Pharmacist Inpatient
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Job Description
- Job Title: Pharmacist Inpatient
- Location: Virginia (Chesapeake)
- Contract Type: Traveler
- Start Date: 11/09/2026
- Pay Range: Competitive
Ready for your next big move? Start here. Chesapeake, Virginia, has a strong healthcare presence within the Hampton Roads region, offering opportunities to work in diverse healthcare systems while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. The city also provides a high quality of life with a lower cost of living than many metro areas, access to coastal recreation, and a family‑friendly community that supports both professional growth and work–life balance.
Role Overview
This role involves medication management and clinical support for inpatient patients by verifying orders, monitoring therapy outcomes, and ensuring safe, evidence‑based medication use. They collaborate closely with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to optimize treatment plans and prevent medication errors throughout the patient’s facility stay.
Requirements
- Flu Vaccine Required - Medical/Religious Exemptions and Declinations Allowed
- Active Virginia Pharmacist license in hand at the time of submission
- Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy Required.
- PharmD, RPh credentials required
- EPIC Charting Experience Required
- Minimum of 1 year of recent inpatient pharmacy experience
- Skills/Experience Required: IV admixture/IV pharmacy experience, Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA), Antibiotic management, Drug interaction review,
- Medication order entry, Medication order verification
- Skills/Experience Preferred: Chemotherapy experience, Anticoagulation management, Pharmacokinetic dosing, Renal dosing
- Travel Experience Preferred
Schedule: Shift: 5x8's Rotating schedule, weekdays, some weekends (every 3rd weekend). If working overnights, 7 nights on, 7 nights off.
Shifts Times
Overnight shifts: 1930 – 0730, 2030 – 0730
Key Responsibilities
The pharmacist will perform medication management and clinical support by verifying orders and monitoring therapy outcomes for inpatient patients. They will collaborate with physicians and nurses to optimize treatment plans and prevent medication errors.
Pharmacist Career Context
Of the 50 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 16% are remote, 60% have no call, 48% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Virginia is 101.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.1% of Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Cost of living | Virginia index 101.1 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Pharmacy listings in Virginia | 288 active | 10,156 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 16% remote · 60% no call · 48% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Virginia Pharmacist listings: 15% state a sign-on bonus · 17% offer loan repayment297 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| New Pharmacy listings | 3,666 in the last 30 days | 3,150 the 30 days before (+16%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Pharmacy pay trend | +3.3% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
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