Lead Pharmacist - Inpatient

This position is eligible for a sign-on bonus up to $10,000 and relocation reimbursement up to $5,000.

About the role

Join Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Officially becoming a full member of the Cleveland Clinic Health System in 2021, Mercy Hospital offers a wide variety of medical specialties to the communities in and around Stark County. Here, you will work alongside passionate and dedicated caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

The Lead Pharmacist – Inpatient provides clinical, operational, and administrative leadership within Mercy Hospital's 24/7 inpatient pharmacy, helping ensure the safe, efficient delivery of pharmacy services across the organization. This role combines direct patient care with leadership responsibilities, including medication order verification, IV room oversight, prescription verification, renal dose monitoring, sterile compounding support, and collaboration with the hospital's infusion and oncology services. In addition to operational and decentralized pharmacy coverage as needed, the Lead Pharmacist assists with scheduling, supports clinical operations and workflow optimization, contributes to pharmacy informatics initiatives, and serves as a resource for pharmacists, technicians, and interdisciplinary care teams to promote high-quality, patient-centered care.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate work activities for assigned practice areas and provide feedback to caregivers regarding performance under the direction of the manager.
• Train and mentor caregivers and residents and precept students.
• Participate in interviewing and recommend selection of candidates.
• Triage issues to management and follow-up.
• Participate in operational tasks such as workflow oversight, process decision making, project implementation, and drug shortage management.
• Ensure and maintain quality control in regard to patient care and medication and equipment usage.
• Review and assess medication orders to identify, prevent, and resolve potential and actual drug related problems.
• Advise prescriber of medication related issues and recommend formulary alternatives when appropriate.
• Review, interpret, clarify, enter, and verify patient's information and medication orders for processing.
• Assist with health-system level decision-making related to practice area, committee work, and decision making for relevant policies.
• Provide drug information support for pertinent drug information questions.
• Provide management support and demonstrate leadership for assigned practice area.

Requirements

• PharmD or Bachelor’s of Science in pharmacy from an accredited College of Pharmacy
• Current state licensure as a Registered Pharmacist (RPh) or eligible for reciprocation within 90 days of hire
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross and completion of a Board of Pharmacy approved course in the administration of immunizations or certification within 90 days of hire if administering immunizations
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Certifications through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross within one year of hire if responding to adult or pediatric cardiopulmonary arrest events
• Completion of a Health-system Pharmacy Administration and Leadership (HSPAL) PGY2 Residency OR completion of either a Post-Graduate Year 1 (PGY-1) or Post-Graduate Year 2 Residency (PGY2) and one year of relevant pharmacy experience OR three years relevant pharmacy experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous leadership experience

Physical Requirements

• Typical physical demands include ability to perform functions of the job while reaching and stretching, and manual dexterity sufficient to perform computer functions of job.

Personal Protective Equipment

Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures.

Schedule

• Monday through Friday schedule from 7:00am to 3:30pm
• May provide coverage for other shifts as needed
• Every fourth weekend rotation
• No holiday or on-call responsibilities are required

Pay

Pay Range Minimum Annual Salary: $112,110.00

Maximum Annual Salary: $170,955.00

The pay range displayed on this job posting reflects the anticipated range for new hires. A successful candidate’s actual compensation will be determined after taking factors into consideration such as the candidate’s work history, experience, skill set and education. The pay range displayed does not include any applicable pay practices (e.g., shift differentials, overtime, etc.). The pay range does not include the value of Cleveland Clinic’s benefits package (e.g., healthcare, dental and vision benefits, retirement savings account contributions, etc.).