Inpatient Pharmacy Manager

Position Summary

Vailey View is seeking 2 Inpatient Pharmacy Managers. The role provides comprehensive leadership for inpatient pharmacy services in a small rural hospital with advanced clinical care.

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 /, Joint Commission standards, and all applicable state and federal regulations
• Lead optimization of medication distribution systems, including ADC configuration, cart fill workflows, and Epic–ADC integration
• 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

• 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

• 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
• 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/DORA

• 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

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