.
- Complexity & problem solving
- Exercises judgment within known factors — insurance rejections, shortages, workflow balancing — choosing among established options.
- Collaboration & interaction
- Cross-functional cooperation with front-of-store, vendors, and prescribers; supervises interns and onboards new staff.
- Typical experience
- 2–5 years in team leadership or specialist pharmacy-operations roles.
Skills at this level
- Pharmacy Operations Management
- — Runs day-to-day pharmacy dispensing workflow — queue balancing, medication assembly and storage, and record-keeping — so prescriptions are prepared accurately and on time.
- Regulatory Compliance
- — Ensures pharmacy records, controlled-substance handling, and dispensing practices comply with all federal and state requirements and reflect current legal best practices.
- Drug Inventory and Shortage Management
- — Purchases drugs, identifies and manages drug shortages, and modifies inventory within automated dispensing systems to keep a diverse, adequately stocked selection available.
- Pharmacy Automation Systems
- — Uses and oversees pharmacy automation and medication-use information systems, including bar-code scanning, to prepare and verify medications safely and efficiently.
- Insurance Claims Processing
- — Processes and troubleshoots pharmacy insurance claims and rejections, ensuring billing accuracy and resolving coverage issues for patients.
- Staff Training and Development
- — Trains and onboards technicians and pharmacists on labeling, claim processing, medication assembly, ordering, and customer interaction, and supervises interns.
- Fiscal and Budget Management
- — Manages pharmacy operating budgets, labor costs, and contracts, using volume and turnover data to adjust staffing and purchasing.
- Attention to Detail
- — Maintains accuracy with names, strengths, quantities, directions, dates, and records throughout the dispensing and verification process.
- Communication
- — Communicates effectively with patients, pharmacists, prescribers' offices, and team members to resolve prescription and service issues.
- Strategic Program Planning
- — Develops pharmacy program goals, represents the program in strategic planning, and coordinates program development across state, federal, and local agencies and partners.
- Computer Literacy
- — Works confidently with POS systems, pharmacy management software, patient records, and barcode tools used in retail pharmacy operations.
- Contract Management
- — Manages pharmacy vendor and payer contracts as part of directing program fiscal operations and service delivery.
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