Inpatient Pharmacy Manager

Role: Inpatient Pharmacy Manager

Position Summary:

The Inpatient Pharmacy Operations Manager provides comprehensive leadership for both the operational and clinical functions of inpatient pharmacy services in a small rural hospital with advanced clinical care. This role is responsible for ensuring safe efficient medication distribution and high-quality evidence-based medication therapy. The position directly manages pharmacy technicians and pharmacists supports advanced clinical services and serves as a pharmacy lead for Epic Willow inpatient workflows.

This role requires a hands-on leader who can balance operational demands with clinical excellence while supporting education and professional development in a resource-limited environment.

Key Responsibilities

Pharmacy Operations & Distribution

• Oversee daily inpatient pharmacy operations including medication distribution sterile compounding automated dispensing cabinets (ADCs) controlled substances and inventory management
• Ensure compliance with USP <797>/<800> Joint Commission standards and all applicable state and federal regulations
• Lead optimization of medication distribution systems including ADC configuration cart fill workflows and EpicADC integration
• Oversee drug purchasing shortage mitigation medication waste reduction and budget stewardship
• Develop maintain and enforce standard operating procedures (SOPs) aligned with regulatory safety and operational best practices
• Lead operational quality improvement initiatives and track performance and safety metrics
• Provide direct operational support during staffing shortages off-hours or high-volume periods

Clinical Pharmacy Services

• Support inpatient clinical pharmacy services across all service lines to ensure safe effective and evidence-based medication use
• Lead medication safety initiatives including adverse drug event review root cause analysis and process improvement
• Support formulary management medication utilization evaluations and Pharmacy & Therapeutics (P&T) Committee activities
• Provide hands-on clinical pharmacist support during high-acuity periods or staffing shortages

Epic Willow Leadership

• Serve as a pharmacy lead for Epic Willow Inpatient including both operational and clinical workflows
• Oversee medication records order routing dispense workflows inventory functionality and reporting
• Lead clinical decision support (CDS) order sets pharmacist documentation tools and intervention tracking
• Collaborate with IT and clinical stakeholders on Epic upgrades optimization and issue resolution
• Ensure Epic workflows align with regulatory requirements patient safety goals and rural staffing realities

Staff Leadership Education & Development

• Directly supervise pharmacy technicians and pharmacists including hiring onboarding scheduling training competency validation and performance management
• Lead initial and ongoing education for pharmacy staff related to operational workflows clinical protocols medication safety and Epic functionality
• Promote technician skill advancement and cross-training to support both operational and clinical needs
• Support pharmacist professional development clinical skill advancement and practice at the top of license
• Provide medication-related education to nursing staff providers and interdisciplinary teams as needed
• Support precepting of pharmacy students residents or learners when applicable

Collaboration & Communication

• Collaborate with nursing medical staff quality supply chain IT and hospital leadership to resolve medication-related issues
• Serve as the primary point of contact for inpatient medication-use processes
• Represent pharmacy leadership on hospital committees and interdisciplinary initiatives

Qualifications

• PharmD required
• Active pharmacist license in CO
• Hospital pharmacy experience required; rural hospital experience strongly preferred
• Demonstrated leadership in both pharmacy operations and clinical pharmacy services
• Experience managing pharmacy technicians and pharmacists
• Epic Willow Inpatient experience strongly preferred
• Strong regulatory knowledge clinical judgment communication and teaching skills
• BLS - AHA
• ACLS - AHA

Salary

• $149700-$224500
• Annual Bonuses based upon organizations and individual performance.

BENEFITS

• Medical Dental and Vision coverage including coverage for eligible dependents
• Employer paid basic life coverage with buy-up coverage options
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for health care and dependent care.
• Time away from work: paid time off (PTO) paid family and medical leave (inclusive of Colorado FAMLI) Paid Sick/Bereavement Leave under Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (HFWA) leaves of absence.
• Tuition Assistance Available
• Retirement Plan 401(a)
• Retirement Plan 403(b) plans with employer matching contributions.
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee discount
• Employee voluntary benefits such as Discounted RFTA bus passes discounted gym memberships Corporate Ski passes free car seat for new babies born or adopted by employee(s)
• Free Use of Sunlight and Aspen SkiCo day passes based on availability.

Loan Repayment:

This is a qualifying employer for the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program!