Job Description
When the work you do every single day has a crucial impact on the lives of others, every effort, every detail, and every second matters. This shared culture of passion and dedication pulses through Cedars-Sinai, and it’s just one of the many reasons it was recognized by U.S. News & World Report’s ‘Best Hospitals’ Honor Roll for the eleventh consecutive year and tied #1 in California & Los Angeles. Cedars-Sinai continues to be acknowledged as a world leader in patient care, education, and research.
Our 915-bed nonprofit, acute, tertiary, teaching Level I trauma center hospital is in the heart of Los Angeles. The Pharmacy Department has over 500 team members who are dedicated on providing both inpatient and outpatient pharmacy services, ensuring that patients receive high-quality care tailored to their needs.
This is a Monday - Friday, onsite role.
Join Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in advancing safe, effective, and patient-centered diabetes care across the health system. As the Diabetes Stewardship Pharmacist, you will serve as a clinical and strategic pharmacy leader in advancing a comprehensive diabetes stewardship program within the medical center. Working closely with physicians, pharmacists, nurses, diabetes educators, informatics specialists, and other members of the interdisciplinary diabetes team, you will help reduce patient harm related to insulin administration, optimize institutional glucometric outcomes, and promote evidence-based pharmacotherapy for hospitalized patients with diabetes.
In this collaborative role, you will help design and implement a real-time surveillance tool embedded within the electronic health record to identify patients experiencing glycemic excursions, support timely care triage, and enhance delivery of individualized pharmacotherapeutic recommendations. You will provide clinical support to frontline pharmacy colleagues through patient-specific medication reviews, therapy optimization, and management of complex inpatient diabetes cases. You will also help coordinate medication use evaluations, quality improvement initiatives, clinical audits, and outcomes reporting designed to improve glycemic management, medication safety, and patient care. Your contributions will help establish consistent, measurable, and evidence-based diabetes care across Cedars-Sinai while advancing the organization’s commitment to patient safety, clinical excellence, education, and innovation.
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Qualifications
Educational Requirements:
- Pharm.D. degree from an accredited School of Pharmacy in the USA
- Completion of a PGY1 and/or PGY2 residency or equivalent practice experience
License/Certification/Registration Requirements:
- Current pharmacist licensure in the State of California.
- BLS certification upon hire
- Board Certification in Pharmacotherapy (BCPS) or in specialty area is preferred
What else are we looking for?
- At least three years or equivalent experience as an inpatient pharmacist in a major medical center
- Has BC-ADM (Board Certified - Advanced Diabetes Management) certification, or ability to obtain within three years of hire
- Passionate about improving the safety, quality, and effectiveness of inpatient diabetes care, particularly insulin use and glycemic management
- Possesses good interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate complex clinical, pharmacotherapeutic, and operational information clearly to diverse audiences
- Demonstrates strong clinical judgment and critical-thinking skills, including the ability to evaluate glycemic data and provide individualized, evidence-based recommendations for complex hospitalized patients
- Has an interest in using electronic health record tools, data analytics, and real-time surveillance to identify glycemic excursions and support timely clinical intervention
- Demonstrates a commitment to quality and process improvement, outcomes measurement, and translating evidence into sustainable clinical practice
- Exhibits excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Demonstrates ability to prioritize projects to meet goals
Our compensation philosophy
We offer competitive total compensation that includes pay, benefits, and other recognition programs for our employees. The base pay range shown above takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including knowledge/skills; relevant experience and training; education/certifications/licensure; and other business and organizational factors. This base pay range does not include our comprehensive benefits package and any incentive payments that may be applicable to this role. Pay Transparency Non Discrimination Provision (PDF) (opens in new window)
Diversity and Inclusion at Cedars-Sinai
We are caretakers and innovators committed to the pursuit of equitable healthcare. But health equity is not possible without representation. Our commitment to diversity goes beyond demographics or checking boxes. Our people must reflect the diverse identities, experiences and geographies of the communities and patients we serve – because that’s what our patients, colleagues and communities deserve. Quality Care and Research—For All, By All (opens in new window).
Cedars-Sinai is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
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Cedars-Sinai will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories, in accordance with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.
At Cedars-Sinai, we are dedicated to the safety, health and wellbeing of our patients and employees. This includes protecting our patients from communicable diseases, such as influenza (flu) and COVID-19. For this reason, we require that all new employees receive a flu vaccine based on the seasonal availability of flu vaccine (typically during September through April each year) as a condition of employment, and annually thereafter as a condition of continued employment, subject to medical exemption or religious accommodation. For the same reason, you may also be required to receive other vaccines such as COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Cedars-Sinai reserves the right to make modifications to its required list of vaccines as required by law and/or policy. Cedars-Sinai’s AA Policy Statement (PDF) (opens in new window)