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Inpatient Pharmacy Manager
Veracity Software Inc
🇺🇸 United States
On-site
Manager or above
6 months ago
- Epic
- PharmD
- BLS
- ACLS
6 months ago
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Full Time
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 Client configuration, cart fill workflows, and Epic–Client 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
Colorado Pharmacist License in good standing
Pharm D
Recruiter Submission Template
Full Name:
Degree Major with University and Completion Year:
PharmD (University / Year):
Licenses & Certifications
- Colorado Pharmacist License (Active):
- BLS – AHA:
- ACLS – AHA:
Total experience as Inpatient Pharmacy Manager?
Total Hospital Pharmacy Experience:
Years of Pharmacy Leadership Experience:
Number of Pharmacists Managed:
Number of Technicians Managed:
Epic Willow Experience:
What experience do you have with USP<797>/<800> and Joint Commission standards?
Do you have experience participating in P&T committees or medication safety programs?
Motivation / Reason for Relocation (if not local):
Motivation / Reason for interest in this position:
Contact Number:
Email ID:
LinkedIn Profile URL:
Full Address (Street, City, State, Zip Code):
Notice Period (in weeks):
Current Work Authorization Status:
Expected Salary:
Are you able to relocate on your own expenses and work 100% ON-SITE in Glenwood Springs, Colorado?
Inpatient Pharmacy Manager · Veracity Software Inc