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Lifepoint Health
Lynchburg, Virginia

Pharmacist

PharmacistPer Diem

Listed compensation

$60 per hour

The week · per this posting

Schedule not stated in this posting — no days, weekends, call or nights given.

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Job Description

Pharmacist

PRN

Your Experience Matters

Centra Behavioral Health Hospital is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others.

By joining our team, you’re embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier ®. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.

More About Our Team

Centra Behavioral Health Hospital is a brand-new 72 bed behavioral health facility that recently opened. We offer high-quality, compassionate care for a wide variety of patients in need. Our teams provide evidence-based, transformational care for a broad range of mental health concerns in a compassionate, comfortable environment.

How you'll contribute

A Pharmacist Who Excels in This Role

  • Accurately fills medication orders and verifies the work of staff prior to medication release.
  • Prioritizes workflow to ensure timely preparation of STAT, NOW, and other urgent orders.
  • Reviews patient profiles to ensure safe and appropriate drug therapy, preventing interactions, duplications, and avoidable adverse reactions.
  • Evaluates medication orders based on patient-specific factors including age, weight, renal function, disease state, labs, and other clinical data.
  • Provides drug information and supports staff education, patient consultation, and collaboration with Medical Staff and hospital teams.

Why Join Us

We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position

also offers:

  • Comprehensive Benefits: Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees.
  • Financial Protection & PTO: Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.
  • Financial & Career Growth: Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
  • Employee Well-being: Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).
  • Professional Development: Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.
  • Brand new facility: Brand new hospital, built from the ground up, with cutting edge equipment and technology!

What We're Looking For

Applicants should have a Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy from an accredited school. Additional requirements include:

  • Licensed Pharmacist in the state in which the facility operates.
  • Two years of pharmacy experience preferred.
  • De-escalation certification is required within 30 days of employment and prior to any patient contact.

About Us

Centra Behavioral Health Hospital is a 72-bed behavioral health hospital committed to offering exceptional care to the Lynchburg community. We are part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network committed to making communities healthier® with acute care, rehabilitation, and behavioral health facilities from coast to coast.

Hourly Rate: $60.00 per hour.

EEOC Statement

Centra Behavioral Health Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Centra Behavioral Health Hospital is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.

Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier.

Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities.

We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.

We employ and provide care to people from all walks of life. We are committed to promoting healing, providing hope, preserving dignity and producing value with an inclusive workforce in which diversity is leveraged, respected, and reflective of the patients, family members, customers and team members we serve.

Key Responsibilities

The pharmacist is responsible for accurately filling medication orders and verifying the work of staff to ensure patient safety. They also provide clinical drug information, support staff education, and collaborate with medical teams to optimize patient therapy.

Requirements

Applicants must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy from an accredited school and possess a valid pharmacist license in the state of operation. Two years of pharmacy experience is preferred, and de-escalation certification is required within 30 days of employment.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Medication order verificationWorkflow prioritizationDrug therapy reviewClinical data evaluationDrug information provisionPharmacy operations

Pharmacist Career Context

Of the 40 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 13% are remote, 50% have no call, 63% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Virginia is 101.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$125k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $123k in an average-cost state. 61.1% of Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

What does the Pharmacy market look like in Virginia?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$125kPharmacy median $138k (middle half $135k–$138k)13 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$123k in purchasing powerVirginia index 101.1 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Pharmacy listings in Virginia282 active10,057 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 13% remote · 50% no call · 63% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentloan repaymentVirginia Pharmacist listings: 18% state a sign-on bonus · 16% offer loan repayment290 active listings, Nov 2026
New Pharmacy listings3,675 in the last 30 days3,327 the 30 days before (+10%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Pharmacy pay trend+3.3% 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 contract/1099 Pharmacist Jobs

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Salary Distribution

22 jobs
10
<$175k
7
$175k-190k
2
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2
$205k-220k
1
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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

24 jobs
401k / retirement match
100% this job
Loan repayment
21% this job
CME allowance
21%
Sign-on bonus
17%
PSLF eligible
13%

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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 9,996 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Lifepoint Health

Hospitals and Health Care
Gallatin, Tennessee
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Comprehensive Benefits: Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage
Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance
Short- and long-term disability
Paid family leave
Paid time off
Higher education and certification tuition assistance
Loan assistance
401(k) retirement package and company match

Living in Lynchburg

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$279k
Typical market rent
$1,270/mo
Residents’ average commute
17 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
89.4
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 · Lynchburg, VA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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