Working with the Director of Pharmacy activities are planned and directed, including but not limited to the following: quality and safety, regulatory compliance, employment, training, competency and development, employee discipline and grievance resolution, decentralized clinical and centralized technical pharmacy practices, and performance improvement programs. This person assists the Director of Pharmacy with the interviewing, hiring, orientation, disciplining and ongoing training of all pharmacy staff as well as maintaining a state of regulatory preparedness required by Joint Commission, the Board of Pharmacy and other regulatory and accreditation agencies.