Pharmacy Inpatient Manager, Full-time, 8 Hour Shifts, Monday-Friday 9AM-5PM
Company: CEDARS-SINAI
Location: Santa Monica
Posted on: January 20, 2026
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Job Description:
Job Description Make a difference every single day! When the
work you do every single day has a crucial impact on the lives of
others, every effort, every detail, and every second matters. This
shared culture of passion and dedication pulses through
Cedars-Sinai, and it’s just one of the many reasons we’re on our
journey to Magnet designation for nursing excellence. From working
with a team of premier healthcare professionals to our brand New
Hospital opening up in December 2026, you’ll have everything you
need to do something incredible—for yourself, and for others. Join
the team at Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital! What you’ll de
doing in this role: The Manager has responsibility for a specific
area or group of employees within the pharmacy department, and may
have hospital 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. Provides leadership in daily operations and responsible
for supervision of staff who are responsible for the medication use
process, including accurate and timely review, distribution of
medication orders and safe and effective use of pharmacy automation
and technology to deliver medications and services to patients.
Manages the effective allocation of human resources within areas of
responsibility which include the control of appropriate staffing
mix and levels, and management of productivity based on patient
care needs. Responsible for hiring, training, corrective action,
mentoring and performance of pharmacy staff. Responsible for
training programs for pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, residents,
interns, students. Ensures staff compliance with hospital policies,
procedures and protocols and regulatory requirements. Assists
leadership in assessing and resolving clinical and operational
issues and problems. Performs the duties of a pharmacist to support
patient care needs. Actively participates in departmental
performance improvement activities and continually assesses
operational and clinical effectiveness of pharmacy services through
quality improvement indicators. Collaborates with physicians,
nursing and professional department leadership on process
improvement opportunities and actively participates in medical
center wide initiatives on effective and efficient care delivery.
Participates in the development of the operating and capital
budgets; evaluates costs associated with new programs and
therapeutic advances. Develops, implements, monitors target drug
programs through collaboration with medical staff and pharmacy
staff. Monitors department specific financial indicators to achieve
budget targets including wage and non-wage expenditures and
reimbursement. Functions as a positive, creative and effective
leader, actively participating in departmental activities to ensure
applying all policies fairly and consistently. Serves as the
Administrator-On-Call (AOC) on a rotating basis and serves as a
liaison to patient care units. Maintains abreast of all current
regulatory standards relevant to pharmacy practice. Identifies
opportunities and provides recommendations to improve procedures,
practices and workflows. Engages team members to implement
improvement efforts. Leads regular staff meetings to communicate
information new policies, practices and procedures. Follows up on
staff questions and/or concerns. Identifies items that would
benefit from engaging external stakeholders. Oversees clinical,
operational and regulatory processes within the department for
oncology pharmacy services and ensures ensure safe, cost-effective
and efficient medication management. Responsible for the financial
operations of Supply Chain, 340B, and contract management.
Responsibilities include ongoing monitoring of income/expense
reports with analysis and variance explanations, Drug shortage
management, annual pharmacy budget preparations, inventory and PAR
level management, contract negotiations, pharmacy inventory control
across the enterprise, and maintaining 340B program integrity and
compliance. Benefits: NEW 9 story Hospital scheduled for December
2026 – state of the art and double the size! Amazing benefits!
Tuition Assistance Plans: We offer the following on the first day
of employment! Pharmacy department planning to become 24/7
operation in 2026. 8 Hour Shift: 9:00 a.m. - 5 p.m. Qualifications
Current Pharmacist licensure in the State of California (required).
BLS through American Heart Association or American Red Cross
(required). Graduate of an accredited School of Pharmacy or related
equivalent (required). Doctorate of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree
(preferred). Four (4) years relevant Pharmacist experience in area
of responsibility (required). Two (2) years lead or supervision
experience (strongly preferred). Inpatient hospital experience
(strongly preferred) Post Graduate Year PGY1 and/or PGY2 residency
(preferred). Supply chain experience a plus (strongly preferred).
Req ID : 14559 Working Title : Pharmacy Inpatient Manager,
Full-time, 8 Hour Shifts, Monday-Friday 9AM-5PM Department :
Pharmacy Business Entity : Cedars-Sinai Marina Hospital Job
Category : Pharmacy Job Specialty : Pharmacy Overtime Status :
EXEMPT Primary Shift : Day Shift Duration : 8 hour Base Pay :
$63.94 - $108.70
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