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 Epic–ADC 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

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 on Valley View Medical Services


• Employee voluntary benefits such as Discounted RFTA bus passes, discounted gym memberships, Corporate Ski passes, free car seat for new Valley View babies born or adopted by Valley View employee(s)


• Free Use of Sunlight and Aspen SkiCo day passes, based on availability.

Loan Repayment:

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

APPLICATION SUBMISSION END DATE

This position will be open for a minimum of three days and until a top applicant is identified.