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Presbyterian Healthcare Services
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Pharmacist - Sample Pharmacies

Pharmacist 8.0 Work-LifeNo callNo weekendsNo nightsPer Diem

Listed compensation

$52.25-$91.68/hr

The week · per this posting · Monday – FridayWeekdays only

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Job Description

Location Address

8300 Constitution Ave NE Albuquerque, NM 87110-7613

Compensation Pay Range

Minimum Offer $52.25 Maximum Offer $91.68

Summary

Join a collaborative, patient‑centered pharmacy team where your expertise truly makes a difference. As a Pharmacist, you’ll play a vital role in ensuring safe, effective medication therapy—providing compassionate patient education, supporting interdisciplinary teams, and guiding the next generation of pharmacy professionals.

In this dynamic role, you’ll combine clinical knowledge with hands‑on patient care, contribute to quality and safety initiatives, and grow through continuous learning. If you’re passionate about advancing medication excellence while empowering patients and colleagues alike, we’d love to welcome you to our team.

How you grow, learn and thrive matters here.

  • Educational and career development options, including tuition and certification reimbursement, scholarship opportunities
  • Staff Safety (a wearable badge that allows nurses to quickly and discreetly call for help when safety is a concern)
  • Differentials for night/weekend shifts, higher education, certifications and various lead roles (for eligible positions)
  • Malpractice liability insurance
  • Loan forgiveness through the New Mexico Higher Education Department
  • EPIC electronic charting system

Type of Opportunity: PRN FTE: 0.00 Job Exempt: No Work Shift: Days (United States of America)

Responsibilities

In this position you will provide PRN coverage for the staff pharmacists at Presbyterian Sample Pharmacies and the Pharmacy Distribution center.

Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, PI program, safety, environmental and infection control standards.

  • Verifies, packages, labels and dispenses medications.
  • Advises patients and families on the use of medications including dosage, side effects, and composition.
  • Maintains professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, current literature, in-services and workshops.
  • Monitors medication use for appropriateness.
  • Oversees the activities of technicians, interns, and students.
  • Participates in education programs for pharmacy staff, attends meetings as required and participates on committees as needed.
  • Participates in training pharmacists, technicians, students and resident.
  • Consults with and advises healthcare providers regarding optimal and cost effective utilization of drugs.
  • Performs other functions as required.
  • Shift Info
  • 8:30AM-5:00PM Mon - Fri Sample Clinics, 7:30AM – 11:30AM Mon – Fri Distribution Center

Qualifications

  • Bachelors degree in Pharmacy required.
  • New Mexico Registered Pharmacist License required.
  • Less than one year experience in pharmacy practice.
  • Has acquired the necessary practice skills in order to appropriately evaluate medication orders and to prepare/dispense medications for the patient population group they serve.
  • We're all about well-being, starting with yours.

Presbyterian employees have access to a fun, engaging and unique wellness program, including free on-site and community-based gyms, nutrition coaching and classes, mindfulness and meditation resources, wellness challenges and more.

Learn more about our employee benefits.

About Presbyterian Healthcare Services

Presbyterian exists to improve the health of patients, members, and the communities we serve. We are locally owned, not-for-profit healthcare system of nine hospitals, a statewide health plan and a growing multi-specialty medical group. Founded in New Mexico in 1908, we are the state's largest private employer with nearly 14,000 employees - including more than 1600 providers and nearly 4,700 nurses.

Our health plan serves more than 580,000 members statewide and offers Medicare Advantage, Medicaid (Centennial Care) and Commercial health plans.

AA/EOE/VET/DISABLED. PHS is a drug-free and tobacco-free employer with smoke free campuses.

Compensation Disclaimer

The compensation range for this role takes into account a wide range of factors, including but not limited to experience and training, internal equity, and other business and organizational needs.

We're Determined to Support New Mexico's Well-Being | Presbyterian Healthcare Services

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree

Key Skills

Medication dispensingPharmacy operationsMedication safetyInterdisciplinary collaborationStaff supervisionDrug utilization reviewPatient counseling

Pharmacist Career Context

Of the 40 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 33% are remote, 40% have no call, 90% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for New Mexico is 92.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$150k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $162k in an average-cost state. 61.4% of New Mexico clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Pharmacist - Sample Pharmacies at Presbyterian Healthcare Services a 8.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 5% in Pharmacy — ranked against 10,058 active Pharmacy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

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Sign-on bonus
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CME allowance
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Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 8.0
Among the best 10% of Pharmacy listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 10,058 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call
  • No weekends
  • No nights
  • On-site

Living in Albuquerque

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$340k
Typical market rent
$1,455/mo
Residents’ average commute
22 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
95.5
State income tax
Up to 5.9%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Albuquerque, NM metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Presbyterian Healthcare Services

Hospitals and Health Care
Albuquerque, NM
5,001-10,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Educational and Career Development Options
Tuition and Certification Reimbursement
Scholarship Opportunities
Staff Safety (Wearable Badge)
Differentials for Night/Weekend Shifts
Malpractice Liability Insurance
Loan Forgiveness through New Mexico Higher Education Department
EPIC Electronic Charting System