Clinical Pharmacist Lead-Cardiolo
Listed compensation
$67.18-$87.34/hr
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time · on-site
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- Not specified
Job description
Join Northwestern Memorial Healthcare as a Clinical Pharmacist Lead – Cardiology in Chicago, Illinois.
Key Responsibilities
- Facilitate compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, codes, statutes and regulations governing pharmacy practice in areas of responsibility.
Requirements
- Background Check Northwestern Medicine conducts a background check that includes criminal history on newly hired team members and, at times, internal transfers.
- If you are offered a position with us, you will be required to complete an authorization and disclosure form that gives Northwestern Medicine permission to run the background check.
Benefits & Compensation
- Salary: $67.18-$87.34/hr (Est. $140k-$182k/year)
- Signing bonus: $67,000.
- Student loan repayment assistance.
- PSLF eligible (Public Service Loan Forgiveness).
Work Schedule
- Full-Time position.
- No explicit call, weekend, or night shift information provided.
This position offers a signing bonus, student loan benefits. Work with Northwestern Memorial Healthcare in Chicago, Illinois.
Licensure & Certifications
Candidates must hold a Bachelor's or Doctor of Pharmacy degree and possess an active Illinois pharmacist license. A minimum of two years of clinical pharmacy experience in a healthcare institution is required, with preference given to those who have completed an accredited residency.
Qualifications
- Education
- Bachelor degree
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Cardiology — Pharmacist Career Context
Of the 42 active Cardiology listings this role was benchmarked against, 19% are remote, 36% have no call, 67% require no weekends.
In Illinois, the Cardiology weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$147k (16 salary observations; 16 listings), vs ~$144k nationally (31 salary observations; 54 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-04-01 through 2026-08-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
The cost-of-living index for Illinois is 100.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$161k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $161k in an average-cost state. 62.6% of Illinois clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Clinical Pharmacist Lead-Cardiolo at Northwestern Memorial Healthcare a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 5% in Pharmacist roles — ranked against 8,294 active Pharmacist roles listings on WeekdayDoc.
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