Manager Clinical Pharmacy

Manager Clinical Pharmacy

The Manager, Clinical Pharmacy is responsible for planning, developing, implementing, coordinating, and managing high-quality pharmaceutical care services in alignment with our mission and values. This role ensures safe, effective, and cost-conscious medication therapy while maintaining the highest professional and regulatory standards. The Pharmacy Manager serves as Pharmacist-in-Charge (PIC) for one or more pharmacies and ensures compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local regulations. This position plays a key leadership role in clinical pharmacy advancement, operational excellence, medication safety, and staff development.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and oversight for pharmacy services, caregivers, and operational workflows
• Support staff development, education, well-being, and succession planning
• Represent the ministry or region on system, regional, and local committees
• Collaborate with executive, clinical, and operational leaders

• Oversee medication formulary management and order-set standardization
• Advance clinical pharmacy initiatives and multidisciplinary team collaboration
• Promote medication safety through surveillance, education, and continuous improvement
• Reduce clinical variation and enhance evidence-based medication use

• Ensure compliance with regulatory, accreditation, and legal requirements
• Serve as Pharmacist-in-Charge (PIC), maintaining pharmacy and personnel compliance
• Implement new pharmacy technologies and operational processes
• Optimize purchasing, inventory management, and cost-effective medication use
• Coordinate onboarding and continuing education for pharmacy and non-pharmacy staff

• Assist with budgeting, productivity, and financial performance
• Support investigational drug services
• Align pharmacy operations with system and regional strategic goals

• Reports directly to Regional Pharmacy Leadership (Senior Pharmacy Manager, Pharmacy Service Area Director, or Regional Executive Director)
• May indirectly report to executive administration at the ministry level
• Oversees frontline caregivers and/or department leadership extenders

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited College of Pharmacy
• Oregon Pharmacist License (required upon hire)
• 2 years of pharmacy experience in an applicable practice area

Preferred Qualifications

• PharmD degree
• 1 year of pharmacy management or leadership experience