The Happy PharmD

OCTOBER 25, 2023

I participated in many meetings as a hospital pharmacy manager. Every month, my pharmacy department held a staff meeting. At these meetings, both my pharmacists and pharmacy technicians expressed what was right and wrong about the department and the hospital. Other times, everyone just vented.

Hospitals 52

Hospitals Pharmacy Management Pharmacy Technician 52

The Happy PharmD

APRIL 26, 2023

This was even before I became a pharmacy manager. He would report me to the nursing supervisor since she was the most senior manager in the building at that hour. I have been in hospital pharmacy management for over thirty years. She also dropped off a new prescription which the pharmacy kept on file.

Dosage 52

Dosage Hospitals Pharmacy Technician Prescription Filling 52

The Happy PharmD

JUNE 3, 2022

Two reasons: 1) Management thought that employees liked or needed feedback about how well they were performing their job, and 2) evaluations were usually tied to some kind of merit increase. I wrote and gave the greatest number of evaluations when I was a pharmacy manager in my second hospital. Staff longevity. Unattainable?

Hospitals 52

Hospitals Pharmacy Management Pharmacy Technician 52

National Association of Boards of Pharmacy

JULY 12, 2023

I have served 3 years as a pharmacy inspector in the enforcement division of the Virginia Department of Health Professions. Prior to my role as an inspector, I spent 2 1/2 years as a pharmacy manager/clinical pharmacist at a small hospital in Virginia and 7 1/2 years as a pharmacy manager at an independent retail pharmacy in Virginia.  

Pharmacy Technician 96

Pharmacy Technician Pharmacy Management Controlled Substances Communication 96

Digital Pharmacist

DECEMBER 15, 2022

In order to recruit more customers, community pharmacies need to analyze their customer population and consider providing differentiated services from other pharmacies to be a competitive pharmacy. In community pharmacies, all staffs including pharmacists, pharmacy managers, and pharmacy technicians are busy throughout the day.

Community Pharmacies 98

Community Pharmacies Medication Therapy Management (MTM) Pharmacy Management Pharmacy Technician 98

The Happy PharmD

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

That way, the Vice-President could start with a new pharmacy management team. His perspective was that the pharmacy was a service department. There were times that the pharmacy was out of medications. The pharmacy couldn’t be out of stock of any medication. The Vice-President handed us an impossible task.

Hospitals 52

Hospitals Pharmacy Technician Medical Records Pharmacy Management 52