Posted:
7/1/2025, 5:00:00 PM
Location(s):
Ohio, United States ⋅ Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Experience Level(s):
Expert or higher ⋅ Senior
Field(s):
Medical, Clinical & Veterinary
Workplace Type:
On-site
Cleveland Clinic is seeking a strategic, mission-driven Executive Director, Associate Chief of Pharmacy for Main Campus. This leader will oversee pharmacy operations and directly manage five pharmacies and also collaborate with infusion and retail sites to ensure alignment with our mission to care for life, research for health, and educate those who serve.
In collaboration with the Senior Vice President Chief of Pharmacy, this role is responsible for providing operational and clinical management, vision and direction to promote the strategic goals of the Pharmacy Enterprise and Cleveland Clinic.
This leader is responsible for quality, patient safety, employee productivity, innovation, patient experience, and financial targets while ensuring compliance with organizational standards and state and federal requirements.
A caregiver in this role works Monday-Friday on-site at our Cleveland Clinic Main Campus, with minimal travel required
A caregiver who excels in this role will:
Assists in implementing growth business/marketing plans.
Plans, implements, and directs Pharmacy operations based on accepted standards of professional practice and state and federal laws.
Oversees activities regarding procurement, distribution, monitoring, and utilization of pharmaceuticals in all patient care settings.
Ensures the development and provision of exemplary pharmaceutical care.
Ensures the Pharmacy Enterprise meets key operational targets and regulatory requirements.
Leads team to ensure goals are met and deploys initiatives to achieve as needed.
Identifies performance improvement opportunities across service lines and partners to translate into realized efficiencies.
Ensures patient experience achieves desired benchmarks for outstanding service.
Optimizes employee experience to retain an engaged workforce focused on patient experience.
Recruits, supports and develops exemplary management, clinical and technical staff.
Through coaching and mentoring, provides ongoing performance feedback to assigned employees.
Communicates a strong service management philosophy and develops programs and supports the staff to follow this philosophy.
Demonstrated track record of quickly establishing trusting and credible relationships with physicians, researchers/scientists, educators, clinical, administrative and community stakeholders
Provides direction to the finance team supporting pharmacy with oversight of overall budget performance including capital and operating budgets, strategic capital requests and service line performance.
Monitors national and international trends and forecasts to develop priorities aimed towards growth objectives. Keeps abreast of new procedures and developments and recommends and implements new concepts or changes.
Other duties as assigned.
Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:
Bachelor's degree in pharmacy
Advanced degree in Pharmacy (Master of Science/Pharm D) or master's in business administration. A minimum of 15 years leadership experience may offset the advanced degree requirement
A minimum of eight years of progressively more responsible clinical and pharmacy management experience.
Current State licensure as a Registered Pharmacist (RPh) or eligible for reciprocation in current State within 90 days of hire.
Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:
Experience as a clinical and administrative leader in a large tertiary care medical center, preferably as part of an integrated health care system preferred.
Experience in the entire continuum of care (e.g. inpatient, outpatient, pharmacy benefit management, etc.) is desirable.
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/
Physical Requirements:
Requires the ability to sit and be stationary for prolonged periods of time, normal or corrected vision and manual dexterity sufficient to perform work on a personal computer.
Requires the ability to walk to various locations throughout the Cleveland Clinic and to function in a stressful environment.
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.
Please review the Equal Employment Opportunity poster.
Cleveland Clinic Health System is pleased to be an equal employment employer: Women / Minorities / Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities
Website: https://clevelandclinic.org/
Headquarter Location: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Employee Count: 1001-5000
Year Founded: 1921
IPO Status: Private
Last Funding Type: Grant
Industries: Health Care ⋅ Hospital ⋅ Medical ⋅ Non Profit