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Job Title

Medication Safety Pharmacist - Adult Population

                        

Location

Cleveland

                    

Facility

Cleveland Clinic Main Campus

                     

Department

Inpatient Pharmacy-Pharmacy

                      

Job Code

T99841

                     

Shift

Day/Evening/Night/Weekend

                       

Schedule

8:00am-4:30pm

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

**This position is eligible for a sign-on bonus ranging from $5,000 to $10,000.

Join Cleveland Clinic’s Main Campus where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world class and caregivers are family. Here, you will work alongside a passionate and dedicated team, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

As a Medication Safety Pharmacist within Cleveland Clinic’s Inpatient Pharmacy at Main Campus, you will play a pivotal role in supporting 60 nursing units, 80 operating rooms, 4 PACUs and 10 cath labs. In this strategic position, you will review safety event reports (SERS) and develop both proactive and reactive initiatives to enhance medication safety for the adult patient population. Collaborating on safety, quality and patient experience committees, you will have the opportunity to influence care on a broad scale while ensuring medications are selected, dosed, administered, and dispensed accurately, timely and respectfully. This role is ideal for a pharmacist seeking to transition from a staffing position into a more strategic and leadership-focused career path—offering professional growth, skill-building and the chance to make a lasting impact on patient outcomes.

A caregiver in this position works first shift, Monday through Friday, with weekend staffing every 6th weekend. There are no holiday or on-call requirements, and the only floating expectation is occasional travel to a designated submarket as needed.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

• Provide safe, efficient, patient-centered, evidence-based medication services. 
• Verify medication orders and/or dispenses medications accurately according to state and federal regulations.  
• Document services in a complete, accurate and timely manner. 
• Actively contribute to medication safety initiatives. 
• Ensure all pharmacy operations are in compliance with national accreditation standards. 
• Directs staff appropriately to provide safe and efficient care and maintain professional working relationships with all caregivers. 
• Educate and train students, residents, other caregivers and/or patients.  

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• PharmD or Bachelor’s of Science in Pharmacy from an accredited college of Pharmacy 
• Current State licensure as a Registered Pharmacist (RPh) or eligible for reciprocation in current state within 90 days of hire 
• Completion of a Post-Graduate Year 1 Residency (PGY1), fellowship or relevant post-graduate pharmacy experience 

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: 

• Board Certification  
• 3-5 years of experience in an inpatient setting

Physical Requirements:

• Typical physical demands include ability to perform the job while standing and walking for prolonged times, approximately 75% of shift and continuously for extended periods of time. 
• Manual dexterity sufficient to perform computer and dispensing functions of the job; ability to lift up to 30 lbs.
• Position often includes reaching, stretching, stooping, climbing steps and sitting.
• Must have normal or corrected vision.
• Must have ability to clearly communicate verbally by phone or in person

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

                       

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our tobacco free and drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substance and nicotine. All offers of employment are follwed by testing for controlled substances and nicotine. All new caregivers must clear a nicotine test within their 90-day new hire period. Candidates for employment who are impacted by Cleveland Clinic Health System's Smoking Policy will be permitted to reapply for open positions after one year.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility. 

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