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7/21/2011
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Thanks for the question.
Typical org charts vary primarily on size of a facility. Most smaller hospitals (<200 beds) have a director of pharmacy with possibly one manager/coordinator/assistant director under them. Under that manager, you would have pharmacists and technicians. In more advanced smaller hospitals, there might be levels for the pharmacists, where the more senior or advanced trained individuals oversee the other pharmacists. They technicians typically are all equal.
In a large facility (>400 beds), you will have a director of pharmacy or a chief pharmacy officer (more commonly used nowadays for large facilites). Under them there are usually 2-3 assistant directors. They assistant directors may be responsible for: clinical, operations, technology, business management (purchasing), and a few others. Under the assistant directors you will have a few managers/coordinators that help run day to day operations and aid in project management. It is at the larger institutions that you encounter clinical specialists as well. For example, you may have multiple pharmacists that are specialists in certain areas (i.e.: cardiology, infectious diseases, transplant, endocrine, critical care, etc...). They typically report up through the clinical assistant director. Under the operations director, are the other pharmacists responsible primarily for order process and distribution. You also will have technicians that aid in the processes of the department. Within this larger setting, there are more advanced technology, so you have staff to support that which reports to an assistant director of information systems.
For institutions between 200 and 400 beds, it is a mix of the above two org charts. It really depends on the programs that the institutions have in place and the budget.
Without more specifics, I'm not sure what more information you need. I hope this helps answer the question for now. Thanks!
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