Manager, Aseptic Compounding

Calgary, Canada

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About the Role (Job Summary):

The Manager, Aseptic Compounding provides leadership and oversight for hazardous and non-hazardous sterile compounding operations, ensuring safe, high-quality and compliant pharmacy practices. As the designated sterile compounding supervisor, this role oversees aseptic compounding activities in accordance with applicable NAPRA standards, provincial pharmacy requirements and organizational policies.

This role directly leads the pharmacist team, including workload and workflow management, scheduling, performance, coaching and development. The Manager also serves as a subject-matter resource for sterile compounding across pharmacy sites, supporting the development and standardization of aseptic compounding procedures, quality practices and training.

What You’ll Do (Responsibilities):

• Lead hazardous and non-hazardous sterile compounding operations, including aseptic preparation, verification, packaging and activities within controlled work environments.
• Serve as the designated sterile compounding supervisor and ensure compliance with applicable NAPRA standards, provincial pharmacy regulations, SOPs, environmental monitoring requirements and quality standards.
• Lead, coach and develop the pharmacist team, including performance management, goal setting, workload allocation, scheduling, training and professional development.
• Develop, implement and standardize national aseptic and sterile compounding SOPs, practices and training, providing subject-matter expertise across pharmacy sites.
• Oversee the environmental monitoring program, including reviewing results, investigating findings and ensuring appropriate documentation and corrective actions.
• Develop and maintain Master Formulation Records, batching documentation and risk assessments for hazardous and non-hazardous sterile preparations.
• Evaluate scientific literature to support stability assessments and beyond-use dating for compounded sterile preparations.
• Oversee quality and compliance documentation, including cleaning and equipment logs, environmental monitoring records, deviations, quality reports and personnel compliance records.
• Support internal and external audits and ensure required corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) are completed and documented.
• Manage pharmacy workflow, staffing and resources to support patient safety, service levels, operating requirements and equitable workload distribution.
• Oversee inventory, supply utilization and expenses related to sterile compounding operations and provide operational and financial updates to pharmacy leadership.
• Partner with pharmacy management and cross-functional teams to support the production and delivery of compounded sterile preparations.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve quality, patient safety, efficiency, standardization and pharmacy operations.

Basic Requirements:

• Licensed pharmacist in good standing with the Alberta College of Pharmacy.
• Demonstrated experience with sterile/aseptic compounding practices or operations, including hazardous and/or non-hazardous sterile preparations.
• 1-2 years' experience leading or supervising pharmacy professionals and/or managing pharmacy operations, workflow or staffing.
• Experience with Kroll pharmacy software and Microsoft Office applications.
• Professional experience within pharmacy or a related regulated healthcare environment.
• Working knowledge of NAPRA sterile compounding standards and applicable pharmacy regulatory requirements.
• Experience training or providing sterile compounding subject-matter expertise across multiple pharmacy locations.
• Previous experience with coaching, performance management and employee development.

Preferred Skills/Experience:

• Experience leading sterile or aseptic compounding operations in a hospital, specialty, community or other regulated pharmacy environment.
• Experience with environmental monitoring, contamination control, quality assurance, risk assessments, beyond-use dating and sterile compounding documentation.
• Experience developing or implementing SOPs, Master Formulation Records, batching records or sterile compounding quality programs.
• Experience supporting regulatory inspections, internal/external audits, deviations and CAPA.
• Knowledge of USP and other relevant sterile compounding standards.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate across pharmacy, healthcare and operational teams and manage multiple priorities within a regulated environment.

We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson's pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please click here.

Our Base Pay Range for this position

$91,000 - $151,600

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