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St. Charles Health System
Prineville, Oregon

Community Pharmacist - Float Position

PharmacistIncludes weekendsPer Diem

Listed compensation

$71.38-$92.81/hr

The week · per this posting

Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, nights and shift pattern and time off.

Posted 31m ago · Verified live

Job Description

Relief, Variable

Pay range: $71.38 - $92.81

  • Relief Differential - 15%
  • Swing Shift Differential - $2.85/hr
  • Weekend Differential - $5.50/hr

ST. Charles Health System

  • JOB DESCRIPTION
  • TITLE: Community Pharmacist
  • REPORTS TO POSITION: Pharmacy Manager
  • DEPARTMENT: Pharmacy
  • DATE LAST REVIEWED: May 2026

Our Vision

Creating America’s healthiest community, together

Our Mission

  • In the spirit of love and compassion, better health, better care, better value
  • OUR VALUES: Accountability, Caring and Teamwork

Department Summary

The St. Charles Health System Pharmacy provides a broad range of inpatient and outpatient pharmaceutical care services to ensure safe and effective medication use.

Position Overview

The Community Pharmacist provides pharmaceutical care to the patient as well as ensures the accurate and timely preparation, storage, billing, labeling, and distribution of medications in accordance with St. Charles Health System policies and procedures, and state and federal law under the direction of the Pharmacy Manager. This position does not directly manage any other caregivers.

Location

Pharmacists may be asked to work at multiple St. Charles Health System worksites at the request of leadership to fulfill short term, immediate staffing needs.

Essential Functions and Duties

  • Ensures safety and quality of care in all actions and operations.
  • Provides medication counseling, monitoring, drug utilization review, and patient assessments.

Administers immunizations in accordance with applicable laws, organizational policy, clinical protocols, and scope-of-practice requirements, while ensuring safe vaccine handling, documentation, and patient education.

Ensures accurate and proper labeling, packaging, compounding, billing, verification, and delivery of medications.

  • Performs work in support of the specialty pharmacy program which meets or exceeds accreditation standards.
  • Responsible for purchasing, receiving, storage, and processing of inventory.
  • Maintains accurate computerized medication profiles.

Supervises and coordinates the activities of assigned pharmacy technicians engaged in the preparation, labeling and delivery of medications and other pharmaceutical supplies in accordance with physicians' prescriptions.

Ensures compliance with federal, state and local laws and regulations pertaining to the dispensing of drugs and controlled drugs and the maintenance of required records.

Maintains flexibility and readiness to work in multiple worksites either at the request of, or in mutual agreement with, leadership.

  • Supports the vision, mission and values of the organization in all respects.
  • Supports Lean principles and engages in continuous improvement activities.
  • Provides and maintains a safe environment for caregivers, patients and guests.

Conducts all activities with the highest standards of professionalism and confidentiality. Complies with all applicable laws, regulations, policies and procedures, supporting the organization’s corporate integrity efforts by acting in an ethical and appropriate manner, reporting known or suspected violation of applicable rules, and cooperating fully with all organizational investigations and proceedings.

Delivers customer service and/or patient care in a manner that promotes goodwill, is timely, efficient and accurate.

May perform additional duties of similar complexity within the organization, as required or assigned.

Education

  • Required: Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy.
  • Preferred: PharmD., Completion of an ASHP accredited PGY-1 residency training.

Licensure/Certification/Registration

Required: Current registration by the Oregon Board of Pharmacy. APhA Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery Certificate. AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Provider certification.

Preferred: Any certification through the Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS).

Experience

  • Required: N/A
  • Preferred: Six (6) months or more retail pharmacy experience.

Personal Protective Equipment

Must be able to wear appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) required to perform the job safely.

Physical Requirements

  • Continually (75% or more): Standing and walking, keyboard operation, carrying 1-10 pounds.
  • Frequently (50%): Lifting 1-10 pounds, pushing or pulling 1-25 pounds, grasping/squeezing.
  • Occasionally (25%): Sitting, bending, climbing stairs, lifting and carrying 11-25 pounds,
  • Use of clear and audible speaking voice and ability to hear normal speech level.
  • Rarely (10%): Stooping/kneeling/crouching, reaching overhead, pushing or pulling 25-50 pounds, climbing ladder/stepstool, whispered speech level.
  • Never (0%): Lifting or carrying 25-50 pounds, operation of a motor vehicle.

Exposure to Elemental Factors

  • Rarely (10%): Heat, cold, wet/slippery area chemical solution.
  • Never (0%): Noise, dust, vibration, uneven surface.
  • Blood-Borne Pathogen (BBP) Exposure Category
  • Risk for Exposure to BBP

Schedule Weekly Hours

0

Caregiver Type

Relief

Shift: Variable (United States of America)

  • Is Exempt Position?
  • No

Job Family

PHARMACIST

Scheduled Days of the Week

Variable

Shift Start & End Time

Variable

Key Responsibilities

The Community Pharmacist provides pharmaceutical care, including medication counseling, drug utilization review, and the accurate preparation and distribution of medications. They also supervise pharmacy technicians and ensure compliance with all federal, state, and local pharmacy laws and regulations.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy and possess current registration by the Oregon Board of Pharmacy. Additionally, an APhA Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery Certificate and AHA Basic Life Support certification are required.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Certifications

BLS

Key Skills

Immunization administrationInventory managementPharmacy technician supervisionRegulatory compliancePatient assessmentMedication labeling

Pharmacist Career Context

Of the 40 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 25% are remote, 55% have no call, 53% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Oregon is 103.4 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$171k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $165k in an average-cost state. 62.0% of Oregon clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

How many Pharmacy jobs are remote?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$148k–$193kPharmacy median $123k (middle half $123k–$123k)64 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$165k in purchasing powerOregon index 103.4 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Pharmacy listings in Oregon187 active10,152 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 25% remote · 55% no call · 53% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedOregon pharmacist listings (all specialties): 15% state a sign-on bonus (median $50k) · 18% offer loan repayment193 active listings, Nov 2026
New Pharmacy listings3,639 in the last 30 days3,238 the 30 days before (+12%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Pharmacy pay trend+3.2% 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.

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Annual compensation range

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Work-life snapshot

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

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 10,122 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes weekends
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About St. Charles Health System

Hospitals and Health Care
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Relief Differential - 15%
Swing Shift Differential - $2.85/hr
Weekend Differential - $5.50/hr

Living in Prineville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$431k
Typical market rent
$1,789/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
State income tax
Up to 9.9%
Sources & methodology

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

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