Ambulatory Operations Pharmacist

IU Health • Plainfield, IN

16h

About The Position

The Ambulatory Operations Pharmacist partners with ambulatory clinics to identify, investigate, and resolve medication errors and near misses; assist with medication safety initiatives; and develop, implement, and maintain medication-use policies and procedures. The role also supports optimal use of the EMR/EHR (e.g., prescribing workflows, clinical decision support, order sets) and coordinates ambulatory-related projects to improve safety, quality, and operational performance across outpatient/ambulatory settings.

Requirements

• PharmD and active pharmacist license (as required by the jurisdiction).
• Experience in ambulatory care, medication safety, quality improvement, and/or policy development; residency training (PGY1/PGY2 Ambulatory Care) preferred.
• Strong collaboration, investigation, writing, and change-management skills; ability to work across multidisciplinary clinic teams.
• May require weekend rotations.

Nice To Haves

• Residency training (PGY1/PGY2 Ambulatory Care) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Receive, triage, and document medication errors/near misses originating in ambulatory clinics; perform root-cause analysis and coordinate corrective and preventive actions.
• Collaborate with providers, nursing, clinic leadership, and outpatient pharmacy teams to design and implement medication safety improvements (e.g., prescribing, dispensing, administration, monitoring, and patient education workflows).
• Draft, review, and maintain ambulatory medication-use policies, procedures, guidelines, and order set standards; ensure alignment with regulatory requirements and organizational governance.
• Lead or support medication safety committees, safety event reviews, and quality improvement projects; track trends, metrics, and outcomes and communicate findings to stakeholders.
• Support ambulatory pharmacy and clinical pharmacy operations, including workflow optimization, standard work development, staff education, and implementation of new services or practice changes.
• Provide subject-matter expertise on high-alert medications, medication reconciliation, transitions of care, and safe use of health information technology (e.g., EHR prescribing and clinical decision support).

Benefits

• 401(K) retirement savings with employer match
• Tuition reimbursement
• Student loan forgiveness - Government program that may allow qualifying participants to have the remainder of their student loan balance forgiven (after a set amount of time and specific qualifications have been met).
• Employee Assistance Program – Counseling at no cost to you
• Healthy Results - Participation in our team member wellness programs award points that contribute toward a biweekly financial incentive in your paycheck! The more you participate, the more you earn!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree