Lead Pharmacist - Inpatient

Lead Pharmacist - Inpatient

Join us at Cleveland Clinic Akron General Hospital where we have been providing world-class care to our community for over 100 years. Here, we strive for patient-centered care and comfort with our collaborative team of healthcare professionals. We are committed to serving the community and treat our patients as family.

The Lead Pharmacist – Inpatient supports pharmacy operations at Akron General Hospital, with the inpatient pharmacy located on the first floor and serving multiple inpatient service lines across the hospital. This role combines operational leadership with clinical pharmacy responsibilities, supporting medication preparation, distribution, and workflow coordination within a fast-paced inpatient environment. In addition to core pharmacist responsibilities, this caregiver rotates through multiple operational functions including patient chart review and medication order verification, sterile and non-sterile compounding checks, triaging patient care needs, and facilitating pharmacist and technician workflows. The role also includes dedicated project time to support technician scheduling, quality improvement initiatives, departmental and enterprise projects, and ongoing operational enhancements aimed at improving workflow efficiency and patient care outcomes.

A caregiver in this role will work first shift, with operational shifts scheduled from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm. At least one project day per week may be scheduled based on departmental needs. There are no weekend or holiday requirements. This role also participates in an administrative on-call rotation approximately every tenth week alongside the leadership team.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• 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.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• PharmD or Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from an accredited college of pharmacy
• Current state licensure as a Registered Pharmacist (RPh) or eligible for reciprocation in current state within 90 days of hire
• For individuals required to administer immunizations: current 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 obtained within 90 days of hire
• For individuals required to respond to adult or pediatric cardiopulmonary arrest events: current Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross or certification obtained within one year of hire
• 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 for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Previous leadership experience
• Prior inpatient 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.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

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