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Piedmont Healthcare
Columbus, Georgia

Lead Staff Pharmacist

PharmacistFull-Time

Compensation

Pay not listed

The week · per this posting · 7 on / 7 off

7 on / 7 off: every day of your on-week (including its weekend), then a full week off.

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Job Description

When you join Piedmont, you’re not just changing your work environment. We open doors to real change in the lives we touch — especially yours. We’re committed to bringing award-winning care to communities across Georgia and celebrating the strength our diversity creates. Together, we’re doing big things.

One employee, one team, and one community at a time. Piedmont is a place where your work truly matters—and where you’re supported to do your best every day. We offer a collaborative culture, innovative resources, and leadership that is genuinely invested in your growth.

With competitive benefits, wellness programs, and opportunities for advancement, you’ll have what you need to thrive now and build a strong future.

Responsibilities

Lead Staff Pharmacist, FT, Piedmont Columbus Midtown

Assumes essential duties and responsibilities in the absence of pharmacy managers in order to ensure standard of patient care. Serves as part of pharmacy leadership team and assists Director with business aspects of the department.

Responsible for management of the pharmacy workflow under the direction of the Pharmacy Manager. Prepares monthly staffing schedule for Pharmacists. Performs duties of distribution, documentation and compounding related to drugs, solutions and equipment to meet the needs of patients and staff.

Responsible for the reviewing, compounding, dispensing and monitoring of medication therapy for infants, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric patients which includes dosing variations, nutritional needs and disease states associated with the various age groups.

Provides oversight for students and for all pharmacy technician activities including monitoring of all orders filled by auxiliary personnel. Assumes responsibility for competency and self-development in professional pharmacy practice.

Performs patient focused care clinical activities throughout the hospital, to provide patients with optimal medication therapy. (Note: Includes Job Code T06135 for "7 On / 7 Off" Schedule).

Qualifications

  • Education
  • Graduate of an ACPE-accredited school of pharmacy with a Bachelor’s or higher in Pharmacy Required
  • Work Experience
  • 2 years of hospital pharmacy experience Required

Licenses and Certifications

  • PHARMD - Licensed Pharmacist Licensed as a registered pharmacist in the state of Georgia Upon Hire Required
  • Business Unit: Company Name
  • Piedmont Columbus Midtown

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Pharmacy managementMedication therapy monitoringStaff schedulingClinical pharmacyPharmacy workflow managementPharmacy technician oversight

Pharmacist Career Context

Of the 50 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 24% are remote, 58% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

In Georgia, the Pharmacy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$144k (34 salary observations; 301 listings), vs ~$141k nationally (2,072 salary observations; 11,989 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-11-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

What does the Pharmacy market look like in Georgia?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedPharmacy median $136k (middle half $130k–$148k)135 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Georgia vs national$144k median in Georgia$141k nationally (+2%)34 state / 2,072 national salary observations
Cost of livingGeorgia index 96.3US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Pharmacy listings in Georgia337 active10,187 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 24% remote · 58% no call · 64% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedGeorgia pharmacist listings (all specialties): 11% state a sign-on bonus · 8% offer loan repayment346 active listings, Nov 2026
New Pharmacy listings3,578 in the last 30 days3,274 the 30 days before (+9%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Pharmacy pay trend+3.4% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top Pharmacist Jobs

28 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

28 jobs · 25 employers
12
<$165k
10
$165k-185k
3
$185k-205k
3
$205k-225k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

26 jobs · 25 employers
401k / retirement match
92%
Sign-on bonus
27%
Loan repayment
8%
CME allowance
4%
PSLF eligible
4%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Population Health Clinical Pharmacist

Banner Health · Phoenix, Arizona

$62.63-$104.39/hr
#2

Ambulatory Clinical Pharmacist

Providence · Spokane, Washington

$64.44-$101.73/hr
#3

Ambulatory Clinical Pharmacist

$66.43-$99.27/hr
#4

Clinical Staff Pharmacist | Midnight Shift | 7 On / 7 Off

$59.43-$95.08/hr
+ 26 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 1.5
Better work-life than 10% of Pharmacy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 10,050 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Piedmont Healthcare

Medical Practices
Statesville, NC
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Competitive benefits
Wellness programs
Opportunities for advancement

Living in Columbus

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$163k
Typical market rent
$1,331/mo
Residents’ average commute
21 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
89.3
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Columbus, GA-AL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.