Manager, Inpatient Pharmacy

Manager, Inpatient Pharmacy

Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. Our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today. 

The role is responsible for overseeing and leading the development and operations of Pharmacy clinical programs, with a focus on ensuring appropriate drug utilization, staff competency, and regulatory compliance for investigational drug services. Key responsibilities include maintaining safety standards in accordance with CDPH, ISMP, and FDA requirements; ensuring compliance with accreditation standards, including FACT and ASHP Residency requirements; and providing ongoing training and education for pharmacy staff and students.

The role also provides leadership for clinical and investigational initiatives across disease-site programs through collaboration and affiliation with organizations such as NCCN, HOPA, ASH, ASCO, SWOG, and COG. These initiatives are designed to support and advance clinical practice while remaining aligned with the organization’s overarching goals for patient safety, quality, regulatory compliance, and financial stewardship.

As a successful candidate, you will: 

• Develop, obtain approval, and achieve clinical program goals; ensure appropriate use of medications; manage clinical initiatives to plan and remain compliant with regulations and requirements governing safe and effective clinical practice; provide pharmacy oversight of disease site programs.

• Work with COH Leadership, Nursing Leadership, physicians, pharmacists, and other department managers and key committees to promote safe and effective patient outcomes through advance clinical programs.

• Attract, retain, and develop a quality Clinical Pharmacy Staff/ with appropriate feedback and evaluation.

• Work with IDS, COH Leadership, Nursing Leadership, physicians, pharmacists, and other department managers and key committees to promote safe and effective use of investigational drugs that meet regulatory standards. Improve investigational drug processes. Promote research collaborations with Physicians, Nurses, and outside network affiliations.

Your qualifications should include: 

• Doctor of Pharmacy Degree (Pharm.D.)

• 3 years in hospital pharmacy with experience in leading or supervisory capacity

• Current CA Pharmacy License

• ASHP Accredited PGY-1 Residency, preferred

City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location.

City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.

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