Director, Pharmacy
Posted on: 12 Mar 2026
LaGrange, KY
Job Description
Summary
Job Description:
This key position is responsible for directing, coordinating, and supervising all pharmacy services across the Baptist Health La Grange hospital and three infusion centers. This position ensures the delivery of safe, appropriate, accessible, cost-effective, and high-quality pharmaceutical care for patients and ensuring the highest clinical competence of staff members.
The Pharmacy Director provides operational and strategic leadership for pharmacy services and is accountable for compliance with all federal and state laws, hospital accreditation standards, and professional practice regulations. Serving as the hospital’s Chief Medication Safety Officer, the Director oversees medication safety initiatives, formulary management, controlled substance compliance, and the integrity of the 340B Drug Program and supports retail pharmacy operations.
This key position acts as an advisor to senior leadership and works collaboratively with physicians, nursing leadership, and system pharmacy leadership, to implement programs that enhance medication therapy outcomes, improve operational efficiency, and support the organization’s quality and strategic objectives. The role also ensures appropriate staffing, resources, and infrastructure to support safe medication procurement, storage, distribution, and administration across the hospital and its three infusion centers.
Requirements
Candidates must possess a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college of pharmacy, with a PharmD preferred.
A minimum of five years of pharmacy leadership experience with strong knowledge of hospital pharmacy operations is required.
Previous experience with a 340B Drug program is desired.
Candidates must hold a current Kentucky pharmacist license or be eligible for licensure in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Completion of a PGY1 and/or PGY2 residency and board certification are preferred.
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Baptist Health
Louisville, KY
Founded in 1924, Baptist Health has been bringing advanced medical technology, modern facilities, and many of the region's most prominent physicians and medical professionals to the communities of our commonwealth for nearly a century.
Headquartered in Louisville, the Baptist Health family of hospitals, care centers, physician offices and health facilities has experienced tremendous growth in recent years. Baptist Health Floyd in New Albany, Ind. (formerly known as Floyd Memorial Hospital and Health Services), is the newest member, joined on Oct. 1, 2016. In 2012, we welcomed Baptist Health Richmond (formerly Pattie A. Clay Regional Medical Center) and Baptist Health Madisonville (formerly Trover Health System) to the fold. Our other hospitals include Baptist Health Paducah, Baptist Health Louisville, Baptist Health La Grange, Baptist Health Lexington and Baptist Health Corbin. We also manage Hardin Memorial Health in Elizabethtown. Counting all nine hospitals, we have more than 2,700 licensed beds.
Baptist Health has more than 300 points of care include outpatient facilities which offer Urgent Care, Express Care, occupational medicine, physical therapy and diagnostics. Home care is also available in 39 Kentucky counties, six counties in Illinois and six counties in Southern Indiana. Our physician network of more than 3,000 employed and affiliated physicians continues to grow as we endeavor to improve access to healthcare and enhance the health of Kentucky as a whole.
Strength in research
Our clinicians are engaged in more than 200 clinical studies throughout our network of hospitals, working to advance treatments in oncology, cardiology, orthopedics, neuroscience, epidemiology, diabetes and other areas.
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IndustryHealthcare
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No. of Employees3,000+
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