Hospital Pharmacy Senior Manager

Job Description:

Schedule: Monday – Friday with flexibility to cover shifts as needed

Shift Details: 7:00 am – 4:00 pm

Location: Intermountain Health St. Mary’s Regional Hospital, Grand Junction, Colorado

Benefits Eligible: Yes - Link to Benefit Details

Lead pharmacy services across inpatient, infusion, and cancer center settings at Intermountain Health St. Mary’s Regional Hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado.

Join our Inpatient Pharmacy Team, where pharmacists and pharmacy technicians partner closely with patient care teams to deliver safe, timely medication therapy across the hospital.

This team supports patient care through unit‑dose dispensing, sterile IV compounding, and Omnicell automated dispensing cabinet operations, including accurate documentation, inventory management, and controlled‑substance accountability.

If you thrive in a fast‑paced environment, value dependable teammates, and want to make a meaningful impact on patients throughout their care journey, you’ll feel right at home here while driving medication safety, operational excellence, and caregiver development across the continuum of care.

Intermountain Health St. Mary’s Regional Hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado, the largest medical center between Denver and Salt Lake City, is committed to putting people first. Serving the healthcare needs of western Colorado and eastern Utah for nearly 120 years and founded in 1896 by the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, St. Mary’s has a rich history of serving the many needs of its community, from advanced medical care to charitable giving.

Life in Grand Junction:
Grand Junction offers over 300 days of sunshine per year and a perfect blend of Western charm, adventure, and natural beauty. Enjoy outdoor activities like hiking, biking, skiing, and rafting, as well as cultural experiences such as art walks, live performances, and local festivals. Explore nearby natural wonders and Colorado’s wine country.  Check out the video from Visit Grand Junction to see all the exciting activities that Grand Junction and western Colorado have to offer by clicking here.

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Job Function:

Lead and oversee pharmacy services across multiple practice areas, ensuring safe, high-quality, and patient-centered care. This role is responsible for operational excellence, regulatory compliance, financial performance, and team leadership while supporting clinical and operational initiatives aligned with Intermountain Health’s mission and Fundamentals of Care. The Pharmacy Manager fosters a culture of engagement, accountability, and continuous improvement while leading a team of approximately 20–40 caregivers in delivering exceptional patient and customer experiences

Essential Functions

• Ensures safe, high-quality, and efficient pharmacy services with a culture of accountability consistent with Intermountain Health’s Mission, Vision, and Values. 

• Creates and sustains a culture of continuous improvement by fully adopting the Intermountain Operating Model.

• Works with pharmacy leadership to identify and implement new processes, technologies, and automation to improve medication safety, operational efficiencies, patient experience, caregiver effectiveness, and reduce expenses.

• Effectively leads change and related caregiver transitions through effective leadership and strong written and verbal communication.

• Researches, analyzes, and synthesizes data/informational elements to make well-informed clinical, business, and operational recommendations.

• Serves as the pharmacy leader responsible for decisions pertaining to pharmacy practice needs to meet both short- and long-term goals.

• Defines, tracks, and reports key performance indicators related to pharmacy operations and clinical services.

• Oversees daily activities of team and ensures appropriate training, mentoring, and professional development of all caregivers.

• Manages recruiting, hiring, coaching, evaluating, and corrective action with caregivers who are direct reports and for creating a culture of accountability and assuring associated standards are achieved and documented.

• Prepares operational and capital budgets and maintains fiscal accountability in collaboration with System Pharmacy Director.

Skills

• Pharmacy

• Medication Management

• Project Management

• Quality Improvement

• Leadership

• Problem Solving

• Financial Management

Minimum Qualifications

• Doctor of Pharmacy or Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy degree from an accredited institution (degree will be verified).
• State license, in facility location, to practice pharmacy and dispense controlled substances, or eligibility to obtain a license upon hire.  
• Effective communication, people management, and project management skills.
• 2 years of leadership experience and demonstrated competence in area of practice that falls under leadership responsibilities of the position.
• Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) for healthcare providers if required for the role and location within 90 days of hire. 
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) if required for the role and location within 90 days of hire. 
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) if required for the role and location within 90 days of hire.  
• Demonstrated leadership experience in a professional environment.
• Ability to effectively interpret and use data.
• Effective project and time management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in one of the following fields: MBA, MPH, MHA, or MS in pharmacy from an accredited institution.
• Pharmacy residency, other post-graduate training, and/or board certification.
• Previous experience working in an integrated healthcare delivery system.
• Financial management experience.

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, documents, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs.
• Frequent interactions with providers, colleagues, customers, patients/clients and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, needs, and issues quickly and accurately.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate supplies and equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use for typing, accessing needed information, etc.

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The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. 

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here.

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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