Director of Pharmacy – Long-Term Care (LTC)

Orion Placement; Middletown (CT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Job summary

Orion Placement is seeking an on-site Pharmacy Leader in Middletown, CT to guide day-to-day operations for a growing long term care pharmacy serving skilled nursing, assisted living, and hospice facilities.

The role emphasizes building a high-performing team, ensuring compliant medication services, and strengthening relationships with healthcare partners while delivering patient-centered care.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of pharmacy experience.
• BS in Pharmacy required. PharmD preferred.
• Strong pharmacy leadership, management, communication, and clinical decision making skills.
• Long term care, skilled nursing, assisted living, or hospice pharmacy experience preferred.
• Strong computer, organizational, inventory management, and problem solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead all day to day pharmacy operations while ensuring efficient, accurate, and compliant medication services.
• Manage, coach, and support pharmacy staff while creating a collaborative, accountable, high performing environment.
• Maintain pharmacy compliance, quality standards, dispensing accuracy, and effective medication management processes.
• Build strong relationships with healthcare facilities, physicians, customers, and internal teams.
• Oversee workflow, staffing, inventory management, cost controls, and operational performance.
• Use sound clinical judgment and critical thinking to resolve pharmacy, patient care, and operational issues.
• Help identify opportunities to strengthen processes, customer service, efficiency, and pharmacy performance.

Skills

Pharmacy leadership

Team management

Communication

Clinical decision making

Education

BS in Pharmacy

PharmD preferred

Job description

• Lead the day to day operations of a growing long term care pharmacy and make a direct impact on patient care and service quality.
• Step into a visible leadership role where you can develop a talented pharmacy team, improve operations, and help shape continued growth.
• Join a stable, privately owned organization focused on long term care, skilled nursing, assisted living, and hospice pharmacy services.
• Receive a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k), life insurance, FSA/HSA, paid time off, and paid holidays.
• Work with an organization that values strong leadership, clinical judgment, customer relationships, and taking care of its employees.

Location: Middletown, Connecticut. This is an on-site leadership position for someone who enjoys being closely connected to their pharmacy team, operations, and customers.

Note: Candidates must hold an active Connecticut Pharmacist license in good standing and have 5+ years of pharmacy experience. Long term care pharmacy experience is strongly preferred but not required for the right candidate.

About Us

We are a privately owned, growing pharmacy organization specializing in medication services for skilled nursing, long term care, assisted living, and hospice communities. Our team combines personalized service with strong operational and clinical standards to help facilities deliver excellent medication care. Confidential Employer.

Job Description

• Lead all day to day pharmacy operations while ensuring efficient, accurate, and compliant medication services.
• Manage, coach, and support pharmacy staff while creating a collaborative, accountable, high performing environment.
• Maintain pharmacy compliance, quality standards, dispensing accuracy, and effective medication management processes.
• Build strong relationships with healthcare facilities, physicians, customers, and internal teams.
• Oversee workflow, staffing, inventory management, cost controls, and operational performance.
• Use sound clinical judgment and critical thinking to resolve pharmacy, patient care, and operational issues.
• Help identify opportunities to strengthen processes, customer service, efficiency, and pharmacy performance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of pharmacy experience.
• BS in Pharmacy required. PharmD preferred.
• Strong pharmacy leadership, management, communication, and clinical decision making skills.
• Long term care, skilled nursing, assisted living, or hospice pharmacy experience preferred.
• Strong computer, organizational, inventory management, and problem solving skills.

Why You Will Love Working Here

• You will have meaningful ownership over pharmacy operations and team performance.
• You will work in an established, growing healthcare organization with an important patient care mission.
• Your leadership and ideas will have a visible impact on employees, healthcare partners, and the patients they serve.
• You will receive comprehensive benefits and the opportunity to build a long term leadership career in pharmacy operations.