Lead Pharmacist – Clean Room

Join our team at Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital and experience world-class patient care at its best. Located in sunny Florida’s Treasure Coast, Indian River Hospital is committed to providing optimal family- and community-focused services. Here, you will be part of a collaborative, compassionate, and innovative team of caregivers. You will work with state-of-the-art technology and will build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.    

As the Lead Pharmacist in the Clean Room, you will serve as both a Pharmacist and a team educator, motivator and manager, overseeing all aspects of workflow and collaboration. In this role, you will ensure regulatory standards are maintained through surveillance and staff conduct. The Clean Room is a highly standardized space and one of the focus areas for the Joint Commission in compliance review. As such, keeping this environment is essential to our ability to continue providing exceptional pharmaceutical services. Additionally, this position offers the opportunity to enhance your current skills, all while making a difference in your community.  

A caregiver in this position works rotating days/evenings from 7:00AM – 3:30PM. 

A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

• Lead and coordinate work activities for assigned practice areas and provide feedback to caregivers regarding performance under the direction of the manager. 
• Train and mentor caregivers and residents and precept students. 
• Participate in interviewing and recommend selection of candidates.  
• Triage issues to management and follow-up. 
• Participate in operational tasks such as workflow oversight, process decision making, project implementation, and drug shortage management. 
• Ensure and maintain quality control in regard to patient care and medication and equipment usage. 
• Review and assess medication orders to identify, prevent, and resolve potential and actual drug related problems. 
• Advise prescriber of medication related issues and recommend formulary alternatives when appropriate. 
• Review, interpret, clarify, enter, and verify patient's information and medication orders for processing. 
• Assist with health-system level decision-making related to practice area, committee work, and decision making for relevant policies. 
• Provide drug information support for pertinent drug information questions. 
• Provide management support and demonstrate leadership for assigned practice area.  

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Bachelor’s of Science in Pharmacy or Doctor of Pharmacy Degree from an American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) accredited university
• Current state licensure as a Registered Pharmacist (RPh) or eligible for reciprocation within 90 days of hire 
• Completion of a Health-system Pharmacy Administration and Leadership (HSPAL) PGY2 Residency OR completion of either a Post-Graduate Year 1 (PGY-1) or Post-Graduate Rear 2 Residency (PGY2) and one year of Pharmacy experience OR three years relevant Pharmacy experience
• Three years of Pharmacy exprience
•  Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) and completion of a Board of Pharmacy approved course in the administration of immunizations or certification within 90 days of hire if administering immunizations 
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Certifications through the American Heart Association (AHA) within one year of hire if responding to adult or pediatric cardiopulmonary arrest events 

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Previous leadership experience  

Our caregivers continue to create the best outcomes for our patients across each of our facilities. Click the link and see how we’re dedicated to providing what matters most to you: https://jobs.clevelandclinic.org/benefits-2/      

Cleveland Clinic empowers caregivers to minimize the impacts of healthcare while optimizing patient outcomes and supporting the community. The Department of Pharmacy has a "Greening the Pharmacy" initiative with the goal of leading by example and acting as stewards of our natural resources for the wellbeing of all.   

Physical Requirements:

• Typical physical demands include ability to perform functions of the job while reaching and stretching, and manual dexterity sufficient to perform computer functions of job.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures.