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Pharmacy Operations Lead

4/8/2026

The Pharmacy Operations Lead manages daily pharmacy operations, ensuring clinical excellence, regulatory compliance, and the achievement of organizational goals. They also act as a key liaison between clinical teams while fostering staff engagement and continuous process improvement.

Working Hours

40 hours/week

Company Size

10,001+ employees

Language

English

Visa Sponsorship

No

About The Company
Fairview Health Services is Minnesota’s choice for healthcare. We’re an industry-leading, award-winning, nonprofit offering a full network of healthcare services. Our broad network is designed to be ready for our patients’ every need, while delivering quality care with compassion. Our care portfolio includes community hospitals, academic hospitals, primary and specialty care clinics, senior facilities, facilitated living centers, rehabilitation centers, home health care services, counseling, pharmacies and benefit management services. We’re built on a tradition of compassionate care. This is our home, and our patients are our neighbors. We’re here to heal, we’re here for you. We are part of M Health Fairview, an expanded academic health system that represents a collaboration among the University of Minnesota, University of Minnesota Physicians, and Fairview Health Services. The partnership combines the university’s deep history of clinical innovation and training with Fairview’s extensive roots in community medicine. Together, we’re expanding access to world-class, patient-centered care through our 10 hospitals, 60 primary care clinics, specialty clinics, pharmacies, home care, hospice, and medical transportation service. Fairview also operates the Ebenezer senior living communities and offers Employer Solutions such as EAP and pharmacy benefit management. Search for jobs and apply at https://www.fairview.org/careers.
About the Role
Job Overview

In partnership with the Pharmacy Leader and other stakeholders, provide workflow management of the day-to-day operations in assigned pharmacy and/or clinical service area, driving patient care excellence while ensuring achievement of organizational goals. Is a key pharmacy liaison between service lines, programs, domains, and clinical areas as assigned. Foster an environment that includes consistent excellent patient and customer experience, outcomes that meet or exceed quality standards and financial targets, a culture of employee engagement and ongoing organizational and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

  • This position functions in a dual‑capacity role with scheduled pharmacist staffing shifts and protected off‑line time to lead operational projects, support pharmacy workflows, and manage day‑to‑day operations initiatives.
  • Leads the day-to-day operations of assigned pharmacy and/or clinical department to ensure achievement of organizational vision, mission, and goals.
  • Provide clinical, formulary and pharmacotherapy expertise and act as a resource to students, staff, and interdisciplinary members of the care team. This may include coordinating student experiential rotation and acting as preceptor.
  • Provide clinical pharmacy services to all patients in assigned area using Standard Operating Procedures (SOP). This may include dispensing of medication, providing clinical services for patients, monitoring, adjusting patient therapies and documenting changes according to department policies and pharmacy regulations.
  • Act as resource for pharmaceutical care to patients, partnering with interdisciplinary care team members to ensure the appropriateness of medication order and therapy and the effectiveness, safety, and convenience of the medication therapy.
  • Ensure commitment to agreed-upon patient care philosophies and standards by assessing the proper use of the practice model and creating or modifying workflow to support it.
  • Create and maintain an environment for pharmacy professionals to function efficiently with known accountabilities and exemplary performance standards.
  • Develop, implement, and communicate key metrics and improvement activities to monitor the performance of pharmacy and/or clinical operations.
  • Partner with human resources and other teams on human capital initiatives that ensure recruitment of high-quality candidates, foster staff engagement, encourage professional development and provide appropriate training and orientation.
  • Build powerful relationships with all internal groups, external agencies, and other stakeholders to anticipate needs and ensure alignment within a highly matrixed environment.
  • Ensure contractual obligations are met.
  • Responsible for timely and accurate analysis and decision making to support pharmacy business performance, operational and financial objectives.
  • Drive a culture of continuous improvement using lean management tools to support, challenge and evolve processes to achieve system pharmacy goals.
  • Maintain knowledge, ensures, and facilitates compliance with all relevant laws, regulations, policies, procedures, and standards.
  • Maintain proficiency in the skills and theory of the practice of pharmacy by reviewing literature, attending in-services, seminars, and conferences.


Required Qualifications

  • Pharmacist Degree
  • 1 year pharmacist experience in complex pharmacy operation, clinical service area or completion of an ASHP-accredited PGY1 residency program
  • MN Pharmacy License
  • Minnesota Board of Pharmacy Preceptor License

Preferred Qualifications

  • Completion of an ASHP-accredited PGY1 residency program
  • Doctorate of Pharmacy
  • 3 years experience in a specialty setting

 


Benefit Overview

Fairview offers a generous benefit package including but not limited to medical, dental, vision plans, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, PTO and Sick and Safe Time, tuition reimbursement, retirement, early access to earned wages, and more! Please follow this link foradditional information: https://www.fairview.org/careers/benefits/noncontract


Compensation Disclaimer

The posted pay range is for a 40-hour workweek (1.0 FTE). The actual rate of pay offered within this range may depend on several factors, such as FTE, skills, knowledge, relevant education, experience, and market conditions. Additionally, our organization values pay equity and considers the internal equity of our team when making any offer. Hiring at the maximum of the range is not typical. If your role is eligible for a sign-on bonus, the bonus program that is approved and in place at the time of offer, is what will be honored.


EEO Statement

EEO/Vet/Disabled: All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to any lawfully protected status
Key Skills
Pharmacy operationsClinical pharmacy servicesWorkflow managementPharmacotherapyPatient careLean managementRegulatory complianceStaff engagementFormulary managementMedication therapy managementInterdisciplinary collaborationPerformance metricsPreceptingFinancial analysisProcess improvement
Categories
HealthcareManagement & Leadership
Benefits
MedicalDentalVision plansLife insuranceShort-term disability insuranceLong-term disability insurancePaid time offSick and safe timeTuition reimbursementRetirementEarly access to earned wages
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