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Posted: 28-Oct-25

Location: Los Angeles, California

Type: Full Time

Salary: $170,000 - $276,000

Categories:

Clinical Pharmacist

Pharmacy

Pharmacy Manager

Job Setting:

Hospital/Institutional

Requirements:

Residency Required

Specialty Practice Areas:

Drug Information

Inpatient Care

Salary Details:

Relocation provided

Preferred Education:

PharmD

Additional Information:

2 openings available.

Employer will assist with relocation costs.

NOTE: This listing is for 2 pharmacy management opportunities at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. Please specify which position(s) you are interested in when using the PPS messaging function or email HR Recruiter at Rod.Davido@cshs.org for the position(s) you are interested. 

Pharmacy Inpatient Manager

The Pharmacy Inpatient Manager at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California has responsibility for a specific area or group of employees within the pharmacy department, and may have medical center and/or department specific scope of leadership. Performs job duties with sensitivity to the patients' diverse cultural backgrounds. The employee maintains competency skills to identify medication safety concerns in the age-related population and institutes additional measures to provide a safe environment with consideration to the developmental changes in the patient population.

What's this role all about?

• Oversees clinical pharmacy services in the medical/surgical units of the medical center.
• Ensures department compliance with state and federal laws, accreditation, professional and regulatory agency standards and licensure requirements. Maintain staff compliance with medical center policies, procedures and protocols. May conduct tracers to ensure staff compliance as regulatory issues or risks are identified.
• Assumes fiscal responsibility for the unit including unit budget preparation, labor and supply cost management, and revenue enhancement. Initiates and implements Medical Center and departmental resource management initiatives. Ensure wage and non-wage expenses in areas of responsibility meet the department’s budget goals and also monitors workload and overtime for area/department. Responsible for initiating and implementing strategies to reduce drug expenses.
• Assists with development of business and operations plans for unit and for specific programs and services, including achieving department goals that are consistent with organizational goals. Facilitate collaboration and coordination for support of new concepts to enhance the operational area. Provide feedback on short and long-range unit plans and programs consistent with departmental and organizational goals. Identifies opportunities for expanded clinical services and implements new programs, processes and services.
• Provides leadership in daily operations. Assists leadership in assessing and resolving inpatient operational issues and problems. Functions as a positive, creative and effective leader, actively participating in departmental performance improvement activities to ensure self-directed staff, applying all policies fairly and consistently. Conduct performance improvement studies to evaluate opportunities to improve clinical and distributive services.
• Ensures area of responsibility maintains customer focus by serving as a role model for customer relations, providing feedback and maintaining a positive work climate. Works collaboratively with nursing and physician leadership to implement department initiatives to improve the patient’s experience.
• Ensures staff schedules and efficient work flow provide for appropriate coverage of ongoing operations. Support leadership in assessing pharmacist staffing needs for units of responsibility. Review staff schedules prior to publishing. Assists Administrator on Duty (AOD) in schedule coverages.
• Manages assigned staff with responsibility, work with assigned staff to identify their goals and opportunities for development of knowledge and skills. Also provide coaching and training to staff.
• Serves as preceptor and teacher for pharmacy students, interns, residents and technicians when they are on rotation or staffing in the Hospital or Administration rotations.
• May also perform all functions of a staff pharmacist and will work as a staff pharmacist in their assigned area as needed.

Education:

• Graduate of an accredited School of Pharmacy or related equivalent.  Prefer PharmD
• Completion of PGY1 and/or PGY2 residency or equivalent practice experience preferred

License/Certifications:

• California Pharmacist License upon hire
• Basic Life Support (BLS) upon hire

What else are we looking for?

• 5 years or equivalent experience in inpatient pharmacy or pharmacy management required.
• Possesses excellent clinical data base.
• Possesses excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Possesses software skills e.g., Microsoft Office.

Drug Use Policy Manager

As Drug Use Policy (DUP) Manager at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, you will lead a dynamic team in driving evidence-based policies, protocols, and initiatives through collaboration with medical, nursing, pharmacy, and other healthcare team members.  The DUP Manager plays a key role in developing strategic initiatives, including evaluating new formulary requests and shaping policies and processes for improving efficiency.  The Manager will lead a team of 6 Drug Use Policy Specialists and 3 Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacists.  Other responsibilities include developing content for Pharmacy & Therapeutic Committee meetings, collaborating with other healthcare professionals on complex therapeutic issues and leading targeted drug programs that optimize medication use, enhance therapeutic outcomes, and reduce unnecessary expenditures.

Educational Requirements:

• Pharm.D. or equivalent degree from an accredited school of pharmacy
• Completion of PGY1 and/or PGY2 residency or equivalent practice experience preferred

License/Certification/Registration Requirements:

• Current pharmacist licensure in the State of California.
• Board certification preferred
• BLS certification upon hire

What else are we looking for?

• Prefer a candidate with a background in drug use policy, drug information services, formulary development, or leadership of clinical programs
• Maintains an excellent clinical database and critical thinking skills, including the ability to provide recommendations on the management of complex patients, utilizing organizational policies and evidence-based medicine.
• Possesses leadership skills to manage and coach drug use policy staff, including guiding workflow, providing feedback, and reviewing projects for Medical Center approval
• Exhibits excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrates the ability to work collaboratively with other healthcare disciplines to define and implement new clinical guidelines, workflow, or programs
• Shows support of medical center initiatives including the pursuit of clinical and operational efficiency
• Exhibits capability to teach and serve as preceptor for pharmacy students and residents.
• Maintains knowledge of laws, regulations, and standards relative to Health-System Pharmacy.
• Demonstrates ability to prioritize projects to meet goals.
• Possesses ability to evaluate implications for the use of automated information systems with the development of clinical initiatives.
• Promotes a culture of medication safety

About Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Since its beginning in 1902, Cedars-Sinai has evolved to meet the healthcare needs of one of the most diverse regions in the nation, continually setting new standards for quality and innovation in patient care, research, teaching and community service.Today, Cedars-Sinai is widely known for its national leadership in transforming healthcare for the benefit of patients.Cedars-Sinai is one of the largest nonprofit academic medical centers in the U.S., with 915 licensed beds, 2,993 physicians, 4,700+ nurses and thousands of other healthcare professionals and staff. Clinical programs range from primary care for preventing, diagnosing and treating common conditions to specialized treatments for rare, complex and advanced illnesses. In addition, Cedars-Sinai serves the community through its Medical Network, which includes the highly rated Cedars-Sinai Medical Group and Cedars-Sinai Health Associates.Cedars-Sinai receives consistent recognition for our excellence. Our awards include; being named to the Honor Roll for the eighth consecutive year in U.S. News & World Report, receiving the National Research Corporation’s Consumer Choice Award 20th year in a row for providing the highest-qual...ity medical care in Los Angeles, and achieving the longest-running Magnet designation for nursing excellence in California.Cedars-Sinai is a leader in the clinical care and research of heart disease, cancer and brain disorders, among other areas. Pioneering research achievements include using cardiac stem cells to repair damaged hearts, developing minimally invasive surgical techniques and discovering new types of drugs to target cancer more precisely.Cedars-Sinai also impacts the future of healthcare through education programs that encompass everything from highly competitive medical residency and fellowship programs to a biomedical science and translational medicine PhD program, advanced training for nurses and educational opportunities for allied health professionals. Most notably, Cedars-Sinai demonstrates a longstanding commitment to strengthening the Los Angeles community through wide-ranging programs that improve the health of its most vulnerable residents.

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